Direct Support Professional R&R Enterprises - 3.5 Huntsville, AL Job Details Full-time $11.50 - $12.50 an hour 12 hours ago Benefits Paid orientation Professional development assistance Flexible schedule Qualifications Customer communication Basic math Maintenance Assisting with ADLs High school diploma or GED Meal preparation

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Direct Support Professional Job Summary:

Instructs basic self-care and independent living skills to person served with intellectual disabilities by performing the following duties. Provides assigned person served with disabilities with individualized support that allows them to become active, involved, and valued members of their respective communities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Assist in monitoring and instructing person served receiving training in accordance with the person served Person Centered Plan. Assist in completion of documentation, including incident reports, activity notes, seizure charts, medication records, daily training file entries, and other reports as needed. Assist with medical appointments as needed. Know and understand all scheduled appointments of the person served. Know and understand person served diagnosis, Behavioral Support Plan, Psychotropic Medication Plan, and Fading plan, Assist person served as needed with hygiene/self-care, including bathing, dressing, etc. Administer medications as prescribed by physicians and in accordance with Department of Mental Health regulations. Know the times, medications must be administered. Ensure person served complete assigned household duties, ( Assist in maintenance of household and training equipment and supplies. Reports malfunctions and needed repairs and supplies for house, appliances, vehicles, or equipment to the house manager in a timely manner. Prepare and serve meals for person served in based on their desires. Assist person served in assuring laundry is completed regularly. Transport person served to day habilitation programs, community outings, appointments, or to other activities as needed, and assist in loading and unloading vehicles. Assist person served in engaging in recreational/leisure activities. Build relationships with people in the community and help people in the community become more welcoming and understanding of the people we support. Serve as an advocate for the person served, we support, especially while in the community. Be a role model for appropriate community social interactions. Serve as ambassadors for the mission and vision of the agency. Provide support without being intrusive or unnecessarily intervening in the individual's activities and interactions with the public. Avoid actions that single out or stigmatize the person served we support. Treating the person served with disabilities as competent, productive, and valued people to show the way for others in the community. Understand and respect the cultural preferences of the person served supported. Provides training and support to address activities of daily living and personal care as needed to include: Mobility assistance, including transferring and positioning per prescribed plans. Toileting, including carrying out prescribed toileting plans. Eating, including carrying out prescribed dining plans Behavioral support - including carrying out formal behavioral support plans. Monitoring person served during daily routine, on community outings, while being transported. Document any circumstances affecting the emotional or physical well-being of person served. Assist in conducting routine fire, tornado, deep sleep, and severe weather drills as scheduled. Assist in maintaining a clean, safe environment in the home, including performing regular cleaning tasks. Be punctual and in attendance at work as scheduled to ensure required staffing ratios are met and to always maintain client safety and wellbeing.

CHARACTERISTICS

Self-directed and organized, innovative, having a strong personal work ethic, good communication skills, including listening, ability to engage and "draw out" others, decision-making ability, crisis management skills, professional personal presentation, committed advocate, able to teach and train in functional settings, understand how to provide support from "behind the scenes" and are connected in the community

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

: There are no supervisory responsibilities assigned to this position.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable person served with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION and/or

EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or

GED LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable person served with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more while assisting person served or during the process of implementing a physical restraint on an individual.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable person served with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. .

Pay:

$11.50 - $12.50 per hour

Benefits:

Flexible schedule Paid orientation Professional development assistance

Work Location:

In person