Community Support Mentor DSP

Kindly Direct Care; Shrewsbury (NJ); On-site; USD 23,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Kindly Direct Care in Fair Haven, NJ is seeking a Direct Support Professional to work one-to-one with an adult with developmental disabilities. This part-time role involves accompanying the client to clubs, coaching life skills, and building routines for greater independence.

Schedule: Tue, Thurs 2:30-6:30, weekends flexible; driving is required. Pay ranges from $17 to $21 per hour, with onboarding and background checks required for employment.

Qualifications

• Experience in mentoring, coaching, education, recreation, behavioral health, disability support, or caregiving is a plus.
• Able to commit reliably to the exact schedule posted below.
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record required.
• Must complete onboarding, background checks, and training.

Responsibilities

• Spend shifts with a 21-year-old adult with autism and ADHD, accompanying to clubs and activities.
• Coach daily living, communication, social, and independence skills.
• Help establish routines and work toward individualized goals.
• Model problem-solving and appropriate communication; encourage community participation.
• Support decision-making, self-advocacy, and confidence.
• Provide companionship and a consistent mentoring relationship.
• Maintain safety and follow individualized support instructions.
• Complete required documentation and communicate with the Kindly team.

Skills

Mentoring/Coaching

Disability support

Rapport building

Driving

Job description

Looking for meaningful work where you can be a mentor, coach, and positive influence? Kindly Direct Care is hiring a Direct Support Professional in Fair Haven, NJ to work one-to-one with an adult with developmental disabilities.

About This Opportunity

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys helping another person build confidence, routines, social skills, community connections, and greater independence. The strongest candidate will be consistent, encouraging, active, and able to build trust over time.

You May Spend Your Shift

• Participating in taking a 21-year-old modrately functioning individual with autism and ADHD to clubs and engaging with him there in various activities.
• Coaching daily living, communication, social, and independence skills.
• Helping establish positive routines and work toward individualized goals.
• Modeling problem-solving, appropriate communication, and healthy community participation.
• Supporting decision-making, self-advocacy, and confidence.
• Providing companionship and a consistent mentoring relationship.
• Maintaining safety and following individualized support instructions.
• Completing required documentation and staying in close communication with the Kindly team.

Qualifications

• Dependable, engaging, patient, and able to build rapport.
• Experience in mentoring, coaching, education, recreation, behavioral health, human services, disability support, or caregiving is a plus.
• Able to commit reliably to the exact schedule posted below.
• Driving required.
• Able to complete required onboarding, background checks, and training.

Schedule: Tues, Thurs. 2:30-6:30, Weekends flexible. Pay: $17-$21/hourLocation: Fair Haven, NJDriving on shift: Required