Direct Support Professional ( Residential)

Nplh Service Group•Windsor Mill, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

No Place Like Home Service Group, Inc. (NPLH Service Group) aims to be a guiding light for people with disabilities, providing a pathway to pursue happiness, purpose, and a life well-lived. The agency operates with compassion for individuals with developmental disabilities, striving to offer them opportunities to live their best lives. This is viewed as a partnership, creating an environment for individuals to fully actualize their potential and discover their gifts through exposure to various aspects of life. The Direct Support Professional will assist in the daily care of individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities. This includes helping with activities of daily living, maintaining a healthy and comfortable living environment, and strengthening daily living needs such as nutrition, hygiene, exercise, communication, community integration, and socialization skills. The role involves assisting with personal care like bathing, grooming, dressing, and meal preparation, always working to improve self-reliance. Professionals will help set individual goals, track client progress, report significant changes to superiors, and transport individuals to appointments, meetings, and events. They are expected to encourage skill development, foster community integration, and build meaningful relationships to ensure clients feel cared for and included. Adherence to health and safety protocols, assistance with home cleanliness, and participation in continuing education, assigned trainings, and certifications are also required. The Direct Support Professional is expected to be compassionate, patient, and encouraging, serving as a caregiver, cheerleader, and advocate to positively impact many lives.

Requirements

3 years of Previous experience in caregiving, personal care or other related fields
A compassionate and caring demeanor
Ability to build rapport with clients
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Minimum high school diploma or GED equivalent
Valid driver’s license / Reliable transportation to work
Adult First Aid & CPR/AED certification
CMT
DDA MANDT
Can Pass a state background check (dependent on state requirements)

Nice To Haves

Are comfortable working independently and can consistently make sound judgments that benefit the individuals we serve
Are flexible, with a keen ability to handle stress well
Have a friendly disposition with a positive ‘can-do’ attitude
Have experience tracking and recording information (database software)
Enjoy working with developmentally disabled individuals to improve their quality of life
Offer strong interpersonal skills and passionate about helping those in need

Responsibilities

Assist our individuals with activities of daily living
Maintain a healthy and comfortable living environment
Assist with and work to strengthen the individuals’ many daily living needs, including but not limited to: nutrition, hygiene, exercise, communication, community integration, and socialization skills
Help individuals to bathe, groom and dress, eat meal prep if necessary, always working to improve self-reliance
Help set individual goals and track client progress, noting any drastic changes; report findings to superiors
Make phone calls and drive the individuals we serve to appointments, meetings, events, etc.
Encourage individual skill development and work toward community integration
Develop meaningful relationships and connections with your clients to make them feel cared for and included in the community
Follow all health and safety protocols
Help with clean and tidy home for the individuals
Attend continuing education courses, complete assigned trainings, and obtain additional certifications as the job requires
Be a compassionate, patient, and encouraging direct support professional at all times; you are a caregiver, cheerleader, and advocate rolled into one, and your work can change the lives of many for the better