NOW HIRING DSP’S! (F/T & PT) - $16.50/hr.

Easterseals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain Brand•Great Falls, MT

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Easterseals-Goodwill is hiring full-time and part-time Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) in Great Falls, Montana. DSPs provide support to individuals with disabilities. The role offers a flexible work schedule and the opportunity to make a positive impact on people's lives. The company emphasizes joy in work, career training, work-life balance, and rewards.

Requirements

Must be 18+ years old.
Must have a current driver’s license.
Must have a clean driving record (no DUIs in last 3 years; no more than 3 moving violations in the past year; no more than 1 preventable accident within past 3 years).
Must be self-motivated, flexible, enjoy challenges, and must be willing to work as part of a team.
Ability to move independently or with reasonable accommodation within the facility and community.
Applicant must be physically and mentally able to perform all requirements of the job.

Nice To Haves

Program development and implementation skills preferred.
Behavior support skills preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide support to individuals with disabilities.
Program development and implementation.
Behavior support.
Follow all safety rules and requirements.
Promote a strong safety culture and maintain a safe environment for customers/participants and co-workers.
Pushing wheelchairs and assisting with other adaptive equipment during regular program activities and in emergency evacuations.
Ensuring participants’ safety during seizures, emergencies, or transfers - lifting them to a chair, lowering them to a bed or the floor, or otherwise moving them to a safe area.
Implementing therapy regimes prescribed by a physician such as range of motion exercise and utilization of various O.T./PT materials and/or equipment.
Moving equipment/material handling - up to 50-pound boxes, tables, chairs; bending, stretching, and reaching to retrieve materials.
Assisting participants to use restroom - transferring on and/or off stool or from a wheelchair to a bed.
Training participants in vocational tasks - standing or leaning over worker for up to 50-minute training session; meet production/program demands requiring on your feet duty for up to 5 hours.
Assure participant safety with visual surveillance, auditory monitoring, and physical support.
Bending, kneeling, reaching, stooping, lifting, and physically supporting/guiding participants are frequently required.
Heavy lifting (over 50 pounds team lifting or lifting with mechanical assist) is required occasionally.
Moderate lifting is frequently required.
Ability to provide emergency first aid care to participants including all components of CPR.