Direct Support Specialist
6 days ago
Job Summary:
Capitol Care is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Direct Support Specialist to join our team. As a Direct Support Specialist, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead independent lives. Your primary responsibility will be to assist individuals with daily living activities, such as bathing, feeding, and toileting, while promoting attitudes and behaviors that enhance community inclusion.
Key Responsibilities:
• Assist individuals with daily living activities, including bathing, feeding, and toileting.
• Implement and assist individuals with completion of goals.
• Provide safe transportation to and from work/day program services, scheduled appointments, and recreational activities.
• Ensure a safe and healthy living environment through routine facility inspections, disinfecting, and maintenance of the facility.
• Monitor individual's daily activity through documentation in progress notes, ICL, and verbal communication with supervisors and co-workers.
• Attend all mandatory meetings and trainings as required.
• Monitor own time card to ensure correct recording of hours worked, and use of benefit time.
• Adhere to all Agency policies and procedures.
Qualifications:
• The employee must successfully complete and demonstrate proficiency in all areas of required training and essential duties, including American Red Cross Adult Adult First Aid/CPR and recertification every two years.
• Agency approved Crisis Management and recertification annually.
• Initial Medication Administration with on-site competency assessment and annually thereafter.
• Initial Preventing Abuse and Neglect with on-site competency assessment and annually thereafter.
• Positive Behavior Supports.
• 12 hours of professional development annually per calendar year prorated at one hour per month.
• Specialized Training as required.
• The employee shall be 18 years of age or older and possess a driver's license valid in the State of New Jersey (probational licenses are not accepted).
• The employee must submit to a criminal background check, and be determined to be not disqualified by the Department of Human Services prior to working with individuals.
• The employee must agree to have their name checked against the Central Registry of Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities.
• The employees hired after 6/15/2018 shall submit to drug testing prior to employment.
• All direct care employees shall submit to drug testing conducted randomly and for cause.
• All employees shall complete an application to have their name checked against the Child Abuse Registry Information (CARI);
• All employees must demonstrate successful completion of a Pre-employment physical; Pre-employment tuberculosis test as required by The State of New Jersey Department of Human Services.
• Clearance based on a 3-year and annual motor vehicle abstract assessment.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
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