Direct Support Professional / DSP, Vocational - Help Build Skills, Confidence, and Independence

MONARCH; Manteo (NC); On-site; USD 14,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Monarch Healthcare in North Carolina seeks a Developmental Specialist Vocational to build positive relationships with individuals and help achieve personal goals per individual plans.

Responsibilities include assessing hopes and dreams, advocating for rights, coordinating with community services, supervising in work settings, and ensuring safety and documentation accuracy. Sleepovers and travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Must have High School Diploma (Required).
• Experience with adults with mental health diagnoses and/or developmental disabilities is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assess each person for hopes, dreams, and desires and provide supports to help achieve them.
• Ensure rights of persons served are protected and promoted; support advocacy efforts.
• Serve as a resource for services and supports meeting identified needs or goals.
• Supervise, educate, and monitor people in work settings (community, workshops, day supports).
• Maintain a safe working environment by following safety procedures.
• Educate people on required procedures, rules, policies, and rights.
• Foster person-centered, positive relationships and promote self-determination.
• Provide input into assessment, planning, and individual plan development.
• Implement plans fully and document goals, actions, incidents, timesheets, etc.
• Complete daily progress notes and logs to track appointments and goals.
• Maintain necessary records and attendance sheets.
• Substitute in-house or in the community as needed.
• Assist new staff with orientation, mentoring, and training.
• Sleepover at a residential setting may be required.
• Attend meetings and training; maintain required certifications.
• Follow agency policies, state and federal regulations related to program areas.
• Follow service definition guidelines for services provided.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Driving and travel may be required.

Skills

Compassionate care

Advocacy

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Safety procedures

Documentation

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

30

Schedule :

Monday-Friday 9a-3p

Pay Range Minimum:

$15.00

Education We’re Looking for:

High School Diploma (Required)

Certifications We’re Looking For:

Drivers License (Valid) - USA

Experience We’re Looking For:

Experience working with adults with a mental health diagnosis and/or developmental disabilities| Not Required

Job Description Summary:

The Developmental Specialist Vocational is primarily responsible for developing a positive relationship with the individuals he or she supports while assisting them in achieving their personal dreams and goals as designated in the individual goal plans.

What You’ll Do:

• Assess each person receiving services for their hopes, dreams, and desires and provide supports that facilitate achievement.

• Ensure that the rights of each person receiving services are protected and promoted at all times. Assist people in developing advocacy skills, participating in advocacy efforts, and utilizing personal advocates.

• Serve as a resource for person served on community agencies, services, and supports that can meet identified needs or goals.

• Supervise, educate, and monitor (as needed) people receiving services in work settings. Settings may include community, vocational workshops, day supports, etc.

• Maintain a safe working environment for employees and people receiving services by practicing safety procedures in the community and on the job.

• Continually educate people receiving services on required work procedures, facility rules, policies, practices and their rights.

• Facilitate person-centered, effective, positive relationships with people receiving services using positive approaches that promote self determination in all areas of life.

• Provide input and recommendations into assessment and planning processes, and development of the individual’s plan.

• Implement person’s plan fully, within the requirements of the service definition, and document as required by the service definition and agency policy. Accurately complete all required documentation, including but not limited to, goal completion, actions toward outcomes, incident reports, timesheets, etc.

• Complete daily progress notes and communication log to assure appointments, goals, and interests are met.

• Assist in maintaining all necessary records, daily attendance, check sheets, production sheets, etc.

• Substitute in-house or in the community as demands occur.

• Assist new staff and/or current staff with orientation, mentoring, and training.

• Sleepover at a residential setting may be required.

• Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required. Maintain certification in all agency, state and federal training requirements.

• Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures, as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas.

• Follow service definition guidelines for services being provided.

• Perform all other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

• Driving and travel may be required.

*The definition of an Innovations direct care worker includes all workers required for compliance with, or delivery of, the relevant Innovations waiver service definitions and the delivery of a unit of Innovations services to individuals in the definition of direct care worker to be applied and shall include only caregivers who are contracted for the Page 230 Session Law 2023-134 House Bill 259 provision of services in a legally appropriate manner.

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Benefits:

We offer a competitive and flexible total rewards package designed to support the diverse needs of our team members. In addition to base compensation, eligible employees have access to a range of customizable benefits and perks, which may include comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans, professional development support, and more. Specific offerings are tailored to the role, employment type, and location. We look forward to discussing the details of your personalized compensation and benefits package—and what matters most to you—during the interview process.

Make a Difference in Someone’s Life!

At Monarch Healthcare, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury.

You Belong at Monarch Healthcare

You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you’ll find at Monarch Healthcare. Here, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opportunity with Monarch Healthcare will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.

Monarch Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Monarch Healthcare offers opportunities as diverse as the people we support and the communities we serve. Monarch Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and we are firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity.

Monarch Healthcare does not accept paper applications.Any person with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Monarch Healthcare job search or selection process, should [e-mail] call [phone].

This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed.You will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties and responsibilities upon the request of a supervisor.This job description is subject to revision at the discretion of Monarch Healthcare.

Department:

LTSS - Para Professional