Direct Support Professional Overnight Awake - Citizens Driver

About the role

Practices and promotes the agency’s mission statement in every interaction. Provides ongoing support to people during overnight and morning hours, including self-care routines (toileting, feeding, showering, dressing, diapering), health, safety, alternate positioning, and overall well-being to ensure a high quality of life is maintained.

Responsibilities

• Provides support during overnight and morning hours, including self-care routines (toileting, feeding, showering, dressing, diapering), health, safety, alternate positioning, and overall well-being.
• Ensures a safe and clean home by assisting with household chores (e.g., laundry) and participating as needed.
• Follows all treatment plans and utilizes adaptive and safety equipment to promote independence and ensure health, safety, and well-being.
• Reports and documents events or activities that may hinder health, safety, or well-being (e.g., allegations of abuse, injuries, broken equipment, falls).
• Reports to the Justice Center as a mandated reporter if there is reasonable cause to suspect abuse or neglect; follows all agency incident policies and procedures.
• Adheres to Federal and New York State regulations, agency policy and procedures, the employee handbook, and training requirements.
• Completes and maintains AMAP certification; assists people supported with medication administration according to AMAP policy and procedures.
• Arrives to work by the start of the scheduled shift; adheres to agency policies regarding call-offs and overtime.
• Supports people in preparing meals by teaching diet adherence, portion control, and cooking skills.
• Supports people in starting the day positively by waking and greeting them with a soft and kind tone of voice and assisting with preferred morning routines.
• Assists with medication administration according to AMAP policy and procedures.
• Accompanies or transports people supported using safe driving practices to day programs or job locations.
• Implements and documents all treatment plans and agency-related materials (e.g., overnight checklists, goals, valued outcomes, medical case notes, communication logs, BM and menses charts, sleep charts, seizure logs, behavioral data) via Medisked or paper documentation.
• Serves as a member of the inter-disciplinary team by attending and participating in meetings to discuss progress, goal achievements, and share information.
• Mentors and acts as a role model for new Direct Support Staff by demonstrating supportive routines and reviewing training manuals.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Qualified New York State Driver’s license that meets agency insurance standards.
• Successful completion and maintenance of AMAP status.
• Ability to communicate and understand written and oral directives/information.
• Excellent team player with a positive attitude.
• Qualified driver status required for overnight Direct Support Professionals working 11pm–9am due to morning transportation responsibilities.