Direct Support Professional-GREENEVILLE

Support Solutions; Greeneville (TN); On-site; USD 17,468 - 24,879; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO Accrual

Paid Holidays

Paid Orientation

401K Benefits

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Job summary

Support Solutions in Greeneville, TN provides supportive services to individuals with disabilities, helping them lead self-directed lives and develop skills for independence.

The role involves assisting with daily routines, personal care, transportation, and documentation, while ensuring safety and confidentiality in home and community settings.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age and able to read and write effectively.
• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and maintain an acceptable driving record throughout employment.
• Must meet state and local requirements regarding criminal background check, sexual offender check, abuse registry, drug and felony offender listings.
• Must meet all training requirements and keep training current.

Responsibilities

• Supports the person with personal care and daily routines, and in achieving outcomes from the Individual Support Plan.
• Provides an overall view of the person and their goals, and the specific supports and services they need to be happy, healthy, and safe, in an environment where they can enjoy life to the fullest extent possible.
• Helps the person become integrated with the community by providing person-centered supports that assist people to seek their dreams, establish significant relationships and be connected to their communities.
• Oversees storage and administration of medications.
• Provides assistance with personal grooming, as desired by the person, and supports them to perform grooming activities with independence as possible.
• Provides assistance to keep the house clean and to do laundry, as desired by the person.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Confidentiality

Adaptability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Electronic records systems

Job description

Job Details

Location: Support Solutions Greeneville – Greeneville, TN 37743.

Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time.

Salary Range: $15.37 – $15.37 Hourly.

Job Shift: Any.

WEEKLY PAY!!!

$300 Sign on Bonus after 90 days / 390 Hours, with completed training.

Benefits

• PTO Accrual
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Orientation
• 401K Benefits
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance

General Function

The position involves providing support to individuals with disabilities, empowering them to lead self‑directed lives, and providing them with opportunities to develop/maintain skills that enhance the quality of their lives. Our mission is to ensure that supported persons are happy, healthy and safe in an environment where they can enjoy life to the fullest extent possible.

Essential Functions

• Supports the person with personal care and daily routines, and in achieving outcomes from the Individual Support Plan.
• Provides an overall view of the person and their goals, and the specific supports and services they need to be happy, healthy, and safe, in an environment where they can enjoy life to the fullest extent possible.
• Understands and practices Support Solutions philosophy and values in interactions with the person and community members by using language and actions that respect the worth and dignity of people at all times, connecting the person to preferred activities and experiences of their choice, and ensuring that the person is empowered to make decisions and to lead a life that is as self‑directed as possible.
• Helps the person become integrated with the community by providing person‑centered supports that assist people to seek their dreams, establish significant relationships and be connected to their communities.
• Assures safe transport and accompanies the person as needed to events, job sites, and medical appointments utilizing company vehicles, personal vehicles, or public transportation. This would include securing alternate transportation when an unpaid support transports a person who presents a safety concern.
• Ensures proper use of the person and agency resources including but not limited to personal funds, vehicles, buildings, utilities, telephones, money, equipment, food, and supplies.
• Attends all training meetings assigned by Support Solutions.
• Cooks and provides meals based on scheduled menus.
• Performs daily activities or teaches the person to do so, such as activities of daily living skills and other personal skills that work toward achieving independence.
• Consistently works and documents improvement toward meeting outcomes.
• Utilizes electronic records systems including completing daily shift notes as required by funding entities.
• Ensures customer satisfaction by following the Customer Service Standards when interacting and communicating with persons supported, their families, conservators, vendors, ISCs, case managers, and others.
• Oversees storage and administration of medications.
• Provides assistance with personal grooming, as desired by the person, and supports them to perform grooming activities with independence as possible.
• Provides assistance to keep the house clean and to do laundry, as desired by the person.
• Protects confidentiality of the person supported.

This job description does not list all the duties of your job. You may be asked by Supervisors, Managers or designated and/or authorized staff to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. Support Solutions reserves the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment and either you or Support Solutions may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

Qualifications – Minimum Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age and able to read and write effectively.
• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and maintain an acceptable driving record throughout employment.
• Must meet state and local requirements regarding criminal background check, sexual offender check, abuse registry, drug and felony offender listings.
• Must meet all training requirements and keep training current.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective organizational skills, able to complete heavy workloads within established time frames, and perform with frequent interruptions and/or distractions.
• Effective interpersonal skills, able to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others, ability to interact appropriately in various contexts and purposes.
• Practices confidentiality in all matters pertaining to clients and employees.
• Can perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another, in a job that may require significant differences in technology, techniques, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.

Medical Requirements

Employee must provide medical records to comply with regulations required by a governing entity and Support Solutions policy. Examples include TB skin tests, HEP B vaccinations, and flu vaccinations.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This position is either part time or full time and may require additional hours over 40 per week. The position works primarily in a home environment, but is also required to be with supported individuals in community settings, work settings, outdoor activities, etc.

Body Positioning

The employee is regularly required to stand and/or walk for prolonged periods of time. They may also be required to sit for short or long periods of time while completing other duties and responsibilities. There is also a requirement to be able to occasionally stoop, kneel, or crouch and to reach with the hands and arms. They must be able to drive/travel for short periods of time to transport supported person to appointments and community outings and to attend meetings, and trainings.

Body Movements

The employee must have a full range of body movements including the use of hands, feet, and limbs to perform CPR compressions, abdominal thrusts, CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) techniques, or to pursue on foot a person to prevent them from injury. The ability to bend the body, reach for objects, crouch/stoop, and climb when needed is also required.

Body Senses

The employee must have command of all five senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distant vision, and depth perception, sufficient to shift in focus from reading documents to using a computer or tablet for data entry and operating a vehicle.

Strength

The employee must have the ability to perform heavy lifting over 50 lbs. to assist total‑care supported individuals with transferring from or to a wheelchair, turning/repositioning a total‑care person in bed, etc.

Licenses & Certificates

• Valid state issued Driver License.
• Must maintain valid Medication Certification throughout tenure.
• Must maintain valid CPR/First Aid Certification throughout tenure.
• Must maintain valid CPI training throughout tenure, if required.

Agency insurance coverage for vehicles operated in the course of work at specific locations shall stand as the primary insurance coverage for employees working in that particular home setting. Valid automobile insurance is required for all employees working at homes where the agency does not provide a vehicle and this coverage must be presented prior to transfer to any home where an agency vehicle is not provided. The agency reserves the right to request proof of insurance regardless of the site location or availability of an agency vehicle.