OC Direct Support Professional II-735329OC

Institute for Community Living-posted 3 months ago
Brooklyn, NY
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
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The Direct Support Professional (DSP) provides observations, evaluations, and reports to other team members to ensure and/or record an individual's progress toward treatment/habilitation goals. In accordance with habilitative plans, they guide and teach individuals to develop skills required for a more independent lifestyle. Incumbents may take a lead role in one or more of the following duties within a work site. Duties may be performed in several or all of the following areas: Personal Care, Food Preparation, Maintaining the Environment, Individual Development, Personal Interests, Participating as Program Planning Team Member, and Communication.

  • Teaches and reinforces accepted infection control and personal grooming techniques; assists in bathing, dental care, hair and nail care, personal hygiene, toileting, incontinence care, menstrual care, and grooming routines as necessary.
  • Teaches and assists individuals in dressing, clothing selection, storage, laundering and repair of clothing and accessories; helps them to shop for clothing.
  • Teaches and assists in proper use and care of shavers and razors, eyeglasses, hearing aids, prostheses as prescribed by appropriate medical practitioner.
  • Administers and teaches individuals first aid treatments; administers cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques and performs other health-related techniques as required.
  • Takes, records, reports temperatures, blood pressures, pulse rate, weight, and other significant symptoms/health-related occurrences; aids developmentally disabled individuals in understanding, recording, and reporting such factors.
  • Maintains confidentiality of information.
  • Reports unusual incidents and physical or behavioral symptoms promptly and accurately to the supervisor.
  • Applies valid and accepted limits for inappropriate behavior and helps control and restrain individuals with challenging behaviors in their care.
  • Administers prescribed medications and treatments; teaches, observes, reports problems and progress in self-administration of medications programs; assists individuals in achieving more independence in administration of medications.
  • Accompanies individuals to medical, dental, and other health-related appointments; delivers prescriptions to pharmacy, takes medication to home site and logs same; and instructs and observes individuals in use of those substances.
  • Assists individuals in eating who cannot feed themselves independently.
  • Teaches individuals to eat in a family-style setting; models and teaches mealtime socialization skills.
  • Teaches and assists individuals to plan, shop, store, prepare and serve meals using currently accepted nutritional standards.
  • Performs/teaches developmentally disabled individuals routine housekeeping duties such as dusting, washing floors and walls, cleaning bathrooms, and vacuuming rugs.
  • Follows safety procedures in living unit by mopping up spills, reporting unsafe conditions, teaches and reinforces fire safety procedures.
  • Teaches and reinforces use of a variety of communication skills.
  • Guides individuals through motor exercises designed to increase physical coordinative functions.
  • Accompanies developmentally disabled individuals to community activities including worksites, cultural, religious and social events, day programs, and visits to health practitioners.
  • Provides support for maximum community integration.
  • Maintains an adequate supply of and accounting of personal clothing and possessions.
  • Teaches money management principles to developmentally disabled individuals; and completes/aids in completion of banking activities.
  • Helps developmentally disabled individuals to develop/maintain positive interpersonal relationships with their peers, with others in their families, and with others in the community.
  • Participates in the development of individual program and habilitation plans.
  • Communicates with other direct care staff or with supervisory or clinical staff for the purpose of sharing information and obtaining direction for specific assignments.
  • High school diploma or GED or possess a Direct Support Professional (DSP) Certificate from an accredited public or private organization.
  • Ability to provide direct services to adults with developmental disabilities.
  • Knowledge of policies and procedures of OPWDD, as well as state and federal regulations as they apply to the care and treatment of the developmentally disabled.
  • Knowledge of active treatment programs as they relate to the developmentally disabled.
  • Currently AMAP certified or able to become certified within six months of hire.
  • Currently SCIP-R certified or able to become certified within six months of hire.
  • Currently CPR and First Aid certified or able to become certified within six months.
  • Ability to operate a motor vehicle safely.
  • Direct Care experience with people with mental and/or physical disabilities.
  • AMAP, SCIP-R, CPR/SFA certified.
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