Day Program- Direct Support Professional (Shared Staff)

United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia, Inc.; Macon, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia, Inc. seeks a Direct Support Professional for our day program in Macon, GA.

This shared staff role supports adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities in both day center and residential settings, providing person-centered care and flexible assignments across programs. The position requires compassionate support, adherence to ISP-directed activities, and documentation of progress and daily activities to ensure consistent service delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities preferred.
• Ability to follow individualized service plans (ISPs) and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct assistance in self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills training.
• Assist with engagement in community resources and activities.
• Assist with personal care and medication administration per program.

Job description

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Day Program- Direct Support Professional (Shared Staff)

Macon, GA, US

Our Mission and Vision:

The mission of United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia is to positively support and impact the achievement of a Life Without Limits for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

UCP of Georgia's vision is to create a community in which every person, regardless of ability, can participate as an equal citizen. To realize this vision, UCP of Georgia offers supports designed to help people maximize their potential and achieve independent, productive, and rewarding lives.

Job Summary: Support, teach, and assist adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities in group and 1:1 settings as needed. This is a shared staff position that provides support in both the day center and residential group homes. Employees in this role must be flexible and available to work across both settings based on program and staffing needs, while ensuring individuals receive consistent, person-centered care and support.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides direct assistance in self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills training, retention, and improvement to individual participants and group participants.
• Provides direct assistance in engagement with teaching such concepts as rule compliance, attendance, task completion, problem solving endurance, work speed, work accuracy, increased attention span, motor skills, and safety.
• Provides direct assistance in training, retraining, or improving the access to and use of community resources by individual participants or groups of participants.
• Provides participant specific assistance such as personal care, and self-administration of medication, for participants enrolled in program services. (Examples: feeding, toileting, lifting and transferring)
• Implements behavioral support plans of participants to reduce inappropriate and maladaptive behaviors and assist with acquiring appropriate adaptive skills and behaviors.
• Provides active support and direct assistance in participation in community social, recreational and leisure activities.
• Maintain work area - cleaning tables, chairs, and supplies daily/weekly as scheduled. Assures supplies are kept organized and in working order. Return supplies to designated area daily.
• Provides transportation as needed for participants to community access activities.
• Complete all required documentation such as (progress notes, goal tracking sheets, HRST tracking sheets, seizure tracking, positing tracking, communication logs, activity calendars, production tracking, etc.) Assure all paperwork is submitted on time.
• Ensure that the environment, pace of activities, and type of activities are ISP (Individual Service Plan) directed or participant directed. Physically participate with program participants in all activities.
• Assist in ensuring that all support services as well as site remains in compliance ...etc...