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Direct Support Professional
**Hillcrest Family Services**
1 Positions
ID: 118334
Posted On 04/18/2024
**Job Overview**
**Every other weekend, Friday-Sunday 10:00pm-6:00am**
**Direct Support Professional (DSP) with our Residential Team!**
**Base rate of $15.00-$18.00 with shift differentials of $2.00-$3.00 per hour, based off shift type!**
_Join a caring and dedicated team of professionals that help people with a variety of challenges within our several 5 bed group homes and a 60 bed care facility._
**Your Role**
Coach people to appropriately cope with emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and other struggles.
Role model and coach individuals with activities of daily living (cooking, cleaning, showering, hygiene, shopping, and managing money).
Participate and plan recreational activities.
Learn and implement Evidence Based Mental Health Programs with clients.
Learn skills to de-escalate emotionally charged individuals.
Ensure the safety of all those involved (monitor meals, behaviors, activities).
Demonstrate teamwork with other roles (nurses, prescribers, therapists, and support staff).
Communicate to the team through daily documentation and reports.
**What You Need**
High school diploma or equivalent required (GED or NCR accepted).
**What Makes You Stand Out**
Good teamwork mentality and client focused work ethic.
Prior experience working with adults who have chronic mental health challenges.
Valid drivers license and ability to meet agency driving requirements.
Prior experience with health care documentation.
CPR/First Aid certification.
**Competitive benefits package for full-time employees working 30 hours a week:**
Health insurance (up to 79% employer paid)
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) with profit sharing and employer match
Paid time off (accrue up to 80 hours during first year of employment; increases based on tenure with agency)
10 paid holidays
80 hours sick time
2 wellness days
Staff development and training
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility for federal student loans
Employer paid CEU's through Relias
On-site primary care
PerkSpot- employee discount program
MeMD- virtual health provider for you and your family
Free talk therapy
$0 Telehealth/urgent care
Discounted psychiatry
Employee assistance program
Advancement opportunities
**Shift differentials up to an additional $3.00/hour**
**About the Program**
Hillcrest's **Adult Residential Services** operates several 5 bed group homes and a 60 bed care facility for adults who have a mental health diagnosis. Serving as a steppingstone from hospitalizations to independent living, these programs provide supervision in a safe, secure, and protected environment, with the following support:
24 hour staffing and supervision
Individual counseling and care coordination
Mental health support
Medication management
Social and community integration
Physical and emotional health development
Recreational activities (structured and unstructured)
Daily living skills education and instruction
**About the Organization**
Hillcrest Family Services is a non-profit organization that assists adults and children in need of help. Every day, Hillcrest builds confidence in hundreds of people and families. We strive to be a leading provider in supporting brain health and wellness. Were a place where compassion is commonplace. Where our passion soars and faith restores.
**COVID-19 Vaccination Not Required**
Primary Contact
315333
Human Resources
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563-557-8211
Phone
Phone
Phone
563-207-5051
Fax
humanresources@hillcrest-fs.org
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**Job Details**
Categories
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Human and Social Services
Location
Iowa City, IA
Job Type
Employee
Full/Part
Company ID
1066
Job REQ #
118334
# Positions
1
Start Date
20240418
End Date
20240523
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Hillcrest Family Services
**About the Company**
Founded in 1896, Hillcrest Family Services is a non-profit health and human services provider, accredited by the Joint Commission, that assists children, adults, and families in need of help. In 2020, we delivered innovative, collaborative, and resourceful care to 30,648 children, adults, and families from 52 Iowa counties, 6 Illinois counties, and 4 Wisconsin counties in an effort to ensure they were safe, secure, and well. Our nearly 400 Hillcrest team members in 30 programs served our clients while upholding our core values - Compassion for All, Trustworthiness, Collaboration, and Community Involvement. With primary programming and administrative offices in Dubuque, Hillcrest also operates programs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Maquoketa, Clinton, Washington, Mt. Pleasant, Wapello, and Ottumwa.
Mission: _Meeting people as they are today; Guiding them to where they want and need to be tomorrow. ~Help for today, Hope for tomorrow~_
Job Summary
Full Time
$30k-33k (estimate)
05/02/2024
05/15/2024
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