DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL, CERTIFIED DAY SERVICES

People Inc.; Town of Orchard Park (NY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

People Inc. is seeking Direct Support Professionals to support individuals in daily living activities, personal care, and community outings. The role focuses on promoting independence, inclusion, and productivity while ensuring safety and a clean environment.

Hourly pay ranges from $19.00 to $26.94 with a Monday–Friday 8:30am–4:00pm shift. Requires CPR and SCIP-R certifications, medication administration training, and a valid driver’s license. Flexible across locations as needed.

Qualifications

• 18 years of age or older.
• HS Diploma or GED required.
• Valid Driver’s License per policy.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend plans and documentation.
• Basic computer skills for communication and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Respects and maintains confidentiality of the person served; shows a positive, caring attitude toward person served, families and staff.
• Plans, coordinates, and implements meaningful daily activities promoting independence, inclusion, and productivity.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Reading and writing

Basic computer skills

Time management

Communication

Physical stamina

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Tools

CPR Certification

SCIP-R Certification

Medication Administration Certification

Driver's license

Job description

Hourly Pay Range: $19.00-$26.94

Shift: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4pm

All Direct Support Professionals support the persons served character, choices, strengths, interests and needs while ensuring a safe, healthy and clean environment. Direct Support Professionals plan, coordinate and implement meaningful activities that promote independence, inclusion, and productivity of people served by People Inc. on a daily basis through areas of daily living, personal care needs, and activities such as games, music and art.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Respects and maintains the confidentiality of the person served. Demonstrates a positive and caring attitude towards person served, families and staff.
• Plans, coordinates and implements meaningful activities on a daily basis: areas of daily living and personal care needs as well as person centered activities that promote independence, inclusion and productivity.
• Completes all tasks necessary to ensure health and safety of each person receiving services.
• Safely transports people following proper procedures when approved to drive.
• Determines with their group the community places they would like to go and schedules and documents these activities
• Performs daily site cleaning, food preparation and laundry as needed.
• Completes daily documentation and other paperwork OPWDD and agency standards promptly and accurately as applicable.
• Attends/participates in general staff meetings, in-service training and other pertinent agency meetings/trainings.
• Maintains compliance with agency mandated in-service and online training.
• Flexibility to work assignments as needed at the agency within shift and/or other availability. For Day Services, this may include being assigned a residential and/or alternate day program site to work partially, or in full based, upon status of day program service delivery.
• Performs CPR and Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention (SCIP-R).
• Responsible for recording time worked at the start and end of each shift and to work the minimum number of accepted hours hired for.
• Administers medications and follows proper procedures as required.
• Specific work functions and hours worked may vary from specific departments and locations.
• Comply with all agency policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 18 years of age.
• HS Diploma or GED.
• Valid Driver’s License that meets agency policy.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to read, write, comprehend plans and documentation.
• Basic computer skills necessary for communication and documentation.
• Ability to meet physical requirements of the position when performing the following: standing, walking, sitting, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling and climbing.
• Lifting requirement of 35 lbs.
• Ability to support people receiving services with repositioning, lifting and transferring as required by their person-centered plan.
• Physical agility and ability to react to emergency situations, including Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention (SCIP-R) certification as per regulatory guidelines.
• Certification in CPR.
• Certified in Medication Administration.
• Part-time Direct Support professionals are required to work a minimum of 15 hours per week and not more than 29 hours per week unless otherwise specified by program.
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.