Bemidji Lead Direct Support Professional

Redwood Family Care Network • Cass Lake, MN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Direct Support Professionals help individuals with developmental disabilities, mental health needs, and medical needs live safe, independent, and meaningful lives. In this role, you’ll support daily living skills, personal care, hygiene, meals, medication assistance, community access, social skills, housekeeping, safety, and recreation. You’ll follow support plans, document daily progress, and use behavioral and crisis-prevention strategies as trained. Success in this position requires dependable communication, teamwork, problem-solving, confidentiality, and the ability to learn required procedures and regulations. The Lead DSP is responsible for providing direct services to clients through implementation of designated plans, policies, and procedures. The Lead DSP assists, counsels, and trains consumers in self-help and daily living skills while promoting independence, dignity, and choice. The Lead DSP remains available to work hours dictated by the client’s needs and works closely with the Program Manager and District Manager to support the daily operations of the home.

Requirements

• Dependable communication
• Teamwork
• Problem-solving
• Confidentiality
• Ability to learn required procedures and regulations

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED preferred

Responsibilities

• Support daily living skills, personal care, hygiene, meals, medication assistance, community access, social skills, housekeeping, safety, and recreation.
• Follow support plans and document daily progress.
• Use behavioral and crisis-prevention strategies as trained.
• Provide direct services to clients through implementation of designated plans, policies, and procedures.
• Assist, counsel, and train consumers in self-help and daily living skills while promoting independence, dignity, and choice.
• Remain available to work hours dictated by the client’s needs.
• Work closely with the Program Manager and District Manager to support the daily operations of the home.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits options, including medical, dental, vision, life, LTD, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident insurance.
• HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA
• EAP (Employee assistance program)
• Employee discount program
• PTO (Paid time off)
• Dayforce Wallet
• Daily Pay
• Pre-Tax 401(k)
• After-Tax Roth
• Tuition discount through Capella University

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED