Direct Support Professional (DSP) - Floater #4022

Friendship Community Care; Siloam Springs (AR); Vor Ort; USD 17.000 - 23.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Friendship Community Care in Siloam Springs, AR is hiring for a Full Time Direct Support Professional. The role supports participants in habilitation and living plans, maintaining a safe community environment and ensuring essential health and daily living services.

A minimum of 32 hours per week is guaranteed with flexibility as needed. The position requires a high school diploma or GED, a valid driver's license, and ability to assist with transportation, meals, hygiene, and go-beyond in

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma or GED (or equivalent) required; 1–3 months of related experience or training acceptable.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; ability to write simple correspondence.
• Basic math and computer skills to compute rates, percentages, and interpret simple graphs.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate services for clients.
• Ensure quality health care for clients with Service Manager; monitor nutrition and health.
• Monitor medications, document usage, and assist with billing as needed.
• Provide transportation for daily activities; complete Medicaid transportation paperwork.
• Assist with personal hygiene, dressing, meals, and daily living tasks.
• Maintain documentation forms (progress notes, reports) and facility upkeep.
• Maintain van upkeep and conduct monthly emergency drills.
• Attend required trainings and follow HIPAA and confidentiality policies.

Kenntnisse

Valid driver's license

Language skills

Basic math skills

Ausbildung

High school diploma or GED

Jobbeschreibung

Job Location: Siloam Springs, AR 72761
Position Type: Full Time
Job Category: Direct Support Professionals
Pay: $14.50 per hour
Education Level: High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

SUMMARY

Responsible for implementing habilitation and supportive living plans for participants as developed by an interdisciplinary team and ensuring a safe and healthy environment within the community setting. Position guarantees a minimum of 32 hours per work week with flexibility to work whenever required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate services for clients.
• Work closely with the Service Manager to ensure quality health care for clients, including proper nutrition, exercise, mental and physical health areas.
• Coordinate with Service Manager regarding concerning client needs or concerns.
• Monitor all client medications, adhering to guidelines and documenting usage, counting medications, and other tasks as assigned.
• Follow all financial procedures for client checking accounts and personal/grocery shopping while supervising these activities.
• Provide transportation as needed for daily client activities.
• Complete necessary paperwork for billing Medicaid transportation as allowable.
• Conduct oneself in a professional manner at all times.
• Assist clients with personal hygiene, dressing, clothing maintenance, laundry, and other related tasks.
• Assist clients in cooking meals when required.
• Complete all documentation forms required by FCC, including progress notes, behavior reports, and marks reports.
• Assist in maintaining facility and grounds in a clean, orderly, and well‑maintained fashion.
• Assist in maintaining vans in good working order, including cleaning and preventive maintenance as scheduled.
• Maintain a log of all monthly emergency drills.
• Attend training sessions, in‑town or out‑of‑town, as required by FCC and licensing agencies.
• In case of emergency, take necessary steps and notify the Service Manager, Regional Manager, or appropriate person promptly.
• Keep a cell phone on hand when transporting consumers for emergency situations.
• Serve as driver for participant day trips to various state locations, driving as needed on a daily basis; undergo periodic driving tests and demonstrate competency with passenger vans. May be required to use personal vehicles with adequate liability coverage. Must possess a valid driver's license and clean MVR.
• This is a safety‑sensitive position.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information received regarding Friendship Community Care, Inc. and the clients, in compliance with the Friendship Community Care Non‑Disclosure Policy and HIPAA Policies.

QUALITY ASSURANCE & COMPLIANCE

• Follow the Code of Conduct and Compliance Investigation Procedures established during new employee training.
• Maintain and complete consumer progress notes daily or as needed on the prescribed forms.
• Keep consumer records updated weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly according to funding source requirements.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work environment is moderately noisy.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or 1–3 months of related experience or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid driver's license.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; ability to write simple correspondence; ability to present information in one‑on‑one and small group settings.
• Mathematical/Computer Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, compute rates, ratios, percentages, and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Apply commonsense understanding to follow written, oral, or diagram instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Regular use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, walk with reach, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; ability to taste or smell.
• Occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds.
• Require close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

**This position is currently open.**