Direct Support Professional -Weekday and Weekend MORNINGS

Job Description If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.

It means going home at the end of the day knowing you have helped someone accomplish a goal. If you want a career supporting others, creatively finding solutions to life's challenges, and building a more inclusive community, YAI is the place for you!

We are hiring for our Direct Support Professional opening in our Brooklyn locations who possess a wide range of skills and are eager to promote YAI's mission of supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live, love, work, and learn in their communities.

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) work closely with people of all ages who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Depending on the supports needed, DSPs may work in a person’s home, in their family’s home, in a YAI residence, at a day habilitation center, or out in the community.

High School Diploma or GED
Work or life experience in the I/DD field is a plus but not mandatory
Ability to complete three to five weekdays of paid New York State-mandated OPWDD training during normal business hours
Tuberculosis (TB) testing is mandatory for most positions (and is provided free of charge by our partnership with CityMD)

Full Time weekday and weekend positions are available including 40 hour morning , evening, and overnight schedules.

DailyPay available - Work today, get paid today!
Medical/Dental
Gym Reimbursement
Life Insurance
Discounts on travel, entertainment, wireless services, shopping, and more!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.