Community Direct Support Professional

SVRC Industries•Saginaw, MI

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

Provide individualized and small-group support services to individuals with disabilities to promote community inclusion, skill development, volunteerism, employment readiness, and successful participation in community-based activities. This role involves supporting participants in community, volunteer, employment, and recreational settings, building on their abilities and strengths. The professional will implement participant service plans, goals, and support strategies, complete required documentation, and ensure participant health, safety, dignity, and well-being. Additionally, they will support participants in developing independent living, social, communication, and community participation skills, and communicate progress and concerns to supervisors.

Requirements

High School Diploma, GED, or equivalence.
Experience in working with people with disabilities preferred.
Ability to work effectively with individuals with varying physical, intellectual, developmental, and behavioral support needs.
Ability to use basic computer systems, electronic documentation systems, email, and agency software.
Ability to be CPR and First Aid certified within 90 days of hire.
Possession of, or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire, a valid Michigan Chauffeur License and continued eligibility to operate agency vehicles in accordance with SVRC's driver qualification policy.
Successful completion of Criminal History Background Check and Drug Screen is required under the terms of agency employment.
Safe driving record.
Ability to safely transport participants and maintain eligibility to operate agency vehicles in accordance with SVRC policies.
Successful completion of agency sponsored defensive driving course.
Ability to walk, stand, and remain active for extended periods of time.
Ability to safely assist participants with mobility needs as permitted by training and agency policy.
Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds occasionally.
Ability to enter and exit agency vehicles repeatedly throughout the day.
Ability to travel throughout the community and work in a variety of community settings.

Nice To Haves

Experience in working with people with disabilities

Responsibilities

Provide individualized and small-group support services to individuals with disabilities to promote community inclusion, skill development, volunteerism, employment readiness, and successful participation in community-based activities.
Provide support services to participants in community, volunteer, employment, and recreational settings.
Build on participant's abilities and strengths based on available past experience and information, and personal observations of the individual performing job tasks.
Provide on-site/off-site supervision of participants at all times unless otherwise indicated by the participant's plan of service.
Gain a high-level knowledge of all elements of the assigned job(s), including general procedures and practices of the work site.
Implement participant service plans, goals, and support strategies as assigned.
Complete required service documentation, progress notes, transportation records, incident reports, and other agency documentation accurately and within established timelines.
Track and document participant time and attendance.
Ensure participant health, safety, dignity, and well-being while providing services in community and program settings.
Support participants in developing independent living, social, communication, and community participation skills.
Communicate participant progress, concerns, incidents, behavioral changes, and service needs to the appropriate supervisor in a timely manner.
Report incidents, accidents, participant injuries, and safety concerns in accordance with agency policy and established timelines.
Attend and successfully complete all required training and certification programs within established timeframes.
May participate in plan review meetings concerning the participant.
May assist in monitoring program participants and other related work as required.
Other duties as assigned.
Observe and implement all driving, maintenance and safety factors related to the operations of the agency-owned vehicles.
Conduct preventative maintenance and safety checks before and after use on all agency-owned vehicles as assigned.
Safely assist participants entering, exiting, and riding in agency vehicles in accordance with agency training and procedures.
Drive gasoline or diesel-powered vans to transport rehabilitation program participants to and from community sites and volunteer sites.
Ensure that all appropriate documentation is completed in a timely manner.
Maintain vehicle log according to agency standards.