PCA/Direct Support Professional

2 weeks ago


Minneapolis, United States MSP Home Healthcare Inc Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

The Direct Support Professional is responsible for a variety of duties that support clients in their home as well as out in the community. These duties, depending on the program the client is on, include:

  • Assisting clients with daily personal tasks, including bathing and dressing
  • Completing housekeeping tasks such as vacuuming, washing dishes and tidying
  • Helping plan client appointments and organize a schedule
  • Organizing with transportation arrangements to appointments
  • Shopping for groceries and preparing meals that meet specific client dietary needs
  • Encouraging client engagement in social networks and communities
  • Meet with clients, one on one, in their homes on a regularly scheduled basis
  • Overnight assistance and supervision provided in the client’s own home
  • Support clients through creative, thoughtful, problem-solving
  • Understand and work to follow through with support plan goals
  • Timely completion of documentation of activities and progress as directed by supervisor
  • Clear and professional communication with clients, Field Coordinators, and members of the support team

Qualifications and Skills:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Valid Minnesota Driver’s License with acceptable record (non-driving roles also available).
  • Ability to pass DHS background study.
  • Passion for serving our clients.
  • Commitment to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion with focus on culturally responsive practice, internal self-awareness, and reflection
  • Attention to detail, especially when adhering to specific protocols and rules while carefully following instructions to care for the needs of the client
  • Integrity to ensure clients feel safe and comfortable when tending to personal activities such as helping them bathe
  • Trustworthiness and dependability so clients and their families feel comfortable relying on them
  • Interpersonal skills when working with clients, including having compassion and being sensitive to their emotional needs when they are in extreme distress or pain
  • Physical stamina when performing tasks such as lifting or turning their clients

 

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

  • 4 hour shift
  • 8 hour shift
  • 10 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Evening shift
  • Every weekend
  • Monday to Friday
  • Morning shift
  • Night shift
  • Overnight shift


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