$2000 Sign-On Bonus

Essential Functions:

• Validates the quality delivery of residential services by Direct Support Professionals to ensure the health and safety of individuals served
• Provides direct care to individuals receiving services such as cooking, grooming, bathing and toileting as needed
• Ensures DSPs are trained in individual treatment and training plans in partnership with Residential Services Director
• Submit grocery list to Office Manager weekly, ensuring a well-rounded and nutritious diet for individuals. Maintain supplies needed in assigned group home
• Ensure individual dietary and texture needs correlate with doctor's orders for all individuals

Position Summary: The Direct Support Professional (DSP) is responsible for providing daily residential support services, education, and transportation for the Home and Community-Based Service (HCS) and ICF-IDD program in a supported home living or community-based setting.

The DSP is expected to perform all job responsibilities in alignment with the mission and core values of the Caregiver organization and comply with all policies and procedures, OSHA, CMS, HIPPA, local, state, and federal, regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide direct client care, including but not limited to:
• Assist with daily living activities such as grooming, eating, bathing, dressing and personal hygiene
• Administering medications as directed
• Assist with meal planning, preparation, and general housekeeping duties
• Provide appropriate therapy (i.e. physical, behavioral, and occupational)
• Assist with ambulation and mobility as needed, which may require lifting 50 or more pounds at a time
• Facilitates inclusion in community activities, use of natural supports, social interaction, participation in leisure activities, and development of socially valued behavior
• Responsible for preventing client abuse by adhering to all policies and procedures
• Reports all incidents/injuries in a timely manner and cooperates with all internal/external investigations as required
• Attends periodic training, reporting suspicious and inappropriate behavior, and following mandatory abuse reporting requirements
• Provide client transportation to employer, doctor appointments and other community activities
• Complete administrative documentation including daily notes detailing client activities supporting the approved Individual Support Plan (ISP)
• Maintains good work and personal ethics in dealing with co-workers and resident consumers
• Other Duties as assigned

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required

Qualifications:

• Valid state driver's license and driving record that meets minimum standards for insurance coverage under the company's coverage
• Clear background check, including criminal history
• Ability to read, write, speak, and communicate effectively in English
• Ability to perform basic computer functions to complete documentation electronically
• Ability to comprehend instructions, manuals, and other company documents
• Understands basic mathematical concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Ability to apply common sense of understanding to carry out detailed written or oral communications or instructions

Physical Requirements: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties of this job are performing the following:

• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, bend, squat, sit and talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with han s and arms
• The employee must frequently lift/move 50 or more pounds
• Specific mental abilities required by this job include continuous concentration to detail; frequent oral and written communication; an attention span of 1+ hours on a task and the ability to remember multiple tasks
• The employee is required to operate a computer and basic office equipment
• Safety hazards may exist if equipment is not used properly, if proper techniques/equipment is not used when lifting; if vehicles are not operated safely; or if proper behavior intervention techniques are not utilized

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is a home setting, varying degrees of background noise, standard home ventilation and lighting, occasional temperature fluctuations will occur

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