Direct Support Professional I

Assets•Anchorage, AK

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The Direct Support Professional I (DSPI) position provides direct and indirect support with daily living activities, community integration, and skill development, while promoting dignity, choice, and self-advocacy. This role involves providing guidance, companionship, and training to individuals experiencing developmental disabilities and/or mental illnesses in various community and home settings. The position may require de-escalating verbally or physically aggressive individuals according to identified procedures and individual client/site protocols. The schedule for this position includes evening & weekend availability.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
Valid Alaska driver's license and insured vehicle required.
Must also be able to obtain State of Alaska background clearance.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Must have an insured vehicle and current Alaska driver’s license (with no or low points).
Must be able to pass a criminal background check under state regulations.
Must provide copy of driving record, proof of insurance and proof of educational credentials (if applicable) at time of hire.
Ability to work professionally and collaboratively with a team to provide quality service to individuals experiencing developmental or mental illnesses.
General knowledge of mental illnesses and/or developmental disabilities.
Compassionate, patient and non-controlling orientation toward individuals served.
Committed to learning, mastering and becoming competent in the Direct Service Professional core competencies.
Able to identify areas for self-improvement and pursue educational and training resources for professional development.
Good communication and listening skills to establish a collaborative relationship with the served individual and his/her team, co-workers and supervisory personnel.
Able to demonstrate an understanding of boundaries and is able to establish and maintain therapeutic relationship boundaries with the served individual.
Basic computer literacy.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently up to 25 pounds and rarely lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The Life Coach I must be able to de-escalate verbally or physically aggressive individuals according to identified procedures and individual client protocol.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working with individuals experiencing developmental disabilities or mental illnesses or related training is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Adheres to and demonstrates Assets, Inc. core values, mission, policies, procedures and compliance plan.
Effectively supports individuals in achieving social and community inclusion consistent with their personal/cultural preferences and treatment plan objectives.
Providing training as requested on daily living, coping, social and socio-sexual skills and supports served individual progress toward independence.
Providing basic safety, supervision and monitoring of individual(s) served, as prescribed in the individual treatment plan(s) and/or site protocols.
Promoting and supporting individuals in achieving a holistically healthy lifestyle.
Assisting in the development and maintaining of natural supports.
Effectively advocates for individual served.
Provides timely documentation of all treatment, programmatic and billing procedures, including Completing tracking and service notes by established timeline.
Maintaining working file content and updating as required.
Documenting activity money and coordinating prudent fiscal tracking with supervisor, other staff and care providers.
Uses crisis prevention, intervention and de-escalation techniques according to identified procedures and individual client/site protocols.
Participates in treatment team and staff meetings as requested.
Interfaces well with all team members.
Provides input and contributes to the formulation and development of individual treatment plans and their review.
Satisfactorily completes all required trainings according to established timelines.
Maintains company standards of confidentiality and ethical practice in all aspects of this position.
Available to work a varied and flexible schedule, based on client and team needs.
Other duties as assigned by supervisor and/or based on specific sites or individual requirements.