Direct Support Professional

Direct Support ProfessionalDirect Support Professionals help individuals with developmental disabilities, mental health needs, and medical needs live safe, independent, and meaningful lives. In this role, you'll support daily living skills, personal care, hygiene, meals, medication assistance, community access, social skills, housekeeping, safety, and recreation. You'll follow support plans, document daily progress, and use behavioral and crisis-prevention strategies as trained. Success in this position requires dependable communication, teamwork, problem-solving, confidentiality, and the ability to learn required procedures and regulations.Benefits – Part-TimeSick timeEAPEmployee discount program Dayforce Wallet Daily Pay Tuition discount through Capella UniversityEducation & ExperienceHigh school diploma or GED preferredCPR/First Aid (provided)Crisis intervention training (provided)Physical RequirementsWorks primarily in the program location, with occasional outdoor/community activitiesFrequent sitting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motionsOccasional lifting up to 50 lbsOccasional bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, standing, crawling, reaching, walking, driving, traveling, kneeling, and crouching