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DSP - Direct Support Professional

Loveland Center
Port Charlotte, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 2/8/2026 CLOSED ON 2/20/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the DSP - Direct Support Professional position at Loveland Center?

Loveland Center, Inc. Equality Through Opportunity.

$250.00 SIGN ON BONUS.

Position: Direct Support Professional (DSP).

Schedule: Day Shift, Monday thru Friday - No Weekends.

Make a difference in some's life.

Provide the expertise, knowledge, and skills necessary to organize and supervise Loveland Center participants in the classroom, on campus, and/or in the community.

Direct service professionals must be 18 years or older and possess a valid Florida driver's license.

Using a curriculum, educate, encourage, and empower participants to reach their goals through hands-on Practical Skills Training as they apply to everyday life. Services are to be provided on campus as well as in the community.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Fully adheres to Loveland Center's Code of Ethics and Unifying Values.
  • Maintain professional standards of the highest quality with regard to health, safety, classroom management, and public relations.
  • Acquire and maintain a proficient level of technological skills as applied to job requirements and industry standards within the designated area of instruction.
  • Implement an age-appropriate curriculum, utilizing state-of-the-art teaching methods and materials, including computers, iPads/tablets, various applications as well as written and unwritten materials.
  • Work within prescribed individualized implementation plans and behavior plans for each participant; monitoring progress and giving input on setting annual goals.
  • Transport participants as assigned by the Adult Day Training Manager.
  • Perform all other duties not specifically identified, as assigned by the Adult Day Training Manager, Chief Operating Officer, or President/CEO.
  • While performing the duties of this job, a DSP is regularly required to talk, hear, and see; frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands.
  • The DSP is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; as well as stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and may be required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Continued employment remains on an "At-Will" basis.

Loveland Center Inc is a AHCA-regulated facility. Florida law requires Level 2 background screening for all individuals working at such facilities. As such, a Level II background check must be performed prior to the first day of employment. For more information, visit https://info.flclearinghouse.com/.

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