Direct Support Professional
About The Position
This home care position provides Recovery Assistant services to a participant in their home and in other community settings in Baltic, Connecticut. Services are provided for periods of at least 15 minutes, with hours varying according to the Recovery Plan. The role involves assisting, cueing, or supporting participants with daily living tasks, health and safety, community involvement, personal commitments, and independent participation in community life. The Recovery Assistant may also travel with a participant while engaged in a qualifying waiver service activity and participate in Recovery Plan development and quarterly update meetings if requested by the DMHAS Support Coordinator.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must possess at least a high school diploma or GED.
- Must possess a valid Connecticut driver’s license or state-issued identification card.
- Must be registered with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) as having completed an approved Recovery Assistant training program.
- Must have a criminal background check conducted within six months of application.
- Must meet any continuing education and/or training requirements set by DMHAS.
Responsibilities
- Provide Recovery Assistant services in the participant’s home and other community settings.
- Perform or assist with meal planning and preparation, shopping, housekeeping, laundry, basic household tasks, and other home-management activities when the participant is unable to do so; cue the participant to perform these tasks when appropriate.
- Assist or cue the participant with dressing, personal grooming, and hygiene, including bathing, dressing, and oral care.
- Support appropriate use of emergency medical services.
- Assist or cue the participant to engage in family, social, and recreational activities and use natural community supports, such as social clubs and faith-based supports.
- Assist or cue the participant with appropriate use of routine medical and dental services and use of medications as prescribed, including self-administration.
- Encourage healthy habits, including a healthy diet, exercise, and behaviors designed to alleviate stress.
- Assist or cue the participant to fulfill personal commitments and attend scheduled clinical, vocational, educational, and judicial or court appointments and meetings.
- Assist or cue the participant to avoid risky behaviors, substance abuse, overspending, and unnecessary conflicts.
- Hold supportive, problem-solving-oriented discussions with the participant and establish and maintain a helpful, supportive companionship relationship.
- Escort the participant to necessary medical, dental, or personal business appointments; read to or for the participant; and engage in or discuss recreational, hobby, or sport-related activities.
- Engage in other activities directed at reducing disability, restoring functioning, and supporting independent participation in social, interpersonal, family, or community activities, community reintegration, and independence.
- Participate in waiver Recovery Plan development and quarterly Recovery Plan update meetings if requested by the DMHAS Support Coordinator.
- Travel with a participant when also engaged in a qualifying waiver service activity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
