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Our STEP Center Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) promote independence for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) through the STEP Center Program (Steps to Empowerment Program). The HPI STEP Center provides person-centered training and activities that enable our clients to achieve employment, enhanced socialization and independence, or meet other personal goals. You may be trained as a job coach and earn an additional job coaching rate when supporting clients with jobs in the community.
No experience or certifications are required! On-the-job training is provided.
Wage Range: $16 - $22 per hour, starting wage depending on experience. However, prior experience as a caregiver, CNA, PSW, home health aid, etc, may be considered when offering a starting wage.
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8AM-4PM (40 hrs per week)
This schedule may vary based on client needs - occasional weekends and evenings are required.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties include, but are not limited to:
Benefits
Full-time employees qualify for our benefits package which includes partially company-paid medical, dental, and vision. Additional benefits include fully company-paid life insurance, disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and worldwide travel assistance! Employees also earn paid vacation time and paid sick time (Subject to waiting periods).
Requirements
Qualifications
Work Schedule
The normal work schedule will vary to accommodate the schedules of the clients supported which may include evening and weekends. It is the attendance standard of the employer that all employees shall be present and on time for each shift that they are scheduled to work. Time off may be approved if allowed by applicable policies covering illness, injury, or another personal emergency.
Physical Demands
Position is active in nature. Must be able to monitor and observe the activities of program participants. Regularly move about or position self to supervise and interact with participants at their level. Occasionally lift, transport, position, push/pull or move up to 50 pounds using proper lifting techniques. Must be sufficiently mobile and possess a range of motion to perform repetitive standing, walking, balancing, stooping, bending, crouching, crawling, sitting on the floor, reaching, squatting, kneeling, and twisting. Ability to react quickly to the physical actions of program participant. Administrative and supervisory activities will require ability to operate keyboard-driven equipment. Ability to communicate verbally and in writing. Sufficiently mobile to attend activities and meetings within the County. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.
Work Environment
This is primarily a community-based job and will involve interaction with intellectually and/or developmentally disabled individuals which can result in physical contact and/or verbal exchanges. This location will be determined by the employment of the client who requires job coaching.
Equal Opportunity Employer
HPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, age, military service, veteran status, receipt of public assistance, because of a juvenile criminal record that has been expunged, genetic and family medical history information, physical or mental disability, and/or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, when recruiting, hiring, training, transferring or promoting employees at all levels.
Full Time
Business Services
$33k-40k (estimate)
05/03/2024
07/29/2024
horizonprojectinc.com
PENDLETON, OR
25 - 50
1977
RICK CURREN
$5M - $10M
Business Services
Horizon Project Inc. was founded in 1977 by a group of local citizens in Milton-Freewater with a goal to enable adults with developmental disabilities to participate in out of home activities. Over the past 40 years, Horizon has grown geographically and functionally to become the largest single provider of residential and employment supports to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Today our service professionals provide comprehensive community services in Milton-Freewater, Pendleton, and Hermiston. We serve people in smaller surrounding communities and in parts of un ...
incorporated Umatilla County.
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