Direct Support Professional Residential

Job Description

Job Description

Looking for work with purpose, heart, and real human connection? Join Edwards Center and help adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities build safe, meaningful, joy-filled days.

About the Role

Every shift is a chance to support someone’s independence, celebrate progress, and make everyday routines feel empowering. As a Direct Support Professional, you’ll provide respectful, hands-on support in residential homes and community settings while helping people live with dignity, choice, confidence, and connection.

• You’ll help people build daily living skills such as cooking, hygiene, household routines, and community participation.
• You’ll support personalized goals, Individual Support Plans, and Safety Plans in a way that honors each person’s choices and strengths.
• You’ll promote inclusion, independence, and confidence during everyday routines and community adventures.
• You’ll keep clear documentation so each person’s support team has accurate, timely information.

What You’ll Do

• Provide respectful, person-centered support with activities of daily living, skill development, recreation, and community involvement.
• Assist with medication administration, health-related documentation, and follow-through on physician or nursing orders after training.
• Recognize changes in health, behavior, or safety and respond calmly, promptly, and appropriately.
• Help maintain clean, organized, and safe home environments.
• Communicate with participants, coworkers, families, and community partners in a clear and professional way.
• Use basic computer systems for documentation, logs, emails, and incident reporting.
• Drive agency vehicles for appointments, errands, and outings when needed and in line with safety policies.

Why This Role Is Worth Waking Up For

• No two days are exactly alike: you might help with a favorite meal, support a community outing, encourage a new skill, or celebrate a personal win.
• You’ll build real relationships while supporting independence, safety, and belonging.
• You’ll receive training and teamwork to help you feel prepared and confident.
• You’ll go home knowing your work mattered to someone’s day.

You’ll Thrive Here If You Are

• Compassionate, patient, dependable, and ready to jump in.
• A great listener who communicates clearly and respectfully.
• Flexible when plans change and steady when someone needs support.
• Committed to confidentiality, safety, inclusion, and participant rights.
• Comfortable using basic technology for documentation and communication.
• Open to coaching, training, and learning through hands-on experience.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to pass required background checks.
• Valid Oregon driver’s license and an insurable driving record; driver must be over 21 and have at least 3 years of driving experience.
• Willingness to complete Edwards Center training, including Oregon Intervention System, First Aid/CPR, Bloodborne Pathogens, and mandatory reporter training.
• Basic computer skills and a positive attitude toward learning new systems.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

This is an active, hands-on role in residential homes and community settings. With or without reasonable accommodation, team members may need to:

• Walk and move frequently throughout homes and community locations.
• Assist with transfers, mobility equipment, and transportation needs.
• Lift or carry up to 50 lbs frequently and up to 100 lbs occasionally.
• Bend, stoop, reach, kneel, push, or pull as part of daily support and household tasks.
• Hear, see, and communicate consistently to support safety and connection.
• Work indoors and outdoors in a variety of residential and weather conditions.
• Respond quickly and calmly to medical, behavioral, or safety situations.

Why Join Edwards Center?

• Do work that matters in the lives of adults with I/DD.
• Join a mission-driven team built on dignity, respect, empathy, and reliability.
• Gain valuable training and experience in human services, healthcare support, community inclusion, and person-centered care.
• Be part of everyday wins: a new skill learned, a goal reached, a successful outing, a safer routine, or a moment of confidence.

Ready to Apply?

If you’re caring, reliable, and ready for a role where your work truly matters, we’d love to meet you. Apply today and help create safe, supportive, meaningful days for the people we serve.