Direct Support Professional- (Weekends)

About the role

Direct Support Professionals assist adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities so they can live in and enrich their community while achieving their personal, family, social, and spiritual goals. DSPs are the key to independence and self-determination for adults with disabilities. DSPs perform the core function of Jubilee’s mission. Jubilee Association of Maryland is a faith-based nonprofit that provides opportunities and support for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to live in and enrich their community while fulfilling their personal, family, social, and spiritual needs. Jubilee was started by Hyattsville Mennonite Church in 1978 as part of the movement to bring people with intellectual disabilities out of segregated institutions and into the community. Since then, Jubilee has grown to be a leader in person-centered disability services, currently supporting more than 200 people who are included in their communities across Montgomery County, Maryland. The organization has a staff of more than 475 and an annual budget of more than $35 million.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-person daily support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their homes and communities according to their person‑centered plans.
• Assist with participating in social and community activities.
• Develop relationships and communicate with friends, family, and community members.
• Celebrate life successes and meet life’s challenges.
• Work through anxiety, frustration, and emotions.
• Support decision‑making.
• Assist with shopping, cooking, cleaning, and home upkeep.
• Assist with dressing, bathing, and personal hygiene.
• Accompany to medical and dental visits.
• Help with taking medications.
• Support walking, rolling, and moving around safely with or without adaptive equipment.
• Encourage exercise, sports, and fitness.
• Assist with managing money, planning spending, and keeping receipts.
• Provide transportation in public, private, and Jubilee vehicles.
• Maintain presence: arrive on time, remain fully engaged, communicate anticipated absences, clock in/out in real time.
• Provide regular opportunities for community engagement by encouraging participation in community and family activities, Jubilee‑sponsored activities, and faith‑community activities.
• Assist people in developing relationships and overcoming barriers to participation.
• Complete and maintain required training and certifications (first aid/CPR, Mandt, Certified Medication Technician, person‑specific training).
• Pursue additional professional development opportunities.
• Follow each person’s service authorization, person‑centered plan, behavior support plan, and nursing care plan.
• Document services, medication administration, progress on goals, medical visits, incidents, and behavior per Jubilee policies.
• Maintain regular, open, positive communication with supervisor, colleagues, and family members; check Jubilee email and voicemail at least once each work day; practice culturally sensitive communication