What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Support Professional position at Empowerment Solutions, Inc.?
Job Summary
As a Direct Support Professional, you’ll provide respectful, person-centered care that helps individuals with disabilities and older adults participate in daily life. You’ll support personal care, meals, medication routines, and community activities while following care plans and protecting each person’s rights and privacy. Your impact: Consistent, attentive support helps residents maintain comfort, dignity, and greater independence.
Duties
- Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs), including bathing, dressing, grooming, and mobility; use safe manual handling and patient transfer methods, including a Hoyer lift when trained and appropriate.
- Observe and monitor residents, report changes, and document care, vital signs, and medication administration according to care plans and applicable privacy requirements, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Prepare meals, cook, clean living areas, and provide personal transportation assistance as assigned.
- Communicate clearly with residents, families, and care teams; uphold resident rights and respond appropriately to emergencies using first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.
- Provide direct support tailored to individual needs, including autism, developmental, intellectual, and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, as well as dementia and memory care needs.
Experience
- Patient care, caregiving, patient observation, monitoring, and personal care assistance are important to this role.
- Experience in group homes, assisted living, nursing homes, home health, home care, hospice, long-term care, or home and community care is relevant.
- Background in senior care, geriatrics, Alzheimer’s care, dementia care, nursing, or intellectual disabilities support is valued.
- Experience working with individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, or other disabilities is helpful.
- First aid and CPR knowledge is preferred. Ability to perform assigned heavy lifting and follow safe care procedures is required.
Pay: From $11.00 per hour
Expected hours: 24.0 – 64.0 per week
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid orientation
- Paid time off
- Paid training
Work Location: In person