Direct Support Professional - Youth Group Home

Vanderheyden, Inc.•Troy, NY

20h•$18 - $20

About The Position

DSPs are responsible for the direct care of individuals served, including transportation, instruction on life skills, implementing daily routine, providing recreational opportunities, dispensing medication, and assuring that the environment is safely managed. Direct Support Professional also assumes responsibility for documenting individual behaviors, participating in treatment teams and service plan reviews, and performing physical interventions regarding an individual’s Treatment Plan and Behavioral Support Plan (BSP), and completes other responsibilities as properly assigned. Vanderheyden is committed to the National Sanctuary Model - a blueprint for clinical and organizational change which, at its core, promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community. The Sanctuary Model's focus is not only on the people who seek services, but equally on the people and systems that provide those services. Vanderheyden Hall Inc., as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, military or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, prior arrest or conviction record or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Requirements

High School Diploma or General Educational Development.
Able to write legibly.
Basic computer literacy.
Physical and TB annually.
Must be able to lift 25 pounds.
Must be able to stand and run for moderate periods of time.
Must have a valid NYS driver's license with a clean MVR.
Must be able to perform restraints and maintain TCI certification.
Willingness to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.
Ability to be mobile in a two-story living unit.

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintains and utilizes sound working knowledge of all standards (OCFS, CSE, HIPAA), as measured by: Attends orientation, residential divisional day, therapeutic crisis intervention, CPR/First Aid and Med training, Monthly house audit, monthly fire drills, and OCFS annual fire safety audit.
Employs procedures that maintain an environment of care that is safe.
Awake position.
Provides direct care to individuals.
Implements daily schedules, including all routines, recreational opportunities, and life skills activities.
Able to be med-certified to dispense medication.
Transports individuals as assigned.
Assists assigned individuals with specified tasks as designated by the individual's service plan.
Participates in the treatment team or recommendation process.
Fundamental knowledge of an individual's developmental stages.
Learns and practices agency policies and procedures.
Learns and implements each individual’s treatment plan and Behavioral Support Plan (BSP).
Provides coverage as assigned. Remains on duty until properly relieved.
Will work in conjunction with the assigned supervisor to ensure full compliance with all mandatory trainings.
Maintains the residence in full compliance with agency state regulatory standards.
Proactively and effectively liaises with the maintenance department.
Ensures the residence is secure at all times (windows/doors/offices locked).
Leans and implements daily routine and program expectations.
Liaison with interdisciplinary team (clinical, health services, education).
Facilitates and participates in all recreational opportunities on and off grounds.
Upon arrival, reviews all logs and completes briefing.
Completes all necessary communications, documentations, and loggings.
Properly notifies and/or consults with the shift AOD.
Proactively and effectively liaises with other disciplines.
Completes notifications to families, external agencies (county, policy) as prescribed by policy and procedure.
Daily review of messaging systems (email, voice mail, inter-office mail).
Adheres to timelines and deadlines.
Attends scheduled meetings (house issue group, treatment teams, supervision, and committees).
Adheres to HIPAA standards.