Full Time Direct Support Professional

5 days ago

Farmingdale, Maine, United States YAI Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Direct Support Professional to join our team at YAI. As a Direct Support Professional, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in achieving their goals and living fulfilling lives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support and Empowerment
    • Assist individuals in maximizing their strengths, interests, and abilities, upholding their personal rights, and providing emotional support and building positive relationships.
    • Support people to meet personal goals that characterize quality of life, engage in respectful communications and conversations through person-first language, encourage socializing, and facilitate activities that provide social capital and connections to the community.
  • Supervision and Safety
    • Responsible for the overall supervision, protection, and care of individuals at all times, including maintenance of program guidelines for the protection of individuals, facilitating learning and training in fire safety, and identifying and appropriately escalating signs of an individual's potential harm to self or others.
    • Ensure health, wellness, and safety by providing appropriate supervision of the people we support and by managing crisis situations while adhering to applicable policies, procedures, and regulations.
  • Support and Care
    • Provide support in a variety of settings and in accordance with each person's individualized service and behavior support plans, utilizing support skills for people with varying levels of need and demonstrating the OPWDD Core Competencies.
    • Ensure implementation of person-centered, individualized plans following levels of supervision and safeguards, including protective oversight (IPOPs), as well as Behavior Support Plans (BSPs), Staff Action and/or Life Plans for all people we support.
  • Documentation and Communication
    • Review communication logs daily and make entries of events, progress notes, services, and/or information; collect and enter data as part of daily operations using an electronic health record.
    • Review and complete all other required paperwork and documentation to ensure compliance and/or billing completely, accurately, and within appropriate timeframes.
  • Teamwork and Professional Development
    • Serve as a member of a highly effective team, providing feedback and communicating programmatic needs to members of the team and maintaining a solution-oriented approach during conflicts.
    • Complete and maintain all necessary trainings and certifications, including specialized trainings based on program and position to ensure compliance with YAI policies and all applicable rules or regulations.
Requirements
  • Education and Experience
    • Must be at least 18 years of age.
    • Ability to meet essential physical demands of position, including frequent walking, sitting, standing, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing, pulling, and reaching with hands and arms.
  • Skills and Abilities
    • Effective written and oral communication skills, including the ability to appropriately document services provided for billing and tracking purposes.
    • Enthusiasm for working with people with I/DD, willingness to take initiative, and ability to demonstrate positivity, patience, and empathy and compassion in all interactions.
    • Ability and willingness to assist with a variety of supports and ADLs as requested, including regular exposure to and handling of various bodily fluids.
    • Basic computer skills, including email, utilizing Workday and related systems to complete tasks.
  • Certifications and Training
    • Must hold or obtain and maintain Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention – Revised (SCIP-R) within one (1) year of appointment.
    • Must hold or obtain and maintain additional certifications as required by program assignment and persons supported within one (1) year of appointment.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Education and Experience
    • HS diploma or its educational equivalent.
    • Work or life experience supporting people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.

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