Weekend Direct Support Professional
Direct Support Professional - Weekend
Location: Montgomery County, NY
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Reports To: Residential Manager/Family Support Manager/Habilitation Coordinator
Physical Requirements: Lifting: Ability to lift and transfer consumers, lift 50lbs, walking, climbing, bending, reaching, kneeling, squatting, twisting. Ability to carry out SCIP RR techniques is required.
Hours of Work: This is a Part-time weekend position, requiring two 12 hour shifts, day or awake night. Total work hours not to exceed 24 hours in a weekend. Exact schedule is dependent upon the assigned residence. Holiday work is required if holiday falls on a weekend.
Job Summary: Ensure all daily care and supports are provided to persons with disabilities in a person-centered manner so that each person lives a life they love. Work collaboratively to ensure assigned supports are completed to ensure health, safety and quality of life.
Pay: $25.50/Hr
Job Qualifications:
- Valid NY State driver's license
- All candidates must be fluent in English able to read and write the English language
- For all Awake Night Floater positions, the highest training for a DSP will be required upon availability of the Charge Training Class after the initial training concludes.
- Travel is required, employee must have reliable transportation available
Major Responsibilities:
- Provide Individual Support- ensure that supports are provided with consideration of each person's individualized routines and procedures
- Financial- assist individual's with purchases including choice, expense, responsibility, and planning
- Health and Nutrition- ensure that medical needs are arranged for the consumer with as much independence from the consumer as possible
- Regulatory- ensure continuity and security for each consumer
- Follow agency, state, and federal regulations in order to maintain compliance
- Report all incidents, including allegations of abuse and neglect and Serious incidents, to the Manager immediately upon discovery
- Training/Programmatic- support and train individual's in respect to fire evacuation and incidents of abuse through natural teaching moments
- Community Relations- Ensure that persons with disabilities participate in the life of the community
- Professionalism- uphold agency Values
- Be positive on focus and commentary at all times while at work. Personal discussions of a negative nature must not take place at work. The atmosphere needs to be pleasant and supportive to everyone
- Environmental- provide a safe, secure, and comfortable home atmosphere
- Report safety hazards immediately to direct supervisor
- Scheduled Hours- Attend Residential Staff meetings as scheduled on a monthly basis
- Attend training and individual specific in-services as necessary
- Staff are at no time to leave an individual without proper coverage or relief, or in an unsafe condition due to staffing needs
- Personal Outcome Measures- Understand supports we have provided relative to the 21 Personal Outcome Measures
