Part-Time DSP (Afternoons, Evenings, Weekends)

Penn Mar 2021 • New Freedom, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

A Direct Support Professional (Also known as DSP, Residential Assistant, Caregiver, Home Health Aide, CNA) is responsible for providing support to individuals in a residential setting. This includes light housework such as cooking, meal preparation, and cleaning. They also assist with personal care and hygiene routines, including feeding, medication administration, bathing, showering, and toileting. Additionally, DSPs provide transportation to doctor’s appointments, outside activities, and excursions, and offer behavioral and social support, which may involve working with individuals experiencing physical and verbal outbursts or aggressiveness.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/G.E.D.
• Valid Driver’s License with 2 years of consecutive driving experience and less than 3 moving violations within the past 36 months
• Ability to pass pre-employment background/physical/TB/drug screenings
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. as needed

Responsibilities

• Light housework: cooking, meal prep, cleaning
• Maintenance of personal care/hygiene routines: feeding, medication administration, bathing, showering, toileting
• Providing transportation to and from doctor’s appointments, outside activities and excursions
• Behavioral and social support (to include working with potential physical and verbal outbursts/ aggressiveness)

Benefits

• New starting rates of $19.85-20.35!
• Paid vacation days and holiday pay
• Employee referral bonus program
• Extensive paid training, as well as continual opportunities for further job-related education and career advancement (including our Career Ladders program)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Supportive leadership team who wants to help YOU succeed
• Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability
• 403b retirement plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED