DSP/Caregiver - Up To $28.13/hr on Weekends!
About The Position
Residential Program Specialists are Direct Support Professionals who provide support, supervision, role-modeling, and behavioral management to youth and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and significant behavioral or mental health issues. The role focuses on helping people build fulfilling lives and supporting them to live, grow, flourish, and triumph. Responsibilities include fostering community access and unpaid relationships; building social and daily living skills to promote maximum independence; managing medications and behavior, including physical interventions designed to maintain safety for the person and others; and collecting and documenting data thoroughly and accurately. Schedules consist of 10–12-hour shifts, with daytime schedules spanning Sunday–Tuesday, Sunday–Wednesday, Wednesday–Saturday, or Thursday–Saturday, and graveyard schedules spanning Saturday–Monday, Saturday–Tuesday, Tuesday–Friday, or Wednesday–Friday. Weekend hours are paid at time and a half, with stated weekend wages of $27.38–$28.13 per hour. Wage depends on experience, shift, and location. Recruiting locations include Monmouth, Corvallis, Silverton, and Salem, Oregon.
Responsibilities
- Provide support, supervision, role-modeling, and behavioral management to youth and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and significant behavioral or mental health issues.
- Foster community access and unpaid relationships.
- Build social and daily living skills with the goal of achieving maximum independence.
- Manage medications.
- Manage behavior, including physical interventions designed to maintain safety for the person and others.
- Collect data and document it thoroughly and accurately.
Benefits
- Paid training
- Marketplace health insurance for full-time employees, with a choice of providers and plans
- Dental, vision, and life insurance for full-time employees
- Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA)
- OregonSaves retirement plan
- Supplemental insurance (AFLAC/Colonial) available at employee expense
- Paid time off (PTO) based on hours worked
- Sick time accrual of one hour for every 30 hours worked; full-time employees accrue 50+ hours per year
- Five paid holidays: New Year's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
- $50 winter gift card
- Annual retention bonus
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Meals included for 24-hour residential roles
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
