Direct Support Professional (Day Program)

Description Join Devereux New Jersey Where Great Careers SOAR! Being a Direct Support Professional (DSP) has its Advantages: As a Direct Support Professional at Devereux, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. What Devereux offers YOU: Time off benefits starting on day one! Excellent health benefits, effective 30 days after employment at My Devereux Benefits. Tuition and student loan assistance. Growth and training development. Working environment that is collaborative with multidisciplinary team. Opportunity to engage with an organization that embraces Servant Leadership principles, allowing staff to be their authentic selves at work. Direct Support Professional positions are located in Swedesboro NJ. Salary: Starting at $20.42 and increases with education/experience. Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4pm What we look for in our Direct Support Professionals: Ensure our individuals are safe and healthy while attending our day program. Supervise, coach, and assist our individuals in achieving their goals for daily living skills, such as food preparation, cooking, cleaning, and shopping. Supervise the planning, implementation, and documentation of programs designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and personal needs of our individuals. Plan and participate in community‑based jobs, volunteer opportunities, and outings for our individuals to be involved with. Schedule and transport our individuals to and from day program. Qualifications You'd make a great DSP if you have: Have a minimum of a High School Diploma/GED. Have a valid non-provisional driver's license. Be 18 years of age or older (required). Be able to attend ten days of paid onsite orientation on weekdays. Be empathetic and have a team approach to care for our individuals. Devereux has a zero‑tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible. Devereux is a drug‑free workplace, drug screening required. EOE #J-18808-Ljbffr Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health