Direct Support Professional

Company: Embrace Residential Homes, Inc.

Position: Direct Support Professional (DSP)

Reports to: Administrator

Employment Status: Full-time

Hourly Pay: $18.00

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Shifts Available:

Monday through Friday 4pm to 12am

Saturday / Sunday 8am to 4pm / 4pm to 12am

Do you have a passion for helping developmentally disabled adults? Our goal at Embrace Residential Homes, Inc. is to provide the least restrictive care to adults with developmental disabilities and behavior challenges while giving them the best quality of life possible. We offer an alternative to a hospital setting which presents a home-like atmosphere where our consumers are treated with dignity and respect.

We are currently looking for Direct Support Professionals that care for high functioning individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities or illnesses. The Direct Support Professional is focused on helping adults with disabilities complete daily tasks and stay safe in their environment. Their main duties include helping consumers complete basic housekeeping tasks, transporting consumers to appointments or other social outings and keeping them safe from potential health hazards in their surrounding environment.

Direct Support Professionals are responsible for creating a safe, positive and encouraging atmosphere for their consumer. They work closely with the consumer to enhance their decision-making skills and encourage them to engage in more activities that will help strengthen their physical and mental health. Direct Support Professionals teach consumers how to complete certain tasks on their own to promote a more independent and satisfying lifestyle.

Responsibilities:

• Interacting and engaging with consumers including playing board games, taking them on outings to the movies or beach.
• Completing housekeeping tasks such as vacuuming, cooking, washing dishes, laundry and tidying.
• Assist clients with prescribed medication.
• Helping plan client appointments and organize a schedule.
• Organizing transportation arrangements to appointments.
• Shopping for groceries and preparing meals that meet specific client dietary needs.
• Encouraging client engagement in social networks and communities.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Attention to detail, especially when adhering to specific protocols and rules while carefully following instructions to care for the needs of the client.
• Integrity to ensure clients feel safe and comfortable when tending to personal activities such as helping them bathe.
• Trustworthiness and dependability so clients and their families feel comfortable relying on them.
• Interpersonal skills when working with clients, including having compassion and being sensitive to their emotional needs when they are in extreme distress or pain.
• Physical stamina when performing tasks such as lifting or turning their clients.

Required Education, Skills, and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• DSP 1 & DSP 2 certification required.
• Certifications: First Aid, CPR, and CPI
• 1-2 years’ experience working with developmentally disabled adults.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

This position requires finger printing, a DOJ criminal background clearance, satisfactory reference checks, health screening, and negative TB test.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Must be able to regularly:

• Lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
• Stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and
• Hear, talk, smell and taste
• Walk, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Sit, climb or balance

The physical requirements described in the job description are representative of the physical requirements that must be performed by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations that do not create an undue hardship for the company and allow a successful job applicant or employee to perform the essential duties of the position will be made in accordance with federal and state law.

Equal Employment Opportunities Statement:

Embrace Residential Homes Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Pay: $18.00 per hour

Experience:

• DSP: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)
• DSP 1 and DSP 2 Certifications (Required)
• CPR Certification (Required)
• CPI Certification (Required)
• First Aid Certification (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18