Direct Support Professional - Driver Preferred
Maxim Healthcare · Philadelphia, PA · 1 mo ago
Management$15–$23/hrFull-time
Hourly Pay: $15 to $23 per hour Maxim Healthcare is hiring for a Direct Support Professional to provide support and care for individuals with intellectual disabilities within their homes or communities.
Pay
$15 to $23 per hour
Responsibilities
- Ensure client’s Health, Wellness and Safety
- Encourage individual goals as they relate to learning and maintaining independent living skills such as healthy lifestyle, personal care, and other activities of daily living.
- Crisis Prevention and Intervention
- Promote advocacy and individual rights
- Monitor and maintain detailed and compliant documentation on client status, interactions, and behaviors as it relates to progress, concerns and other relevant details.
- Safe and appropriate implementation of behavior support plan strategies and interventions as it applies to the individual served.
- Accurate and immediate reporting of suspected abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
- Utilize skills such as prompting, instruction, modeling, and reinforcement as it relates to person centered services delivered based on the Individual Support Plan.
- Promote independence in activities of daily living, work/volunteer, learning, and leisure