Sub Direct Support Professional
About The Position
The Direct Support Professional (DSP) implements person-centered services for each individual, ensuring that services, goals, and outcomes are carried out through program-based activities and community inclusion. The DSP is responsible for supporting individuals’ overall physical and emotional well-being. This is an on-call role supporting residential programs. It does not have a permanent schedule; staff are contacted when programs need coverage. The work involves providing direct care and support, promoting individuals’ choices and community participation, and helping maintain a clean, safe, and comfortable environment. The positions are physically demanding and may require responding to emergencies to protect individuals’ health and safety.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or CNA is strongly preferred but not required.
- Ability to stand for extended periods, bend, stretch, and lift bedridden and/or incapacitated individuals.
- Ability to respond in emergency situations to help ensure individuals’ health and safety.
- Maintain AMAP, CPR, First Aid, and SCIP certifications as required.
Nice To Haves
- One year or more of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Valid New York State driver's license.
- High school diploma, GED, or CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant).
Responsibilities
- Advocate for, encourage, guide, and teach individuals in expressing personal choice and achieving community integration.
- Assist individuals with personal hygiene, toileting, lifts and transfers, dining, dressing, and meal preparation.
- Support participation in games and recreational programs and encourage development of daily living skills.
- Collaborate with other staff to implement and record care plans; administer medication when directed by special instructions.
- Act to ensure individuals’ health and safety in emergency situations.
- Participate in staff meetings, in-service training, on-site workshops, and external training as directed by a supervisor or program management.
- Maintain AMAP, CPR, First Aid, and SCIP certifications as required.
- Promote individuals’ inclusion in their communities according to their needs, interests, and desires, and model and encourage interaction with community members.
- Help individuals form and maintain friendships with neighbors, co-workers, and peers.
- Transport individuals or assist them with public transportation.
- Maintain positive communications with family members, advocates, and service providers as needed by the program.
- Perform other job-related duties consistent with the position’s scope and applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies.
Benefits
- A bi-annual discretionary bonus may be included in the total compensation package.
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