Direct Support Professional

1 week ago

Carson City, Nevada, United States LifeSkills Unlimited Full time

Job Summary

LifeSkills Unlimited supports individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and related disorders in their homes or apartments to maintain activities of daily living. To ensure optimal health and safety, teach individuals to be as independent as possible, and to maintain their homes to ensure a clean, and safe environment.

Pay starting at $17 per hour. FT and PT available.

Essential Job Responsibilities

  • Teach and assist in daily living skills, which may include personal hygiene, bathroom duties, shaving, brushing teeth, bathing/showering, shampooing, and dressing appropriately for the weather and activities.
  • Support individual?s ISP plan and daily activities, household chores, money management, and out in community activities.
  • Monitor for changes in their health, appearance, and behavior
  • Follow physician?s orders regarding, medication and dietary needs.
  • Complete documentation as necessary, to meet LifeSkills, Federal, and State regulatory requirements.
  • Complete required, and ongoing training requirements with LifeSkills and State required timeframes.
  • Behavior should be professional at all times. Treating everyone with respect and dignity
  • Report to work on time, ready to work assigned shift
  • Active listening Skills
  • Ability to communicate with others
  • Complete all shift duties and any tasks assigned by management to fill the needs of the Individuals that we serve.

Additional Job Responsibilities

  • May transport in agency vehicles to and from work, errands, doctor visits, recreational activities, and shopping
  • Conducting required fire and emergency drills

Benefits

  • Paid training
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance available
  • Shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. FT and PT

Physical Requirements

  • Agility to work in a residential setting
  • Must be physically able to perform CPR and/or First Aid
  • May exert force between 10 and assisting with
  • Bed to floor/wheelchair
  • Floor/wheelchair to bed
  • In and out of shower/bath
  • Into and out of vehicles
  • Assisting in bathing and showering
  • Changing adult depends
  • Housecleaning duties, e.g., laundry, vacuuming, cleaning showers, tubs, dishes, taking out garbage
  • Preparing meals
  • Pushing/pulling e.g. wheelchairs
  • Ability to carry groceries from vehicle to house
  • Balancing, stooping, kneeling, standing, sitting, and walking

Minimum Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Must be at least 18 years old
  • Must have a valid Nevada Driver License or (Nevada ID work in SLA)
  • Clean DMV history, and insurable to drive agency vehicles
  • Ability to work Saturday and Sunday
  • Must have a ?Negative? pre-employment drug screen result
  • Basic Math Skills
  • Read, write and understand English
  • Clean Criminal Background

Additional Requirements

  • Current CPR and First Aid Card (training provided)
  • Proof of unexpired auto insurance and registration (preferred)

Pease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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