Direct support professional/ Caregivers

• Essential Duties Provide quality care to individuals served in an environment which promotes their rights, as illustrated by the following: 1.
• Provide individualized attention, which encourages each individual's ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
• 2.
• Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of each individual in the delivery of services to them.
• Interact with individual in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment through verbal and nonverbal interactions.
• 3.
• Encourage the growth and development of individuals served including goal achievement 4.
• Attend to the personal needs of the individuals which may include assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating, or other needs in keeping with the individuals' care requirements.
• 5.
• Responsible for promptly reporting and responding to the appropriate personnel incidents or evidence of individual abuse; unusual incidents based on regulations or agency policies; violation of residents' rights.
• 6.
• Provide assistance to individuals using lifts, transfers and safety techniques as required as needed.
• Must also demonstrate ability to use mechanical lifting devices and follow proper agency lifting procedures.
• 7.
• Must provide medical assistance to individuals served, such as administering medicine, first aid, CPR and/or Heimlich maneuver as trained by the agency.
• Must also adhere to protocol set forth by the Nursing Department and perform these tasks as trained by Nursing.
• 8.
• Responsible for the general upkeep of the group home including general housekeeping, grocery shopping, meal preparation and/or laundry.
• 9.
• Assist with all work-related transportation duties, which may include transporting individuals served to and from daily activities to medical appointments, on errands related to the group home, and/or on community activities.
• Must also exhibit the ability to properly handle stressful situations while operating the vehicle.
• 10.
• Perform all job responsibilities in accordance with prescribed safety and infection control procedures including thorough hand washing, use of disposable gloves where indicated, and proper disposal of soiled materials.
• 11.
• Communicate and interact effectively and tactfully with the individual served, visitors, families, peers, and supervisors.
• 12.
• Participate in regular one-to-one, staff meetings and annual program plan meetings as needed.
• 13.
• Respond appropriately to staff shortages by assisting in other homes programs as assigned.
• 14.
• Complete 24 hours of required training annually.

• Other Duties 1.
• Assist the immediate supervisor with various tasks to support program and/or department operations as directed; may also be assigned special projects.
• 2.
• Perform tasks which are supportive in nature to the essential functions of the job, but which may be altered or redesigned based on the needs of individuals served.
• 3.
• Attend additional training required by program/department.

• Direct Support Professional – Emergency Relief 1.
• Complete all duties as outlined above.
• 2.
• Set full-time and part-time core work hours will be established upon hire.
• Changes to the core hours must be approved at the discretion of the Program Director.
• 3.
• Employee will be assigned to a location based on the needs of the program and can change without notice.
• 4.
• Employees may be reassigned without notice when working additional shifts not included in the employee’s core schedule.
• 5.
• Employee is required to complete additional training that is required at each location they are assigned.

Job Location

As assigned. Equipment/machines used in the performance of this job Must maintain skills necessary to safely and efficiently operate the following equipment and machines used in the performance of this job: 1. Office Equipment (including copiers, Fax machines) 2. Time Clock System 3. Vehicles 4. Mechanical Lifts 5. Adjustable chairs/beds, wheelchairs 6. Shower equipment 7. General Household appliances 8. Various other equipment and supplies

Receipt and Acknowledgment I acknowledge and understand that

• Receipt of the job description does not imply nor create a promise of employment, nor an employment contract of any kind, and that my employment is at-will.
• The job description provides a general summary of the position in which I am employed, that the contents of this job description are job requirements, and, at this time, I know of no limitations which would prevent me from performing these functions. I further understand that it is my responsibility to inform my supervisor at any time that I am unable to perform these functions.
• Job duties, tasks, work hours and work requirements may be changed at any time.
• Acceptable job performance includes completion of the job responsibilities as well as compliance with the policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• I have read and understand this job description.