Direct Support Professional

1 month ago

Mt Vernon, United States Caregiver, Inc. Full time
Position Summary

The Direct Support Professional (Float) is responsible for providing direct care for clients with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in a supported living or community-based environment. This includes assisting leadership with the coordination of staff activities, the whereabouts of all clients under their supervision, and ensuring that required documentation (i.e., client notes, community-based notes, administration records, client financial records, and vehicle logs, etc.) is accurate and completed in a timely manner. Incumbents are on call twenty-four hours a day and must respond in a timely manner to unexpected events and/or emergencies with clients under their care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Organizes and directs the care of clients, including, but not limited to transportation, maintenance of household inventory, menu planning and preparation, etc.
  • Monitors and organizes activities in accordance with Individual Support Plans and delivery of client care plans under the direction of the Special Needs and Medical Special Needs.
  • Reviews daily service delivery logs and notes detailing client activities supporting the approved Individual Support Plan (ISP).
  • Responsible for adhering to all policies & procedures regarding mandatory reporting requirements, attending mandatory training and reporting all suspicious & inappropriate behavior.
  • Take actions as appropriate to ensure Standards of Care are met and participates in quality improvement processes.
  • Ensure maintenance request forms are completed and submitted to RSD as needed, and that requests are completed.
  • Complete Home Visit Guide at the request of the RSD and submit to RSD.
  • Availability to cover variable shifts and locations at the discretion of the RSD/ Area Director.
  • When worked hours are thirty (30) or below, the DSP-Float may work in the office to ensure forty (40) hours at the discretion of the RSD/Area Director.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Education and/or Experience
  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Valid state driver's license
  • 1 year of IDD / caregiver experience preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Strong organizational and decision-making skills.
  • Knowledge of Universal Precautions
  • First Aid and CPR
  • Knowledge of proper personal hygiene practices.
  • Ability to perform the physically demanding aspects of the job.
  • Ability to complete required documentation both electronically and on paper.
Physical Requirements

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties to include but not limited to the following:
  • Sitting is 20% of work time.
  • Standing is 50% of work time.
  • Walking is 70% of work time.
  • Bending, pushing, pulling, stooping, reaching, and kneeling is 60% of work time.
  • Grasping and finger/hand manipulation is 40% of work time.
  • Ability to lift up to fifty (50) pounds.
  • Ability to operate computer, facsimile, copier, shredder, and calculator.
  • A home setting, varying degrees of background noise, standard home ventilation & lighting and occasional temperature fluctuations may be found in the work environment.
Travel
  • Travel up to but not limited to fifty (50) percent of the time.

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