DSP Essential (Part Time and Full Time) -- Various homes within SF

THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO•San Francisco, CA

5d•$23 - $23

About The Position

Works with adults with developmental disabilities in their homes who require significant supports to maintain a healthy and safe living environment, including and especially during defined disaster or emergency situations. Provides independent activities of daily (IADL) supports. Unusual circumstances which may require the continuation of essential services, provided by the DSP Essential include, but are not limited to: Disaster (fire, earthquake, flood) Public Health Emergency (flu, or other communicable disease) Infestations (bedbugs, cockroaches, rodents, etc.) Disruption of essential utilities and services (power failure, water contamination, etc.) Civil unrest or disobedience (riot, strike or uprising) Creates a learning environment in which participants can learn to live independently and interdependently in their home and in the community. Designs instruction methods based on measurable objectives, maintains records of participant progress, analyze barriers to learning, and creates alternative instructional plans to overcome barriers to learning. Travels and works with participants in their homes and in the community. Responsible for coordination of individualized service delivery to participants. Act as a liaison to families, care providers, case managers and community resources. Plans, implements, and coordinates clients' overall program plan.

Requirements

Repetitive key board use, phone use, walking, standing, bending stooping and direct client interaction.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities

The DSP provides one to one support with independent activities of daily living (ADLs) supports – the basic and more complex tasks that must be accomplished every day for the participant to thrive including: Personal hygiene Bathing, grooming, oral, nail and hair care Continence management A person’s ability to properly use the bathroom Dressing A person’s ability to select and wear the proper clothes for different occasions Feeding Whether a person can feed themselves or needs assistance Ambulating The extent of a person’s ability to change from one position to the other and to walk independently Companionship and mental support Reflects on the help that may be needed to keep a person in a positive frame of mind Transportation and shopping How much a person can travel or procure their grocery and pharmacy needs without help Preparing meals Planning and preparing the various aspects of meals, including shopping and storing groceries Managing a person’s household Cleaning, tidying up, removing trash and clutter, and doing laundry and folding clothes Managing medications How much help may be needed in getting prescriptions filled, keeping medications up to date and taking meds on time and in the right dosages Communicating with others Managing the household’s phones and mail and generally making the home hospitable and welcoming for visitors Managing finances How much assistance a person may need in managing bank balances and checkbooks and paying bills on time
Participates in regular training on and utilizes skills learned for generic and specific participant supports re: personal care, feeding, behavior, aging, managing chronic and acute health conditions, health impact specific to disability, and overall health & safety.
Provides in-person participants supports during disaster or emergency situations to participants whose health and well-being would be severely impacted without critical supports.
Develops and implements direct instructional plan for clients in community or residential sites. In conjunctions with service manager(s) prepares annual calendar for program participant reviews and assists program participants in facilitates case reviews and goal plan(s) for each program/ service.
Ensures maintenance of client emergency information, and client records.
Completes records and other documents in a timely manner as directed by direct Supervisor;
Updates IPP information as needed, completes assessments as needed, and
Maintains daily log of activities and observations.
Addresses all issues and crises related to client services.
Ensures implementation of all safety policies and procedures.
Attends and participates in relevant meetings, conferences and training as assigned.
Provides ongoing advocacy and follow-along support as needed for implementation of each client’s individual plan.
Performs other duties as assigned.