Direct Support Professional - Day/Evening
Location:
Wantage, Frankford, Newton or Hamburg NJShift:
Tues - Thurs 2p-10p , Fri & Sat 8a-4p orTues-Thur 12p-8p, Fri-Sat 8a-4p (Hamburg)Starting rate:
$15 per hour
Job Description:
Assists individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities to lead a independent life; assists with activities of daily living and encourages attitudes and behaviors that enhance community inclusion.
Essential Duties:
Responsibilities and Essential Duties including but not limited to the following as well as any other duties as assigned by supervisory staff.
Implement and assist individuals with completion of goals.
Provide assistance in daily activities, which may include bathing, feeding, cooking, and toileting.
Ensure optimal physical/mental health by assisting individuals with scheduled medical/psychiatric appointments, monitoring medication supply and administering medication, following prescribed diets, and treatment/behavior plans.
Utilize personal control techniques, when necessary, to ensure safety to individual and others.
Ensure a safe and healthy living environment through routine facility inspections, disinfecting and maintenance of the facility.
Provide safe transportation to and from work/day program services, scheduled appointments, and recreational activities.
Report all incidents, including allegations of abuse, neglect, exploitation, injury and other reportable incidents immediately upon discovery.
Monitor individual's daily activity through documentation in progress notes, ICL, and verbal communication with supervisors and co-workers.
Attend all mandatory meetings and trainings as required.
Monitor own time card to ensure correct recording of hours worked, and use of benefit time.
Adhere to all Agency policies and procedures.
Benefits:
Health Insurance including Health Savings Account, Dental & Vision Insurance, Sick and Vacation time; Verizon phone discounts, Vision savings plan, and employee referral incentives.
Qualifications:
High School Diploma or G.
E.
DRequirements:
18 years or older.
Pass a criminal and motor vehicle background check.
Valid non-probationary(provisional) driver's license.
Pass pre-employment physical exams and TB test prior to working.
Successful completion of mandatory Orientation; including American Red Cross First Aid/CPR, Medications, Preventing Abuse and Neglect, Crisis Management and more.
Additional onsite training is conducted and offsite is supported and encouraged.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable you to perform essential functions if necessary.
Only qualified candidates will be considered.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, protects applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of age, race, color, disability, genetic information, religion, sex (including pregnancy), or national origin.
Religious discrimination includes failing to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious practices where the accommodation does not impose an undue hardship.
Related keywords:
direct support professional, dsp, caregiver, hiring immediatelyJob Type:
Full-timePay:
From $15.
00 per hourSalary:
15.
00.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Wantage, Frankford, Newton or Hamburg NJShift:
Tues - Thurs 2p-10p , Fri & Sat 8a-4p orTues-Thur 12p-8p, Fri-Sat 8a-4p (Hamburg)Starting rate:
$15 per hour
Job Description:
Assists individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities to lead a independent life; assists with activities of daily living and encourages attitudes and behaviors that enhance community inclusion.
Essential Duties:
Responsibilities and Essential Duties including but not limited to the following as well as any other duties as assigned by supervisory staff.
Implement and assist individuals with completion of goals.
Provide assistance in daily activities, which may include bathing, feeding, cooking, and toileting.
Ensure optimal physical/mental health by assisting individuals with scheduled medical/psychiatric appointments, monitoring medication supply and administering medication, following prescribed diets, and treatment/behavior plans.
Utilize personal control techniques, when necessary, to ensure safety to individual and others.
Ensure a safe and healthy living environment through routine facility inspections, disinfecting and maintenance of the facility.
Provide safe transportation to and from work/day program services, scheduled appointments, and recreational activities.
Report all incidents, including allegations of abuse, neglect, exploitation, injury and other reportable incidents immediately upon discovery.
Monitor individual's daily activity through documentation in progress notes, ICL, and verbal communication with supervisors and co-workers.
Attend all mandatory meetings and trainings as required.
Monitor own time card to ensure correct recording of hours worked, and use of benefit time.
Adhere to all Agency policies and procedures.
Benefits:
Health Insurance including Health Savings Account, Dental & Vision Insurance, Sick and Vacation time; Verizon phone discounts, Vision savings plan, and employee referral incentives.
Qualifications:
High School Diploma or G.
E.
DRequirements:
18 years or older.
Pass a criminal and motor vehicle background check.
Valid non-probationary(provisional) driver's license.
Pass pre-employment physical exams and TB test prior to working.
Successful completion of mandatory Orientation; including American Red Cross First Aid/CPR, Medications, Preventing Abuse and Neglect, Crisis Management and more.
Additional onsite training is conducted and offsite is supported and encouraged.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable you to perform essential functions if necessary.
Only qualified candidates will be considered.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, protects applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of age, race, color, disability, genetic information, religion, sex (including pregnancy), or national origin.
Religious discrimination includes failing to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious practices where the accommodation does not impose an undue hardship.
Related keywords:
direct support professional, dsp, caregiver, hiring immediatelyJob Type:
Full-timePay:
From $15.
00 per hourSalary:
15.
00.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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