Direct Support Professional - Day Program
About The Position
This role involves implementing daily activity schedules for individuals in a day program, including community outings, events, and in-house programming such as arts, crafts, music, and sensory activities. The position emphasizes promoting community awareness and inclusion, ensuring the health and safety of individuals, and providing personal care and support as needed. Responsibilities also include assisting individuals with personal finances, maintaining accurate documentation, completing incident reports, utilizing crisis prevention and intervention strategies, and participating in interdisciplinary planning to carry out goals from individual service plans. The role requires attending staff meetings, completing annual training, and traveling to other program locations as needed.
Requirements
- Must be compliant with all company and regulatory policies and procedures
- Ability to implement daily activity schedules
- Ability to promote community awareness and inclusion
- Ability to ensure health and safety of individuals
- Ability to provide personal care and support
- Ability to assist individuals with personal finances and maintain accurate documentation
- Ability to complete and submit incident reports
- Proficiency in crisis prevention and intervention strategies
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary planning and carry out goals from individual service plans
- Willingness to attend staff meetings and complete required annual training
- Willingness to travel to other program locations as needed
Responsibilities
- Implement daily activity schedules including community outings, events, and in-house programming (arts, crafts, music, sensory activities)
- Promote community awareness and inclusion through responsible, courteous behavior
- Ensure health and safety of individuals during program hours, transportation, and community activities
- Provide personal care and support as needed
- Assist individuals with personal finances, maintaining accurate documentation
- Complete and submit incident reports per policy
- Utilize crisis prevention and intervention strategies, using restrictive procedures only as a last resort
- Participate in interdisciplinary planning and carry out goals from individual service plans
- Attend staff meetings and complete required annual training
- Travel to other program locations as needed
- Always be compliant with all company and regulatory policies and procedures
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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