Direct Support Professional - 2 years experience with children required

Woods Services; Pennsylvania; Sur place; USD 22 000 - 25 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Woods Services in Pennsylvania is seeking staff to supervise and support clients with disabilities across the Woods System of Care. Responsibilities include ensuring safety, welfare and compliance with client needs and treatment goals.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to implement ISPs/IHPs/IEPs, promote independence, and use de-escalation and safety techniques as required. On-site duties include assisting during meals with adaptive equipment and close supervision.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must lift up to 50 pounds and meet physical requirements.
• Strong written and oral English communication; report-writing skills.

Responsabilités

• Be a client advocate by ensuring clients are free from abuse and mistreatment.
• Immediately report any incident of suspected abuse or mistreatment.
• Provide assistance, instruction and guidance toward client independence.
• Demonstrate awareness of variances including cognitive/developmental functioning and social/cultural differences.
• Serve as a role model for mature, appropriate behavior.
• Collaborate as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team and provide feedback on ISPs/IHPs/IEPs.
• Apply SMART principles and de-escalation techniques.
• Use safety techniques and restraint procedures per Woods’ policy.
• Employ behavior management strategies as directed by clinicians.
• Assist clients at meals using adaptive equipment and provide close supervision.

Connaissances

English communication

Computer skills

Physical ability

Formation

High School Diploma or GED

Outils

Word processing (MS Word)

Description du poste

Overview

Aurora Staffing works collaboratively with you to find your ideal position within our network, caring for and supporting people with disabilities, while working to continuously advance your career. Aurora Staffing is non-profit organization, recruiting passionate and dedicated people to make the difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities throughout the Woods System of Care in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• PTO - Paid time off
• On-site medical center
• 403b retirementplan
• Continuing education programs
• Tuition assisted program
• Career growth opportunities

Salary

Salary: $16 - $18.40 / hour

Job Summary

Responsible for the supervision, safety, welfare, and whereabouts of assigned clients by actively supervising in accordance with each client’s needs, communicating treatment goals, and Woods’ Level of Supervision policy.

Responsibilities

• Be a client advocate by ensuring clients are free from abuse and mistreatment.
• Immediately report any incident of suspected abuse or mistreatment.
• Provides assistance, instruction and guidance toward client independence.
• Having an awareness of, and respect for individual variances including cognitive and developmental functioning, as well as social behavior, familial, religious, cultural, and ethnic differences.
• Serve as a role model to clients with respect to mature appropriate behavior.
• Serve as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team, providing feedback relating to the development and/or implementation of ISPs /IHPs and IEPs designed to meet the individual goals set for assigned clients.
• Use SMART principles and other principles/skills including de-escalation, conflict resolution, and debriefing.
• Use safety techniques and restraint procedures in accordance with Woods’ policy and training curriculum.
• Uses behavior management and other strategies as directed by the program psychologist/clinician or their designee.
• Serving and assisting clients at meals, utilizing adaptive equipment (as prescribed) and for providing close supervision and quality interactions at mealtime when such intervention is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds and meet other physical expectations
• Demonstrated ability in written and oral communication in the English as well as computer skills for report writing.

About Woods Services

Woods Services is a Pennsylvania and New Jersey-based non-profit population health network and advocacy organization that along with its six affiliate organizations provides life-long innovative, comprehensive and integrated health, education, housing, workforce, behavioral health and case management services to more than 22,000 children and adults in the intellectual and developmental disability, child welfare, behavioral and brain trauma public health sectors who have complex and intensive medical and behavioral healthcare needs.

Our Langhorne campus is home to 550 residents and provides outpatient and day programs.