Direct Support Professional

Merakey • Crafton, PA

14d • Onsite

About The Position

The Direct Support Professional provides individualized care, active treatment, and ongoing age-appropriate interaction to residents in structured and unstructured activities, under professional direction. The role supports residents’ daily living needs and individualized development while maintaining their safety and a safe living environment. The employee plans and guides residents’ social, recreational, work, community, and study activities; documents progress and program effectiveness; and works cooperatively with personnel involved in residents’ active treatment.

The position also includes supporting residents with personal belongings and housekeeping, accompanying or transporting them to community activities, participating in staff meetings and training, and carrying out other work or hospital trips when directed by a supervisor. The employee develops, implements, and documents goal plans and related behavior management documentation consistent with residents’ assessed needs and programs.

Requirements

• Ability to conduct and implement functional assessments.
• Ability to read and write.
• Ability to prepare necessary reports and record residents’ program progress.
• Ability to plan and supervise social, recreational, work, and study activities for residents in an assigned living area.
• Ability to cope with day-to-day problems and record and report observations.
• Ability to maintain an understanding attitude toward residents.
• Ability to keep and maintain accurate and complete records.
• Ability to lift, transfer, and position residents using prescribed techniques.
• Ability to follow procedures established for care and use of equipment and food preparation.
• Ability to communicate effectively, including using sign language with staff and verbal and non-verbal residents.
• Ability to implement proper practices and techniques for supervising residents.
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility and initiative in job responsibilities and follow instructions.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Related experience is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, instruct, or assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, eating, and personal hygiene.
• Provide individualized care, active treatment, and appropriate documentation under professional direction.
• Provide age-appropriate ongoing interaction during structured and unstructured activities directed toward residents’ identified needs.
• Participate in in-service training courses and training programs provided by disciplines involved in the resident program, and follow through on those programs.
• Participate in housekeeping functions in residents’ living quarters, including caring for personal effects and spot-cleaning when necessary.
• Plan and provide guidance in residents’ social, recreational, work, community, and study activities.
• Respond to residents’ day-to-day problems and feelings, and report observations on individual behavior.
• Participate in staff meetings as an integral member of the residents’ interdisciplinary team.
• Transport or accompany residents to activities in the community.
• Work cooperatively with personnel involved in residents’ active treatment.
• Work in other areas or take hospital trips when coverage requires it, at the supervisor’s direction.
• Request maintenance and housekeeping services as needed.
• Promote residents’ positive self-image and individualized development.
• Maintain residents’ safety by providing a safe living environment.
• Provide written reports on residents’ progress and program effectiveness.
• Devise, implement, and document goal plans emphasizing skill development and objectives consistent with assessed needs and specified developmental services and programs, including Behavior Management Plans and other required documentation.
• Request clothing and inventory residents’ personal belongings.
• Perform related work as required.

Benefits

• DailyPay access to earned pay.
• Retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth employee contribution options.
• Voluntary limited benefits through the American Worker, including limited medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; these are not a substitute for major medical insurance.
• Confidential counseling, legal, and financial services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• On the Goga well-being platform with self-care tools and resources.
• Employee discounts and savings programs on entertainment, travel, and lifestyle.
• Access to Pryor Online Learning for free online personal development classes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed