Lead Direct Support Professional

Lead Direct Support Professional Role

The Lead Direct Support Professional-Residential supports and assists Members with developmental disabilities in developing/enhancing basic living and other life skills, promoting independence and individual choice.

Responsibilities include:

• Supervision of the Members' health, safety, and security to include assistance with Activities of Daily Living (eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, ambulation, and continence).
• Coordination of the instruction and supervision of the Members in appropriate basic activities of daily living skills and recreational events in accordance with the Person-Centered Plan.
• Encouragement of the Members to develop and maintain positive interpersonal skills.
• Coordination, transportation, and/or accompaniment according to their Person Center Plan.
• Ensuring proper medication procedures are followed for the Members.
• Ensuring physicians' orders are implemented correctly.
• Responsibility for developing/assisting to develop, implementing, documenting, and monitoring each Member's program.
• Responsibility for communicating progress and issues in a timely manner to the appropriate staff.
• Responsibility for planning and maintaining Member's and household accounts.
• Responsibility for maintaining all other records/paperwork and submitting documentation per assigned timelines.

Requirements include:

• Minimum of 18 years of age.
• Current driver license with Non-Restricted Motor Vehicle Record and compliance with the requirements of The Opportunity Tree's insurance carrier.
• Fluent in English, both in speech and in writing, to communicate our mission clearly and warmly.
• Experience: Preferred in the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) field.
• Education: High school diploma or GED.
• Knowledge: Beginner MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, web browsing.
• Personal enthusiasm for providing services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Positive attitude and ability to represent The Opportunity Tree effectively in the community. Ability to work collaboratively as a team member with Members, staff, families, funders and stakeholders.
• Successful completion and maintenance of all required training which may include CPR, First Aid, and Prevention and Support.
• Successfully meets AZ-DPS requirements for Fingerprint Clearance Card.
• Reliable transportation and possible travel for The Opportunity Tree business.
• Skills include but are not limited to knowledge of principles in staff interaction, task productivity, time management, problem identification, and resolution administration.

Work Environment includes:

• Lift, carry, transfer minimum of 40 pounds.
• Bend, kneel, and stoop.
• Push, pull wheelchairs.
• Reach, reach overhead.
• Sit, stand, walk for extended periods.
• Finger/hand/wrist dexterity to eye.
• This position is considered a "safety sensitive" position.