Job Posting OPEN
Direct Support Professional - Housing **$1000.00 Sign-On Bonus**
Full and Part-Time Positions Available
Day, Nights, Weekends
Are you passionate about serving others and working with
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities but lack hands-on
experience? To The Rescue wants to hire YOU to be a Direct Support Professional
– we will provide you with expert training and we will even pay you a $1000
sign-on bonus!
At To The Rescue, our purpose is to improve the quality of
lives through personalized and skilled services, specifically designed for each
individual or organization. We offer our employees competitive compensation and
a comprehensive benefits package, as well as ongoing career development
opportunities. Compensation is based upon your skill level and experience –
hourly rates begin at $10/hr and go up to $14/hr. You will enjoy a work/life
balance in a collaborative and nurturing professional environment.
Summary of Position/Objective:
The Direct Support Professional (DSP) provides care for
individuals with disabilities in their home and community. Primary duties
include supporting and assisting individuals in achieving success in their
living, working, earning and social environments. The Direct Support
Professional assists with daily activities such as meal prep, personal care and
medication administration as well as promoting community involvement through
outings and activities.
Essential Duties and
Responsibilities:
Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions. The duties include, but are not limited to, the
following:
- Adheres to and upholds To The
Rescue’s values and policies
- Manages day to day activities of
each member assigned to your caseload to maintain and ensure that all supports
for essential life services and entitlement programs are met
- Provides direct care according to
the member plan and support needs
- Provides Medication
Administration to members served as outlined by the member plan, and policies
- Complete documentation timely to
ensure billing of services
- Ensures all current goals and
ongoing supports are provided as stated in the members plan
- Observes and supervises members’
activities
- Attends training seminars,
in-service sessions, and staff meetings
- Ensures the health and safety of members
by monitoring activities, supervising, and intervening in crisis situations
- Honors all aspects of the Member
Rights and adhere to all policies of confidentiality
- Always represents To The Rescue in a
positive and professional manner to all members, co-workers, interdisciplinary
teams, and the general public
- Performs additional duties as
assigned
Competencies/Qualifications/Education:
- High
school diploma or GED
- Must
be 18 years of age
- Communication
Proficiency
- Patience
- Writing
skills
- Ability to apply principles of
logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical
problems.
- Have working knowledge of privacy
laws and regulations.
- Ability to respond well under
pressure.
Certificates/Licenses/Registration:
The employee shall possess a
valid driver’s license and must be eligible for the agency’s vehicle insurance
and provide proof of private vehicle coverage.
Work Hours:
Hours are varied depending on the
needs of the organization. This may include, but is not limited to days,
nights, weekends, and holidays dependent upon business need.
Asleep overnight shifts include
sleep hours and working hours. Typical
sleep time hours for sleep overnight shifts are limited to 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
There may be times when staff will need to be awake during all overnight shift
related hours based on member needs.
Employees working awake overnight
shifts are expected to be awake the entire shift and receives a shift
differential from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Work Environment:
The work environment is variable,
anywhere from office setting to a hospital/clinic to out in the community.
Physical Demand:
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 individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
While performing the duties of
this job, the employee is regularly required to hear and speak. The employee is
frequently required to sit, stand, walk, reach, and occasionally lift up to 80
pounds.
Travel:
Frequent travel within a 25-mile
radius is expected for this position. Occasionally travel beyond a 25-mile
radius may be required.
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
IND-IA
To The Rescue is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability or status as a protected veteran.