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About the Role
A Direct Support Professional works with clients in a residential treatment setting, implementing daily living skills as part of their treatment plan. This role involves acting as a positive role model, providing therapeutic services, and ensuring the client's health and safety.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for day-by-day care of clients, including supervision of personal hygiene, social guidance, leisure time use, and food planning/preparation.
- Develop, supervise, and run activity sessions.
- Accompany clients on trips and outings, supervising activities.
- Provide one-on-one support to clients experiencing significant stress or management issues.
- Accompany clients to medical, social, or other necessary appointments.
- Share client observations and experiences with the treatment team and report unusual issues to the supervisor.
- May be required to cook/prepare meals for residents.
- Participate in weekly team meetings and regular staff meetings and training.
- Complete regular and timely documentation of resident interactions, including progress and informational notes in electronic records.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team.
- Complete incident reports as appropriate.
Requirements
- Willingness to work with residents impacted by trauma and mental health challenges.
- Compassion and respect for vulnerable individuals.
- Patience and understanding for the stabilization and recovery process.
- Excellent youth engagement skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Word.
- Aptitude for learning new systems and application software.
- Ability to read paper and electronic documents.
- Ability to perform significant data entry into various computer programs.
- Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to travel independently using public transportation.
Skills
- Youth engagement
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft Office
- Outlook
- Word
Location
- Community
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- High School diploma or Equivalency
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.