Direct Support Professional

Easterseals Southwest Florida; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Easterseals Southwest Florida is seeking caregivers to support individuals with disabilities in a respectful, participant-centered environment. You will provide training in daily living, social, vocational, and leisure activities aligned with each participant's goals to promote independence.

Responsibilities include guiding activities, assisting with personal care, maintaining safety and cleanliness, and documenting progress while meeting mandated training hours and policies of the organization.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of one year's experience working with individuals with disabilities preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Competency in interpersonal relations and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Guide consumers in activities that facilitate daily living skills, appropriate social behavior, recreational and leisure skills, and development of peer relationships.
• Attend to personal care needs of consumers as required.
• Monitor and maintain cleanliness of the program area, equipment, and supplies to ensure safety.
• Ensure client attendance is taken daily in the morning and afternoon.
• All MedPass-trained employees will distribute needed medications and administer tube feedings (if trained) by Agency for Persons with Disabilities and Easter Seals Southwest Florida standards.
• Complete daily participant progress documentation or any related relevant documentation.
• Complete all mandated training as required by Easter Seals Southwest Florida.
• Maintain required annual training hours for the position.
• Drive assigned routes for picking up and taking home consumers safely and on time.
• Comply with Easter Seals policies and procedures utilizing the highest personal and professional ethics and behavior standards.
• Demonstrate good judgment, diplomacy, courtesy, and effective communication while working at Easter Seals or representing the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Interpersonal relations

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Summary
Work with individuals with disabilities respectfully and sensitively, promoting a participant-friendly, safe, and professional environment. Provide training to participants in personal, social, communication, vocational, and leisure/recreational areas related to their individual goals, using methods and activities that will assist them in working towards their maximum level of independence.

Summary
Work with individuals with disabilities respectfully and sensitively, promoting a participant-friendly, safe, and professional environment. Provide training to participants in personal, social, communication, vocational, and leisure/recreational areas related to their individual goals, using methods and activities that will assist them in working towards their maximum level of independence.

Qualifications

Education: High School Diploma or GED
Experience:
A minimum of one year's experience working with individuals with disabilities is preferred.
Position Requirements
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Competency in interpersonal relations and customer service

Responsibilities

• Guide consumers in activities that facilitate daily living skills, appropriate social behavior, recreational and leisure skills, and development of peer relationships.
• Attend to personal care needs of consumers as required.
• Monitor and maintain the cleanliness of the program area environment, equipment, and supplies to ensure the safety of consumers and staff.
• Ensure client attendance is taken daily in the morning and afternoon.
• All MedPass-trained employees will distribute needed medications and administer tube feedings (if trained) by Agency for Persons with Disabilities and Easter Seals Southwest Florida standards.
• Complete daily participant progress documentation or any related relevant documentation.
• Complete all mandated training as required by Easter Seals Southwest Florida.
• Maintain required annual training hours for the position.
• Drive assigned routes for picking up and taking home consumers safely and on time.
• Comply with Easter Seals policies and procedures utilizing the highest personal and professional ethics and behavior standards.
• Demonstrate good judgment, diplomacy, courtesy, and effective communication while working at Easter Seals or representing the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching throughout the day. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.