Direct Support Professional - Full Time

Positively impact the lives of individuals with disabilities.

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) help people with cognitive and/or physical disabilities by assisting with daily living activities. The DSPFT assists persons served with personal care, such as bathing, toileting, and dressing; performs household chores such as vacuuming, washing dishes, laundry, cleaning bathrooms, and tidying; transports and/or accompanies persons served to appointments and activities; prepares or helps prepare meals; and helps persons served achieve outcomes as written in support plans.

At Opportunity Matters, we encourage the persons served to be as independent as possible, by teaching independent living skills. Depending on the needs of the person, the work may include performing the tasks completely for others, or it may be assisting in the completion of the tasks. DSPFT’s have a strong desire to create positive impacts on the lives of persons served and enjoy encouraging, mentoring, and coaching others to achieve their goals.

Direct Support is a fulfilling career with a sense of purpose and the ability to witness the tangible results of your work. Foster meaningful relationships and advocate for the needs of those you support within the community.

Essential Duties – The DSP-Full Time assists the Program Coordinator, Program Manager, and/or Director with the general oversight of the home.

• Help ensure staff coverage, cover open shifts along with PC/PM/PD or staff.
• Train staff to the site/program.
• Foster a positive work environment, professionally represent the Organization.
• Resolve issues that arise throughout the shift
• Provide personal hygiene cares for adult males and females.
• Provide physical assistance to sit down/stand up, walk, transfer, lay down, or other required mobility demands.
• Ensure supervision of persons served according to the support plans.
• Act as an appropriate role model.
• Follow applicable and approved behavioral redirection techniques.
• Interact and engage with persons served.
• Transport and accompany persons served to appointments and community activities.
• Administer client medications and treatments.
• Prepare and clean up meals, snacks, and beverages.
• Complete records, documents, charts, and client information, legibly.
• Complete cleaning tasks and household chores
• Assist persons served with money transactions.
• Immediately respond and address emergency situations.
• Communicate with and assist other staff positively and professionally.
• Assist with and complete duties that need to be done at the home, following Organization policies and procedures.
• Perform and complete additional job duties as requested or directed by PC/PM/PD. Complete monthly fire drills, document, and go grocery shopping.