Sr. Direct Support Professional

Adapt of the Hudson Valley Inc•Town of Bethel, NY

11d•$19•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Sr. Direct Support Professional is responsible for devoting their attention to the care and development of residents in one of the Agency’s residential facilities. This role interacts in a manner that fosters dignity and learning, helping residents achieve greater independence and creating a homelike atmosphere. The position involves direct care, training, safety monitoring, crisis response, medication administration, and maintaining the facility. The duties and responsibilities of the Senior Direct Support Professional will include, but are not limited to: * Provides care and assists with personal development and independence of residents. * Ensures that all measures for safety and well-being are maintained at the highest level. * Trains residents in activities of daily living and in the development of self-help and social skills. * Maintains a personalized, homelike atmosphere in the residence facility. * Attends weekly staff meetings, other assigned meetings, and in-service training. * Prepares concise written reports including Incident Reports, Residents’ Progress Notes, and other reports as assigned. * Responds to crisis situations and medical emergencies, including accidents, by taking quick and decisive action. * Ensures actions prevent abuse and reports observations of potentially abusive co-workers. * Administers appropriate first aid based on visible symptoms and resident history. * Summons police, fire, ambulance, or other emergency personnel when necessary. * May restrain residents exhibiting threatening or dangerous behavior in accordance with OPWDD approved Behavior Management guidelines. * Transports residents in agency vehicles for various activities. * Assists with meal planning, preparation, and purchasing of food and supplies. * Demonstrates understanding and implements behavioral programs. * Participates fully as a member of the interdisciplinary team. * Maintains ongoing informal exchange of information and written logs of daily activities. * Performs housekeeping, cooking, laundry, and light maintenance duties. * Supervises other activities as necessary to maintain program quality. * Dispenses prescribed medications after successful completion of medication administration training and in line with Agency protocol (AMAP supervised by residence nurse). * Completes all activities related to skill building as outlined in individual program plans. * Attends to residents' personal hygiene needs. * Handles all resident-specific documents securely and confidentially. * Regularly checks business email for agency notifications and announcements. * Performs related duties as requested.

Requirements

Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
Good oral and written communication skills
Good interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with coworkers, employees, residents and their families
Ability to analyze problems and determine corrective measures
Valid NYS driver's license in good standing
High School Diploma or GED required
Six months of related experience is preferred but not required
All FT Sr. Direct Support Professionals must be approved Medication Administration Personnel (AMAP) at time of hire or will be completely trained and certified by the agency within the first six months of employment.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret reports and documents.
Ability to respond to common inquiries, concerns or complaints from employees and customers.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Basic understanding of statistics.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to resolve conflicts and mediate stressful situations.

Nice To Haves

Six months of related experience is preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Provides care and assists with personal development and independence of residents.
Ensures that all measures for safety and well-being are maintained at highest level.
Trains residents in activities of daily living and in development of self-help and social skills.
Maintains a personalized, homelike atmosphere in residence facility.
Attends weekly staff meetings as well as any other assigned meetings and in-service training.
Prepares concise written reports including Incident Reports, Residents’ Progress Notes and other reports as assigned.
Responds to crisis situations and medical emergencies, including accidents by taking quick and decisive action.
Ensures actions are conducted in a manner that prevents abuse and reports observations of co-workers who may be abusive in accordance with established procedures.
Administers appropriate first aid based on visible symptoms and resident history in accordance with established guidelines and accepted first aid practices.
Summons police, fire, ambulance or other emergency personnel if situation warrants it.
If emergency has caused resident to exhibit behavior that is threatening or dangerous, in accordance with OPWDD approved Behavior Management guidelines, may have to restrain that resident.
Transports residents in agency vehicles to and from work, shopping, programs, restaurants, movies, doctor’s appointments, etc.
Assists with meal planning and preparation as well as with purchasing of food and supplies.
Demonstrates an understanding of and implements behavioral programs.
Participates fully as a member of interdisciplinary plan.
Maintains an ongoing informal exchange of information.
Maintains written logs for recording daily activities.
Performs housekeeping, cooking, laundry, light maintenance and light preventative maintenance duties as needed in order to maintain a safe and homelike environment.
Supervises any other activities as may be necessary in order to maintain quality of program.
Dispenses prescribed medications to residents after successful completion of medication administration course and in line with Agency protocol. AMAP’s are supervised by residence nurse in all areas related to medication administration.
Completes all activities related to skill buildings as outlined in individual program plans.
Attends to personal hygiene needs of residents i.e. toileting, bathing and changing as situation warrants.
Handles all resident specific documents in a secure and confidential manner.
Regularly checks business email for agency notifications and announcements.
Performs related duties as requested.