What are the responsibilities and job description for the Live-In Direct Support Professional position at Blueberry Lodge Assisted Living Group Home, LLC?
Live In Direct Support Professional and Second Shift Service Provider
Blueberry Lodge Assisted Living Group Home
North Douglas, Juneau, Alaska
Blueberry Lodge is seeking a compassionate, dependable, full time professional to fill a unique combined position within our established adult assisted living home.
This position combines two separate roles into one.
The first role is a paid Second Shift Direct Support Professional, working from 2:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at $24 per hour.
The second role is serving as our Live In Overnight Service Provider, residing on site from 10:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. in exchange for free private room and board. The overnight portion is not an hourly paid shift. Instead, your overnight presence is exchanged for housing, utilities, and additional employment benefits.
For more than twenty years, Blueberry Lodge has provided a safe, family style home for three to four adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our residents are generally independent and do not require nursing level care or hands on personal care.
This is not a CNA, nursing assistant, or personal care attendant position.
Our residents do not require assistance with bathing, dressing, toileting, feeding, transfers, lifting, or other hands on personal care. Instead, we provide supervision, encouragement, coaching, prompting when appropriate, transportation, meal preparation, community involvement, and assistance developing independent living skills.
If you enjoy cooking, building meaningful relationships, staying active in the community, and helping others become as independent as possible, this may be the perfect position for you.
Compensation and Benefits
Paid Second Shift
- 2:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- Hourly wage
Live In Benefits
Your overnight presence from 10:30 p.m. until 7:30 a.m. is exchanged for free room and board, including:
- Private entrance
- Private bedroom
- Private bathroom
- Private sauna
- Access to shared kitchen and living areas
- Beautiful log home overlooking the tidelands near Eaglecrest Ski Area
- Utilities included
- Phone allowance
- Alaska Club gym membership
- Medical allowance
Overnight emergencies are extremely rare. In more than twenty years of operation, we have never experienced an overnight emergency requiring staff intervention. The overnight role primarily provides reassurance and peace of mind for residents and their families should an unexpected situation ever arise.
Second Shift Responsibilities
The paid second shift focuses on helping residents live healthy, active, independent lives.
Responsibilities include:
- Preparing healthy, home cooked dinners and weekly meal planning
- Grocery shopping and running household errands
- Teaching and encouraging independent living skills
- Assisting residents with cooking, laundry, cleaning, budgeting, shopping, and personal organization
- Providing transportation to work, appointments, recreational activities, and community events
- Supporting medication routines as trained and permitted by Alaska assisted living regulations
- Encouraging exercise, hobbies, friendships, and community involvement
- Completing daily documentation
- Maintaining a clean, organized, welcoming home
- Assisting with birthdays, holidays, vacations, and special events
- Performing light household, vehicle, and property upkeep and reporting maintenance concerns
- Working closely with the Administrator and other team members to ensure residents receive consistent, person centered support
Live In Responsibilities
The overnight role is separate from the paid second shift.
Responsibilities include:
- Residing on site seven nights each week
- Being available should an unexpected overnight emergency occur
- Maintaining a calm, responsible adult presence in the home
- Helping ensure the home remains secure overnight
- Coordinating vacations and overnight absences with the Administrator in advance
The overnight position is intended to provide peace of mind rather than active overnight caregiving. Residents are typically asleep during these hours, and overnight assistance is rarely needed.
Qualifications
- Valid driver's license with a clean driving record
- Ability to pass state and federal background checks
- Negative TB screening
- Pre employment hair follicle drug screening for illegal substances
- CPR and First Aid certification or willingness to obtain
- Strong cooking skills
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Dependable, patient, self motivated, and able to work independently
- Comfortable living in a shared professional environment while maintaining appropriate boundaries
- A genuine desire to help adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities live fulfilling, independent lives
Living Arrangement
This position requires the successful applicant to live at Blueberry Lodge full time and remain in the home overnight seven nights per week.
Time away, vacations, and overnight absences are coordinated in advance with the Administrator.
Pets may be considered on a case by case basis and must be compatible with our friendly lodge cat, Onyx, and our dog, Paddington.
About Blueberry Lodge
Blueberry Lodge has proudly served the Juneau community for more than twenty years. We believe every person deserves dignity, respect, independence, and a home where they feel valued.
Our goal is not to do everything for our residents. Our goal is to help them do as much as possible for themselves while providing guidance, encouragement, and support along the way.
Pay: $23.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Relocation assistance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $23 - $25