Direct Support Professional

ICM • Bauxite, AR

17d

About The Position

The Direct Support Professional provides quality care, direction, guidance, and assistance to customers with daily activities, including bathing and bathroom functions, feeding, menu planning, dressing, grooming, taking medication and/or administering treatments, and housework. The role helps customers make and keep appointments, provides or arranges transportation for errands, and offers companionship. The professional supports customers in achieving agreed-upon goals that improve quality of life and integration into the community. The position provides written daily updates about each shift’s activities through an online platform, observes customer conditions, and monitors surroundings, equipment, and materials to help ensure customer safety and success. The role also performs other duties as assigned. The schedule is Saturday and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m., in Bauxite, Arkansas.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Understand and endorse ICM’s mission and vision.
• Comply with HIPAA regulations.
• Maintain prompt and regular attendance.
• Demonstrate quality decision making, effective communication, superior problem solving, interpersonal effectiveness, receptiveness to feedback, a positive work ethic, ability to instill trust, and administrative effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality care, direction, guidance, and assistance with daily activities such as bathing, bathroom functions, feeding, menu planning, dressing, grooming, medication, treatments, and housework.
• Help customers make and keep appointments, provide or arrange transportation for errands, and serve as a companion.
• Help customers achieve agreed-upon goals to improve quality of life and integration into the community.
• Provide written daily updates of each shift’s activities using an online platform.
• Observe customer conditions and monitor surroundings, equipment, and materials to support customer safety and success.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Follow ICM policies, procedures, and Standard Operating Procedures, and request clarification when needed.
• Comply with HIPAA regulations and maintain a clean, orderly work environment.
• Maintain prompt and regular attendance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED