Direct Support Professional - CDS

Job Title: Direct Support Professional (DSP)

Reports To: Program Manager

Summary

Supports persons served as a mentor encouraging people to learn and practice skills needed to be successful in their home and community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide support to persons served.
• Teach each person served the skills needed to accomplish goals set in their Individual Service Plan (ISP).
• Document outcomes of ISP.
• Document facility safety practices, assessments, incident reports and daily logs.
• Supports persons served in development of connections/relationships in the community.
• Attend ISP meetings as requested.
• Attend monthly persons served Self Government meetings.
• Guide persons served in making responsible choices.
• Transports persons served as needed.
• Inform Program Coordinator of issues experienced by person served in ISP implementation.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent education level.
• 18 years or older.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain certification in CPR/First Aid.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Blood Borne Pathogens, Medication Administration,
• Systematic Instruction Strategies, Abuse/Neglect, HIPAA, Confidentiality, and Positive Behavior
• training.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Class E driver’s License.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain ServSafe Certification (if required).
• Must be able to pass a 10-panel drug test.
• Must pass a background check including criminal record and driving record.
• Ability to perform each essential duty and responsibility.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional teamwork and problem-solving abilities.
• Preferred: Experience working with people with developmental disabilities.

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods of standing, sitting, and walking.
• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds; this may be more with certain types of work
• assignments.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth
• perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
• essential functions.