Walk In Interviews Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am-1pm

250 Marcus Blvd, Hauppauge, NY 11788

General Purpose of the Job

Direct Support Professionals (DSP) perform a wide variety of person-centered supports and services with a strong emphasis on personal choice to individuals with developmental disabilities. These supports and services involve advocating for, encouraging, guiding and teaching individuals in expressing personal choice, developing daily living skills and habits, taking care of their personal needs, assuring community integration, ensuring for their health and safety, and maintaining a healthy, safe home environment. The supports and services performed depend upon the specific abilities of the individuals being served and the nature of the setting where the activities are performed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Direct Support Professionals provide physical and cognitive support to individuals with developmental disabilities to help them lead better lives. In accordance with habilitative plans, they guide and teach individuals supported to live the lives they choose to live. Incumbents perform and/or take a lead role in the following duties:

Putting People First

• Demonstrates respect for all others.
• Encourages and supports problem-solving and coping skills.

Building and Maintaining Positive Relationships

• Teaches and reinforces the use of a variety of communication techniques to meet the individual’s needs.
• Accompanies and transports individuals to community activities including worksites, cultural, religious and social events, day programs, and visits to health practitioners; and aids individuals in developing awareness and use of community resources and in interacting with others

Demonstrating Professionalism

• Engages in mutually respectful partnership/relationships with the individuals, family members, co-workers and others.
• Complies with agency regulations related to confidentiality
• Demonstrates respect for diversity and inclusion.

Supporting Safety

• Supports the safety of all individuals in everyday situations.
• Performs routine housekeeping duties as appropriate, such as dusting, washing floors and walls, cleaning bathrooms and vacuuming rugs.
• Conducts fire drills following the fire evacuation plan.
• Understands and can execute specific emergency preparedness plans for the location in which he/she is assigned.

Having a Home

• Supports individuals to live in the home of their choice.
• Supports the individual by ensuring a comfortable home environment that is clean, neat and kept in an orderly condition.

Being Active and Productive in Society

• Supports the individual’s career and employment goals.
• Assists in the development of skills to help the individual meet the productivity expectations of the workplace.
• Supports active participation in the community.
• Teaches money management principles to individuals; and completes/aids in completion of banking activities.

High School Diploma and NYS Drivers License preferred

Fully company funded 1199 Union Healthcare Benefits

Defined contribution pension plan and optional 403B retirement savings plan

United Cerebral Palsy is an Equal Opportunity Employer