CAREGIVER

CASA DE MAYA; California (MO); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Full time

Job summary

CASA DE MAYA is seeking a Direct Support Professional to assist individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities. The role focuses on helping clients with daily living tasks, personal care, and community engagement in a supportive environment.

The position involves creating supportive routines, coordinating appointments, and ensuring client safety while fostering independence and self-care skills.

Qualifications

• Attention to detail and ability to follow protocols.
• Integrity and trustworthiness to care for clients' personal activities.
• Dependability and reliability in supporting clients and families.
• Strong interpersonal skills and compassion in distressing situations.

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily personal tasks including bathing and dressing.
• Complete housekeeping tasks such as vacuuming, dishes, tidying.
• Help plan client appointments and organize a schedule.
• Arrange transportation to appointments.
• Shop for groceries and prepare meals meeting dietary needs.
• Encourage client engagement in social networks and communities.
• Create behavior plans and teach self-care skills.

Skills

Attention to detail

Integrity

Trustworthiness

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

A Direct Support Professional or Direct Support Care Professional, cares for individuals experiencing developmental or intellectual disabilities or illnesses. Their main duties include helping patients complete basic housekeeping tasks, transporting patients to appointments or other social outings and keeping patients safe from potential health hazards in their surrounding environment.

Direct Support Professionals work with individuals with mental or developmental disabilities by creating behavior plans, teaching self-care skills, cooking meals and doing laundry. Additional duties may include:

• Assisting clients with daily personal tasks, including bathing and dressing
• Completing housekeeping tasks such as vacuuming, washing dishes and tidying
• Helping plan client appointments and organize a schedule
• Organizing with transportation arrangements to appointments
• Shopping for groceries and preparing meals that meet specific client dietary needs
• Encouraging client engagement in social networks and communities

Direct Support Professionals demonstrate a variety of professional skills and qualifications, which can include:

• Attention to detail, especially when adhering to specific protocols and rules while carefully following instructions to care for the needs of the client
• Integrity to ensure clients feel safe and comfortable when tending to personal activities such as helping them bathe
• Trustworthiness and dependability so clients and their families feel comfortable relying on them
• Interpersonal skills when working with clients, including having compassion and being sensitive to their emotional needs when they are in extreme distress or pain