Direct Support Professional — Empower Lives, Part-Time

United Cerebral Palsy Of Ga; Westwood (GA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

United Cerebral Palsy of South Carolina is seeking Direct Support Professionals to train and care for residents with multiple disabilities in a Personal Care Home setting. This role involves assisting with daily activities, transportation, logging daily progress, and ensuring safety and hygiene standards.

Positions include Part-Time, Full-Time, and On-Call options. The salary is listed at $17.00 per hour, with responsibilities spanning cooking, cleaning, and providing prescribed exercises and

Qualifications

• Must be able to push, pull and lift a minimum of 50lb with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Experience assisting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engages residents in activities of choice, which reinforces ISP goals.
• Provides transportation and supervision for residents as dictated by individual program.
• Ensures that all information regarding daily activities, problems and needs of residents are recorded properly in daily log.
• Ensures each resident’s personal hygiene and grooming needs are met.
• Uses appropriate body mechanics to lift, move, and position and provides prescribed exercises and physical care to residents.
• Inspects home at beginning of shift to ensure that home meets all safety requirements, checking for clutter and dangerous objects. Corrects deficiencies or submit written report to supervisor outlining deficiencies by end of shift.
• Conducts evacuation drills, both fire and severe weather, as directed by supervisor.
• Follow program plan for meeting all potential emergencies and disasters, such as medical, fire, severe weather and missing persons.
• Cleans and sanitizes all appliances, utensils and work surfaces in accordance with the Personal Care Home Rules and Regulations guidelines.
• Cooks and prepares meals.
• Reports any problem with equipment used by residents to supervisor.
• Cleans and sanitizes bathrooms, kitchen, and telephones daily in accordance with Personal Care Home guidelines.
• Ensures compliance in the area of responsibility during assigned hours with local, state, and federal rules and regulations applying to Personal Care Home and UCP Residential Services.
• Complies with policies and procedures to ensure that confidentiality requirements are upheld.
• Supports and protects the fundamental human, civil, constitutional, and statutory rights of clients and families as defined by agency.
• Must be able to push, pull and lift a minimum of 50lb with or without reasonable accommodations.

Job description

United Cerebral Palsy of South Carolina is seeking Direct Support Professionals to train and care for residents with multiple disabilities in a Personal Care Home setting. This role involves assisting with daily activities, transportation, logging daily progress, and ensuring safety and hygiene standards.

Positions include Part-Time, Full-Time, and On-Call options. The salary is listed at $17.00 per hour, with responsibilities spanning cooking, cleaning, and providing prescribed exercises and