DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL
About The Position
A Direct Support Professional ensures individuals' health, safety and welfare, enhances the quality of individuals' lives, and supports community inclusion. This role involves ultimate responsibility for client programming and care, including providing adequate food, shelter, and clothing, offering first aid and nursing assistance as needed, and instructing residents in daily living skills. The professional will also be responsible for lifting, transferring, and positioning clients as prescribed, preparing meals, intervening in crisis situations, supporting community outings, monitoring and dispensing medications, and implementing programs as written by the Program Coordinator. Additionally, the role requires timely and accurate documentation of client care and programming, assisting with residence cleanliness, adhering to universal precautions, demonstrating scheduling flexibility, protecting client confidentiality, participating in required trainings, and professionally representing Citizen Advocates, Inc. with families, other organizations, and the community.
Requirements
- One year experience working with people with developmental disabilities/mental health needs.
Responsibilities
- Ensure adequate food, shelter and clothing is available for each resident.
- Provide first aid and nursing assistance as necessary or as requested by nurse or supervisor, reporting nursing and medical needs to a supervisor as needed.
- Provide individual assessment and instruction to residents in daily living skills.
- Lift, transfer and position as prescribed.
- Prepare meals, involving residents in preparation.
- Intervene and assist in crisis situations, accessing appropriate resources as needed.
- Provide support for community outings.
- Monitor and dispense medications and adhere to physician’s orders.
- Provide programming as written by Program Coordinator.
- Communicate programming information to Program Coordinator and Manager as needed.
- Ensure staffing ratios are met at all times.
- Demonstrate cultural beliefs in daily interactions.
- Utilize the least restrictive prompting at all times.
- Follow behaviors plans and crisis management plans as written.
- Participate in staff, team, and residence meetings.
- Attend appropriate training in accordance with the agency's personnel policies and maintain required certifications.
- Perform any related duties as assigned.
- Contemporaneously and accurately document programming as per policy and procedure manual.
- Accurately document client care and medical information as prescribed.
- Assist with residence cleanliness and upkeep as instructed.
- Follow universal precautions protocols.
- Demonstrate flexibility with scheduling.
- Protect client confidentiality.
- Participate in required trainings.
- Professionally represent Citizen Advocates, Inc. with families, other organizations and the community.
- Follow program policy and procedure manual as written.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
