DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL/ CAREGIVERS

Indian Creek Foundation•Souderton, PA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Direct Support Professional provides habilitation services and direct care to individuals served in the residential program. The role supports individuals’ rights, privacy, dignity, safety, comfort, and well-being while encouraging their growth, development, and goal achievement. The position includes personal care, household tasks, transportation, documentation, and communication with individuals served, families, coworkers, and supervisors. Emergency Relief employees may be assigned to different locations based on program needs and may be reassigned when working additional shifts.

Requirements

Satisfactory completion of a post-offer pre-employment physical exam and drug test, as required.
Clearance of a criminal background check and child abuse clearance.
Valid driver’s license and a clear three-year driving record.
Ability to perform required physical duties, including frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, and using fingers, hands, feet, legs, and torso.
Ability to operate a vehicle.
Ability to regularly lift or move up to 40 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds, including transferring clients.
Completion of required training and compliance with attendance, dress-code, personal-hygiene, safety, confidentiality, regulatory, and agency-policy requirements.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience providing hands-on care to adults with developmental disabilities.

Responsibilities

Provide individualized attention and care to promote each individual’s highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of individuals and foster a warm, caring environment.
Encourage individuals’ growth, development, and achievement of goals.
Assist with personal needs such as grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinence care, toileting, transfers, ambulation, range of motion, and communication.
Promptly report and respond to incidents, suspected abuse, unusual incidents, and violations of residents’ rights.
Assist with lifts, transfers, and safety techniques; use mechanical lifting devices and follow agency lifting procedures.
Provide trained medical assistance, including medication administration, first aid, CPR, or the Heimlich maneuver, in accordance with Nursing Department protocols.
Maintain the group home through housekeeping, grocery shopping, meal preparation, and laundry.
Transport individuals to activities, medical appointments, errands, and community activities, using safe and appropriate driving practices.
Follow safety and infection-control procedures, including handwashing, use of disposable gloves when indicated, and proper disposal of soiled materials.
Communicate effectively and tactfully with individuals served, visitors, families, peers, and supervisors.
Participate in one-to-one meetings, staff meetings, and annual program plan meetings as needed.
Assist other homes or programs when responding to staff shortages or as assigned.
Complete 24 hours of required training annually and any additional training required by assigned programs or locations.
Communicate pertinent information to appropriate personnel, respond to information requests, and document activities completed or observed during each shift.
Follow resident-rights, confidentiality, HIPAA, regulatory, agency-policy, safety, and Code of Conduct requirements.
Complete other duties and projects assigned to support program or department operations.