Direct Support Professional I - Overnights
About The Position
The Direct Support Professional I partners with skilled professionals and families to provide family-driven, youth-guided, trauma-informed, and culturally competent services. The role creates a safe, nurturing, and peaceful environment that supports youth development of life and social skills and helps youth reach their full potential. The position provides supervision and care, supports daily living and treatment goals, and collaborates with families and treatment teams. It also includes documentation, medication administration, crisis prevention and intervention, transportation, housekeeping, and other support tasks. The job may require physical restraint of clients using approved techniques.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Complete Approved Medication Administrative Personnel (AMAP) training within one year.
- CPR certification is required or must be obtained within 60 days of hire.
- Demonstrate emotional competence and good judgment in building productive relationships while implementing rules, expectations, and routines.
- Complete required documentation in a timely manner according to established policies and regulations.
- Recognize and address escalating and dysregulated youth behavior and use training in behavior management and Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention (SCIP), including physical interventions.
- Demonstrate problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills.
- Communicate effectively and recognize issues requiring notification to others.
- Maintain the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct.
- Must be able to work variable schedules, including evenings and weekends.
- Meet the physical demands of the role, including occasional lifting up to 50 pounds and carrying up to 55 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Unrestricted, valid New York State driver’s license held for at least one year, a clean driving record, and minimum insurance coverage meeting agency standards.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and care for individuals served, assisting with daily living skills according to program standards and following safety and mandated reporting protocols.
- Develop, implement, monitor, and report on treatment objectives and modalities; assess the effectiveness of individual care plans.
- Build professional relationships with peers that support individual development and success.
- Provide purposeful activities suited to individuals’ developmental levels to foster skills and prepare them for transitions and community interactions.
- Monitor participants’ emotional and behavioral status and document accordingly.
- Partner with the family-driven treatment team to ensure decisions are made in the best interest of youth.
- Complete required documentation according to established policies and regulations.
- Follow procedures for passing and administering medications.
- Communicate daily with appropriate staff about relevant behaviors and concerns, with timely documentation and notifications to families and funders.
- Recognize escalating youth behavior and apply verbal and non-verbal de-escalation and crisis prevention and intervention methods, which may include protective interventions and physical restraints.
- Promote participant learning through reflective practice with the treatment team.
- Perform support tasks including transportation to medical appointments, housekeeping, medication administration, and petty cash management.
- Execute staff training initiatives.
- Transport youth as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Flexible spending account
- 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
