Direct Support Professional (DSP) Floater #3047

FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY CARE•Marshall, AR

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Direct Support Professional (DSP) Floater implements habilitation and supportive living plans developed by the interdisciplinary team and helps maintain a safe, healthy environment for participants in community settings. The position guarantees a minimum of 32 hours per workweek, based on the employee being available to work when called. Days and times vary. The DSP coordinates participant services and works with the Service Manager to support clients’ health and well-being, including nutrition, exercise, and mental and physical health. Duties include monitoring and documenting medications, following financial procedures when assisting with client accounts and shopping, providing transportation, supporting personal care and meal preparation, completing required documentation, and maintaining facilities, grounds, and vans. The role also includes driving participants on day trips, attending required training, responding to emergencies, and maintaining confidentiality in accordance with organizational and HIPAA policies. The employee must have a valid driver’s license and clean motor vehicle record, and must demonstrate proficiency in operating motor vehicles, including passenger vans. The employee may sometimes need to use a personal vehicle to transport participants and maintain adequate liability coverage. This is a safety-sensitive position. The work environment typically has a moderate noise level. The role requires regular use of hands and the ability to talk and hear; frequent standing, walking, reaching, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling; and occasional lifting or moving of up to 50 pounds.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or one to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Valid driver’s license and clean motor vehicle record.
Ability to demonstrate proficiency operating a motor vehicle, including passenger vans, and to undergo periodic driving tests.
Ability to have a cell phone available when transporting consumers.
If using a personal vehicle to transport participants, maintain adequate liability coverage.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence; and present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group settings.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic and calculate rates, ratios, and percentages, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply commonsense understanding to written, oral, or diagram-form instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds, with reasonable accommodation as applicable.
Maintain confidentiality and comply with organizational and HIPAA policies.

Responsibilities

Implement participants’ habilitation and supportive living plans and help maintain a safe, healthy community setting.
Coordinate client services and communicate client needs or concerns to the Service Manager.
Support clients’ health care, including proper nutrition, exercise, and attention to mental and physical health.
Monitor medications and document medication administration and counts as assigned.
Follow client financial procedures when supervising checking-account activities and personal or grocery shopping.
Provide transportation for daily activities and complete paperwork required for Medicaid transportation billing, as allowable.
Assist clients with personal hygiene, dressing, clothing maintenance, laundry, and cooking meals as needed.
Complete required documentation, including progress notes, behavior reports, and marks reports.
Maintain facilities and grounds in a clean, orderly, and well-maintained condition.
Help maintain vans in good working order, including cleaning and completing scheduled preventive maintenance.
Maintain logs of monthly emergency drills.
Attend required training sessions, including in- and out-of-town sessions.
Take necessary steps in emergencies and notify the Service Manager, Regional Manager, or appropriate person as soon as possible.
Keep a cell phone available when transporting consumers for emergencies.
Drive participants on day trips to locations throughout the state and complete periodic driving tests as required.
Maintain confidentiality in accordance with Friendship Community Care policies and HIPAA requirements.
Follow the Code of Conduct, Compliance Investigation Procedures, and Quality Assurance and HIPAA procedures.
Complete and maintain participant progress notes and records on the required daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly schedules.
Perform other reasonable related duties assigned by the supervisor or management.