What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Support Professional - Adult Supportive Housing - PRN position at Seven Counties Services?
Job Description
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Part time
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Teaches, models, and coaches activities of daily living (ADL) (e. g., personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal preparation, money management, educational and vocational goal-setting, nutrition needs); monitors performance of ADL skills and provides therapeutic feedback.
- Teaches psychoeducation classes on recovery (e. g., medication side effects, ADL, communication skills, stress management strategies).
- Plans and facilitates community-based activities (e. g., medical appointments, grocery shopping, leisure/recreation/socialization); facilitates access to community resources (e. g., AA/NA meetings, school, job placement).
- Contributes to safe and therapeutic environment by practicing verbal de-escalation and, as authorized, other behavior management techniques.
- Serves as “ambassador” of SCS and its clients by integrating clients into the community and educating community members about people with disabilities and about SCS’s services and programming.
- Collaborates with community systems on behalf of individuals served (e. g., school, landlord, family, transportation provider, employer).
- Provides transportation (e. g., driving SCS van or personal vehicle), ensuring adherence to standard safety practices (e. g., driver certification, seat belts, child safety seats); teaches and facilitates use of public transportation systems.
- Provides personal care, as needed (e. g., personal hygiene, toileting, laundry, meal preparation, safe eating techniques).
- Administers First Aid and CPR, as needed.
- Supervises self-administered medication, depending on the specific clinical program’s protocols.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Bachelor’s degree with six to twelve months full-time experience
- Without Bachelor’s degree, six to eight years full-time experience working with individuals who receive services for treatment of a mental health, substance abuse, intellectual disability, or physical health condition.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to communicate with verbal and nonverbal individuals.
- Teaching skills.
- Ability to provide nurturing attention and care to individuals with disabilities.
- Patience and empathy.
- Maturity and judgment.
- Position involves considerable physical exertion, lifting a maximum of 100 pounds, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
- May include frequent lifting of patients.
- 18 years of age or older.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Proof of automobile liability insurance.
- Positive driving record.=
Part time