Direct Support Professional (37900)

BIRCH FAMILY SERVICES INC•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Direct Support Professional is responsible for counseling, assisting, and training individuals with developmental disabilities. This role focuses on enhancing their personal care, travel skills, social skills, home management, and general life skills to maximize their functioning and integration within the community.

Requirements

Must complete and obtain certification in OPWDD Approved Medication Administration Course (AMAP) during probationary period and maintain AMAP certification.
Ability and willingness to be First Aid and CPR certified.
Ability and willingness to obtain certification in SCIPR Competencies and advance to Promote Competencies.
Demonstrated competency in written, verbal and computational skills to document records in accordance with program standards.
High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
Valid NYS Driver’s License required.

Nice To Haves

Specialized training in direct care provision preferred.
Minimum 1-year experience working with developmentally disabled population preferably in a residential, health or treatment related setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Counsel, assist and train individuals with developmental disabilities in the areas of personal care, travel skills, social skills, home management and life skills in order to maximize their functioning in the community.
Work towards the satisfactory completion of each of the core competency goals according to the OPWDD timeline requirements.
Provide safe and clean environment for the individual based on skill level and risks and support the safety of all individuals in everyday situations.
Use verbal and physical means to create a positive environment that will encourage and enable individual growth.
Assist the individual in the development of social skills that will help the individual become integrated/ included in his or her community.
Perform protective oversight while engaging in community activities.
Monitor each individual’s personal health on a continuous basis (during situations of high activity, while bathing/showering/swimming, in the morning and the evening, at meals, while in the community, at all times).
Assist individuals in learning and practicing skills necessary for home living (indoor household chores such as, but not limited to, cooking, sweeping, dusting, bed-making, vacuuming, and dish-washing, laundry, folding and storing clothes, etc.).
Perform advocate responsibilities, while demonstrating respect for the processes and people involved.
Responsible for all documentation related to the essential function and services for the individual.