Direct Support Professional

4 weeks ago

Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States Access Services Full time
Job Opportunity

Access Services is seeking a part-time Direct Support Professional (DSP) to provide Community Participation Support services for individuals with Intellectual Disabilities/Autism in our Life Sharing program.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Implement the individual's plan of care while ensuring high-quality support.
  • Maintain daily logs and other required documentation.
  • Provide accurate and timely communication to the Coordinator regarding the individual and family.
  • Ensure own proper conduct and fair representation of Access Services.

Work Schedule:

  • 10 hours per week
    • Shifts:
    • 6 hours over two weeknights
    • 4 hours on Saturday afternoon

Requirements:

  • One year of direct care experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities is required.
  • A high school diploma or GED is required.

Driving Requirements:

  • A valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle during work hours are required.
  • A U.S. driver's license for at least two years (not including time with a permit) is required.
  • Must be listed as a driver on a valid auto insurance policy.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Ability to teach basic daily living skills.
  • Ability and willingness to provide personal care as needed.
  • Knowledge of basic family dynamics.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals, their families, case managers, and the general public.
  • Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting laws, rules, and policies governing Access Services' services.
  • Ability to express ideas succinctly, both orally and in writing.
  • Commitment to be sensitive to the family atmosphere and ability to communicate clearly with the family and individual.
  • Ability to maintain a cooperative and caring attitude toward others with a view of seeing the needs of others as more important than one's own needs.
  • Commitment to Resident Rights and individuality of the person being served.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Proficiency in, or ability to learn and use, workplace applications, platforms, and technologies.

Essential Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

Work in program sites and the community routinely providing direct care and support with individual(s). Stand, sit, or run by self, or to provide proper care and supervision with an individual. Able to move and stay with an individual to keep them safe, both in home environment and community, both at near and far distances, even when an individual may struggle to meet identified expectations. Able to assist an individual who has fallen, regardless of weight or size. Walk, climb stairs by self, or to provide direct care ensuring individual's safety, or to complete household and community tasks. Perform household tasks or tasks within the community such as laundry, cleaning, completing meal routines, shopping, or dining out and, at the same time, ensuring individual's safety and proper direct care and compliance with ISP.

Benefits:

  • Mileage Reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Referral Bonuses
  • Ongoing Training
  • Discounts on various services, perks with local Credit Unions, college tuition discounts

Why work for Access Services as a Caregiver or DSP?

We offer an inclusive, supportive work environment with opportunities for professional development, career growth, and a team that truly cares about the work they do, the people they support, and their team members.

Access Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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