What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Support Professional - Day/Evening/Weekends position at THRIVING TOGETHER SUPPORT SERVICES?
Direct Support Professional
Job Summary
Main Objective: Provide person-centered direct support services to individuals with disabilities in their home and community
Major Duties:
1. Cultivate positive relationships with the individual served and others who support them
2. Support individuals to learn and utilize skills for daily living
3. Perform personal care tasks
4. Ensure individual rights are respected
5. Complete documentation for all services delivered
6. Ensure all individuals are treated with dignity and respect
7. Understand and take measures to recognize and prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation
General Accountabilities
Job Responsibilities:
1. Provide direct care to assigned individuals
2. Perform any necessary self-care tasks, including but not limited to basic personal hygiene, grooming, feeding, ambulation tasks, medical monitoring, and monitoring for health and safety.
3. Ensure the individual’s environment is safe; assist with maintaining it, if necessary
4. Remind and/or assist individuals with self-administration of medications (after Core A/B training is successfully completed)
5. Provide support for community activities and engagement
6. Assist with and track all necessary PCISP and PBSP goals and strategies
7. Encourage individuals for movement toward his/her wants and needs
8. Assist individuals to plan meals, shop for groceries and other items, prepare/serve meals, feed
9. Help individuals with household cleaning and simple maintenance tasks
10. Assist with toileting, such could include reminders, verbal prompting, and/or physical assistance
11. Complete documentation for all delivered services within the identified timeframe
12. Report all incidents immediately with an internal report completed within 12 hours of incident
13. REPORT ALLEGED, SUSPECTED OR ACTUAL ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION IMMEDIATELY
14. Attend interdisciplinary team meetings as requested
15. Other duties as assigned
Job Qualifications
Job Summary
Main Objective: Provide person-centered direct support services to individuals with disabilities in their home and community
Major Duties:
1. Cultivate positive relationships with the individual served and others who support them
2. Support individuals to learn and utilize skills for daily living
3. Perform personal care tasks
4. Ensure individual rights are respected
5. Complete documentation for all services delivered
6. Ensure all individuals are treated with dignity and respect
7. Understand and take measures to recognize and prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation
General Accountabilities
Job Responsibilities:
1. Provide direct care to assigned individuals
2. Perform any necessary self-care tasks, including but not limited to basic personal hygiene, grooming, feeding, ambulation tasks, medical monitoring, and monitoring for health and safety.
3. Ensure the individual’s environment is safe; assist with maintaining it, if necessary
4. Remind and/or assist individuals with self-administration of medications (after Core A/B training is successfully completed)
5. Provide support for community activities and engagement
6. Assist with and track all necessary PCISP and PBSP goals and strategies
7. Encourage individuals for movement toward his/her wants and needs
8. Assist individuals to plan meals, shop for groceries and other items, prepare/serve meals, feed
9. Help individuals with household cleaning and simple maintenance tasks
10. Assist with toileting, such could include reminders, verbal prompting, and/or physical assistance
11. Complete documentation for all delivered services within the identified timeframe
12. Report all incidents immediately with an internal report completed within 12 hours of incident
13. REPORT ALLEGED, SUSPECTED OR ACTUAL ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION IMMEDIATELY
14. Attend interdisciplinary team meetings as requested
15. Other duties as assigned
Job Qualifications
- Eduction: Minimum of a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent
- Experience: One year of paid or volunteer experience preferred
- Requirements: Must be 18 years old, possess a valid and unrestricted driver's license, and have a clean criminal history