Direct Support Professional - CL

Direct Support Professional (DSP)

The Direct Support Professional (DSP) provides hands-on care to the assigned Individual(s). Each DSP must satisfy all requirements of the DSP Requirements Policy; Criminal History, Background Policy and the Training Procedure. Each DSP must comply with applicable laws, the LEL Policies and Procedures Manual and support LEL Home Services, LLC's Mission and Vision. Maintain accurate time records of all time worked and submit these time records at the end of each work shift through LEL Home Services, LLC's approved time keeping method.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for implementing the services outlined in their respective Individual(s) ISP.
• Be timely in the completion and submission of documentation regarding the daily activities and progress of the Individual(s) per LEL policies.
• Arrive in a timely manner to begin scheduled work shifts and call the Program Manager and Individual/family to report late arrival or absence.
• Submit all work schedules in a timely manner per LEL policies.
• Notify the Program Manager of any changes in daily schedules.
• Provide support services per the hours designated in Individual's NOA.
• Review LEL Bulletin Board messages on a regular basis but no less than once per week.
• Encourage the Individual(s) to participate fully, offer choices and options, encourage the Individual(s) to use existing skills, assist with tasks, housekeeping chores, meal preparation and help the Individual(s) engage in their communities.
• Demonstrate the ability to provide services in accordance with the Individual(s) ISP.
• Provide a safe environment for the Individual(s) with disabilities being served.
• Provide services in the Individual(s) residence, being respectful of their environment, family and family culture.
• As appropriate, and when requested by the Individual(s) and their families, assist in any activities of daily living ("ADL").
• Be involved in all areas of the Individual(s) daily activities, as appropriate, to enable the Individual(s) to feel safe, engaged and unconditionally valued, and to return unconditional value towards others.
• Supervise and participate in leisure activities and field trips with Individual(s).
• Transport Individual(s) in the DSP's vehicle.
• Ensure that a cell phone is immediately available anytime transporting an Individual or accompanying an Individual in the community.
• Implement the Individual(s) programs and collect related data.
• Prepare food for the Individual(s) per established guidelines and menus.
• Perform, on a limited and appropriate basis, routine property maintenance and housekeeping for Individual(s), including general cleaning and laundry.
• Attend continuing education training, meetings, workshops and updates in the field of developmental and intellectual disabilities, behavioral health and quality of life and all mandated training required by applicable law and LEL Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure that LEL has accurate/current personal contract information. Return all messages left through the means designated within twenty-four (24) hours of their receipt.
• Provide LEL Program Manager' or Directors of Program Services with access to Individual(s) in the Individuals' place of residence within 24 hours of a request from a supervisor.
• Provide other services as directed by LEL.

Qualifications:

• Meets all Direct Support Professional Requirements (See Direct Support Professional Requirements Policy) and Criminal History and Background Policy requirements.
• Provides or cooperates with LEL in obtaining all documentation required by law and LEL's Personnel File Requirements policy.
• Completes all training as directed by LEL and LEL's Training Procedure.
• Committed to serving and improving the quality of life for Individual(s)/families with developmental and intellectual and/or physical disabilities.
• Kind, compassionate and caring nature.
• High school graduate or possess a general equivalency diploma preferred.
• Able to work evenings, weekends and flexible hours as assigned by LEL.
• Knowledge of intellectual disabilities, mental illness, human behavior, gentle teaching, quality of life and relationships.
• Able to develop and maintain positive working relationships with other service providers, families and Individual(s).
• Maturity and judgment to work with materials of a confidential nature.

Physical Requirements:

The employee must:

Regularly:

• Speak
• Hear (both in person and using a telephone)
• Sit
• Use hands to manipulate, handle or feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Lift and/or move up to five (5) pounds

Frequently:

• Stand, walk, stoop or kneel
• Lift and/or move up to ten (10) pounds

Occasionally:

• Operate a non-commercial automobile for distances up to 500 miles
• Climb and/or straddle
• Lift and/or move up to 20 pounds

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an office environment in which the noise level is usually low to moderate. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions as well as Individual residences in which the noise levels are usually moderate. LEL Home Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equality, and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.