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Location: Middletown, NY
Hours: 40 awake overnights Sun and Tues 10p-8a , Mon and Wed 9p-7a
Rate of Pay: $15.50 per hour
Job
Description:
Direct
Support Professionals work as part of an interdisciplinary team (clinical
staff, nurses, families, advocates, etc.) providing services to adults with intellectual/
developmental disabilities. Working under the direction of a Supervisor,
Direct Support Professionals provide services that enrich the lives of the individuals
we support. Our mission is to help our individuals live happy, healthy, and
fulfilling lives.
Direct
Support Professionals may provide assistance with activities of daily living,
including, but not limited to personal care, meal preparation, medication
administration, and health maintenance.Direct Support Professionals support individuals with developing
independent living skills, such as money management, community integration
and appropriate social skills. Direct
Support Professionals encourage and provide advocacy for the individuals they
work with.
Direct
Support Professionals work in a residential setting and can provide
Residential, Day Habilitation or Pre-Vocational services, both within the
home as well as out in the community (as appropriate to the specific service).
Direct Support Professionals are bound by the NADSP code of ethics
which helps guide and maintain high standards for the life changing work they
do every day. The NYS DSP Core
Competencies are value based competencies and skills that Direct Support
Professionals use as they foundation of the person-centered supports they
provide.
Essential
Duties and Responsibilities:
Some of
the duties and responsibilities vary in intensity and frequency (ranging from
daily total care to verbal support):
Advocacy – assists individuals with achieving desired personal outcomes. (Core Competency 1)
Professionalism – (Core Competency 3)
Health Maintenance – supports individuals in achieving optimal health, which may include medical appointment, medication administration and healthy meal planning and preparation (Core Competency 4)
Safety- ensures for the overall safety of individuals, colleagues and self (Core Competency 5).
Household Maintenance- ensures routine household maintenance gets completed as needed, which may include meal preparation, cleaning, laundry, etc. (Core Competency 5, 6).
Personal Care– supports individuals with all personal care needs, which may include providing hands on assistance (Core Competency 4,5)
Independent Living Skills Development – helps individuals develop independent living skills (Core Competency 6).
Mentor-serves as a role model, demonstrating appropriate social interactions and implementing approved crisis intervention techniques and strategies as needed (Core Competency 3).
Operational Support - completes documentation, in accordance with regulations and policies, utilizing appropriate computer applications (Core Competency 2,3)
Transportation - provides transportation for individuals to various sites in the community utilizing an agency vehicle (Core Competency 7).
Performs other duties as needed or assigned.
**DSP3E’s provide intensive services
and supports at Level 3E IRAs. Level 3E
IRAs have frequent, intense behavioral outbursts and little insight into
their behaviors. They have limited
verbal and self-protection skills.They may require 1:1 or more staffing support and frequent physical
interventions.
Qualifications:
Education or Experience:
Bachelor’s
Degree in a related field with six months experience with clinically
challenged/dually diagnosed /individuals with forensic backgrounds/
individuals with Autism/ or medically involved; at least 3 months of
experience with individuals with Autism
Or
Bachelor’s
Degree in any field with one year experience with clinically
challenged/dually diagnosed /individuals with forensic backgrounds/
individuals with Autism/ or medically involved; at least 3 months of
experience with individuals with Autism
Or
Associate’s
degree with two years’ experience with clinically challenged/dually
diagnosed /individuals with forensic backgrounds/ individuals with
Autism/ or medically involved; at least 1 year of experience with
individuals with Autism
Or
At least three
years’ experience with clinically challenged/dually diagnosed
/individuals with forensic backgrounds/ individuals with Autism/ or
medically involved; at least 1 year of experience with individuals with
Autism
Or
Internal
candidate with at least two years’ experience with clinically
challenged/dually diagnosed /individuals with forensic backgrounds/
individuals with Autism/ or medically involved; at least 1 year of
experience with individuals with Autism
ABA
(Applied Behavioral Analysis) Methodology training is preferred
ALL
POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, FINGERPRINTING AND MOTOR
VEHICLE REPORT CHECK. ALSO, ALL OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE CONTINGENT ON
SUBMISSION TO A PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG TEST AND RECEIPT OF A NEGATIVE DRUG TEST
RESULT
The agency is a smoke free workplace and offers smoke free
campuses for our employees, visitors, clients and interns.
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