Job Title: DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL

Reports To: Residential Program Supervisor

LOCATION, Pennsylvania

Compensation: $16 to $18 per hour.

BLOCK SHIFTS where staff can sleep onsite

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma/GED
• Experience in the field of social services or with people with intellectual disabilities/mental health needs preferred.

Other REQUIREMENTS:

• Valid driver’s license and current vehicle insurance, inspection and registration as well as access to a vehicle

Responsible for implementing all aspects of the support plans for each person. Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations. Responsible for the routine, emergent and follow-up medical care of the person supported and their overall health and well-being during the scheduled shift.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Actively builds a meaningful relationship with the person supported that honors the person’s voice and life vision.
• Implements each support plan as written, particularly acknowledging a person’s feelings and responding in a way that helps to meet each person’s goals and needs, without trying to change the person or their behavior.
• Serves as a constant positive role model.
• Assists in planning community and in-home activities that are of interest to and meaningful for the person supported.
• Maintains supervision levels prescribed in support plans.
• Maintains the cleanliness, safety and security of the home, which may include but not be limited to housekeeping, minor household repair, yard care, trash removal, laundry, and general upkeep.
• Schedules emergent, routine and follow-up medical appointments and accurately documents and uploads the outcome of each appointment to the EHR to ensure regulatory compliance as well as the overall optimum health of the person supported.
• Ensures the overall health and well-being of the person supported and implements recommendations from medical professionals.
• Immediately notify Program Supervisor and LPN of any changes in the general medical health of the person, emergent necessary treatment or follow-up appointments, and/or changes in medication.

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