Join Our Caring Direct Support Professional / DSP Team at Monarch NC

MONARCH • Gastonia, NC

25d • $15

About The Position

The Developmental Specialist primarily supports people receiving services in achieving their personal hopes, dreams, and goals. The role helps people develop community relationships, participate in community life, exercise and protect their rights, build self-advocacy skills, and meet emotional, physical, and medical needs through person-centered, positive approaches that promote self-determination.

The position supports assessment and individual planning, implements service plans, and completes required records and progress notes. It also assists with day-to-day household activities, transportation, personal safety, and emergency procedures. The specialist may support staff orientation and training, attend meetings and training, maintain required certifications, and comply with agency policies and applicable regulations. Sleepovers in a residential setting may be required. This is a PRN position with shift coverage on an as-needed basis.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• Valid U.S. driver's license.
• Experience working with children or adults, depending on the population served, with a mental health diagnosis, intellectual or developmental disability, or substance use disorder is not required.

Responsibilities

• Assess each person receiving services for their hopes, dreams, and desires and provide supports that facilitate achievement.
• Support people receiving services in developing relationships in their community and with their natural supports.
• Assist people receiving services in participating fully in their community consistent with their interests.
• Protect and promote the rights of each person receiving services, and assist them with advocacy skills, advocacy efforts, and use of personal advocates.
• Provide support as needed to meet the emotional, physical, and medical needs of each person supported.
• Build person-centered, effective, positive relationships using approaches that promote self-determination.
• Provide input and recommendations into assessment and planning processes and development of individual plans.
• Implement each person's plan according to the service definition and document as required by the service definition and agency policy.
• Complete required documentation, including goal completion records, actions toward outcomes, incident reports, and timesheets.
• Complete daily progress notes and communication logs to help ensure appointments, goals, and interests are met.
• Assist with household operations, including housekeeping, meal preparation, laundry, shopping, lawn care, and vehicle cleanliness and maintenance.
• Drive and travel as required, and arrange or provide transportation to people receiving services.
• Support knowledge of emergency procedures and personal safety, using sound judgment and conducting fire-safety drills, equipment inspections, and community safety practice as applicable.
• Assist new and current staff with orientation, mentoring, and training.
• Attend and actively participate in required meetings and training, and maintain certifications required by the agency, state, and federal requirements.
• Comply with agency policies and procedures and applicable state and federal statutes and regulations.
• Follow service-definition guidelines for services provided.
• Complete other relevant responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.

Benefits

• Competitive and flexible total rewards package.
• Eligible employees may have access to comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans, professional development support, and other customizable benefits and perks.
• Benefits package supports full-time and part-time team members and their families.
• Opportunities for professional growth and promotion from within.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED