Direct Support Professional
About The Position
Direct Support Professionals help individuals with developmental disabilities, mental health needs, and medical needs live safe, independent, and meaningful lives. In this role, you’ll support daily living skills, personal care, hygiene, meals, medication assistance, community access, social skills, housekeeping, safety, and recreation. You’ll follow support plans, document daily progress, and use behavioral and crisis-prevention strategies as trained. Success in this position requires dependable communication, teamwork, problem-solving, confidentiality, and the ability to learn required procedures and regulations.
Requirements
- Dependable communication
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Confidentiality
- Ability to learn required procedures and regulations
- CPR/First Aid
- Crisis intervention training
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or GED
Responsibilities
- Help individuals with developmental disabilities, mental health needs, and medical needs live safe, independent, and meaningful lives
- Support daily living skills, personal care, hygiene, meals, medication assistance, community access, social skills, housekeeping, safety, and recreation
- Follow support plans
- Document daily progress
- Use behavioral and crisis-prevention strategies as trained
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- LTD insurance
- Hospital indemnity insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Accident insurance
- HSA
- Health Care FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- EAP
- Employee discount program
- PTO
- Dayforce Wallet Daily Pay
- Pre-Tax 401(k)
- After-Tax Roth
- Tuition discount through Capella University
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
