Direct Support Professional - Brooklyn Park, MN - $1,500 Sign-on Bonus

About the role

Working at MSS isn’t a career, it’s a calling. For more than 75 years, the MSS community has been helping people with disabilities in the Twin Cities area live their lives with dignity, purpose, and joy. If you feel called to serve other people in a deeply meaningful way – and if you’re tired of working jobs that don’t fulfill your potential – MSS wants to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care: assist with eating, taking medicine, and bathroom needs.
• Lead programs and activities: help clients learn job skills, plant a garden, make art, or visit interesting places.
• Ensure safety, community, and respect within MSS centers.

Requirements

• Caring, patient, and encouraging toward people with different needs.
• Belief that everyone deserves a good life regardless of challenges.
• Value helping others and desire for meaningful, fulfilling work.
• Dependable, clear-headed, and serious about keeping folks safe.
• Valid driver’s license and good recent driving record.
• Willing to undergo a background check.

Benefits

• $1,500 sign‑on bonus paid over the first six months of employment.
• Competitive pay, benefits, and bonuses.
• Starting hourly wage $19.25 – $19.75 with regular raises.
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits for employees working 30+ hours per week.
• Generous paid time off.
• Recruitment bonuses for bringing new team members.
• Paid hands‑on training and ongoing support from co‑workers and management.
• Respect for your life experience; your unique background enriches the team and community.

Pay

Starting pay ranges from $19.25 to $19.75 per hour, with regular raises.

Schedule

Reliable weekday hours: MSS Centers are open 7:30 am – 4:00 pm, Monday – Friday. This is a full‑time position with no evenings or weekends.