Direct Support Professional - Nashville

Support Solutions; Smyrna, Antioch, Nashville (TN, TN, TN); Hybrid; USD 18,184 - 25,898; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly Pay

$300 Sign-On Bonus after 90 days

Health Insurance

Paid Orientation

401K Benefits

Job summary

Support Solutions in Smyrna, TN is looking for dedicated individuals to provide support to persons with disabilities. The role involves assisting with personal care, ensuring safety, and empowering individuals to lead self-directed lives.

This position offers flexible shifts and benefits such as a $300 sign-on bonus, health insurance, and PTO. Candidates should have a high school diploma, a valid driver’s license, and effective communication skills.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age and able to read and write effectively.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record.
• Must meet state and local requirements regarding criminal background check.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to individuals with disabilities.
• Help individuals achieve outcomes from the Individual Support Plan.
• Oversee storage and administration of medications.

Skills

Effective verbal and written communication skills

Effective organizational skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Valid driver’s license

Medication Certification

CPR/First Aid Certification

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Support Solutions Nashville - Nashville, TN 37217
Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time
Salary Range: $16.00 Hourly
Job Shift: Any shifts

Full‑time, part‑time, weekend, day, evening, and overnight shifts may be available depending on current staffing needs. Exact schedules and available openings will be discussed during the interview process.

Benefits

• Weekly Pay! $16.00/hr starting pay!
• $300 Sign‑On Bonus after 90 days / 390 Hours, with completed training
• $300 Referral Bonus for employee‑referred hires who successfully complete 90 days of service and work FT or PT hours!
• PTO Accrual
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Orientation
• 401K Benefits
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance

General Function

The position involves providing support to individuals with disabilities, empowering them to lead self‑directed lives, and providing them with opportunities to develop/maintain skills that enhance the quality of their lives. Our mission is to ensure that supported persons are happy, healthy and safe in an environment where they can enjoy life to the fullest extent possible.

Essential Functions

• Supports the person supported with personal care and daily routines, and in achieving outcomes from the Individual Support Plan.
• Understands and practices Support Solutions philosophy and values in interactions with the person supported and community members by using language and actions that respect the worth and dignity of people at all times, connecting the person supported to preferred activities and experiences of their choice, and ensuring that the person supported is empowered to make decisions and to lead a life that is as self‑directed as possible.
• Helps the person supported become integrated with the community by providing person‑centered supports that assist people to seek their dreams, establish significant relationships and be connected to their communities.
• Assures safe transport and accompanies the person supported as needed to events, job sites, and medical appointments utilizing Support Solutions company vehicles, personal vehicles, or public transportation. This would include securing alternate transportation in instances where an unpaid support transports a person supported who presents a safety concern.
• Ensures proper use of the person supported and agency resources including but not limited to personal funds, vehicles, buildings, utilities, telephones, money, equipment, food and supplies.
• Attends all training meetings assigned by Support Solutions.
• Cooks and provides meals based on scheduled menus.
• Performs daily activities or teaches the person supported to do so, such as activities of daily living skills and other personal skills that work toward achieving independence.
• Consistently works and documents improvement toward meeting outcomes.
• Utilizes electronic records system including completing daily shift notes as required by funding entities.
• Ensures customer satisfaction by following the Customer Service Standards when interacting and communicating with persons supported, their families, conservators, vendors, ISCs, Case Managers, and others.
• Oversees storage and administration of medications.
• Provides assistance to the person supported in personal grooming, as desired by the person, supporting them to perform these activities with independence as possible.
• Provides assistance to the person supported to keep the house clean and do laundry, as desired by the person.
• Protects confidentiality of person supported.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age and able to read and write effectively.
• Minimum high school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record.
• Must meet state and local requirements regarding criminal background check, sexual offender check, abuse registry, drug and felony offender listings.
• Must meet all training requirements and keep training current.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective organizational skills, able to complete heavy workloads within established time frames, and perform with frequent interruptions and/or distractions.
• Effective interpersonal skills, able to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others, and interact appropriately in various contexts and purposes.
• Ability to practice confidentiality in all matters pertaining to clients and employees.
• Versatile in performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another, in a job that may require significant differences in technology, techniques, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.

Medical Requirements

Employee must provide any medical records to comply with regulations required by a governing entity and Support Solutions policy, including TB skin test, HEP B vaccinations, and flu vaccinations.

Physical Requirements

The position may require additional hours over 40 per week and requires working primarily in a home environment but also being with supported individuals in community settings, work settings, outdoor activities, etc. The employee must regularly stand and/or walk for prolonged periods, sit for short or long periods, occasionally stoop, kneel or crouch, and reach with hands and arms. Driving/traveling short periods to transport supported person to appointments and community outings is required. The employee must demonstrate full range of body movements necessary for CPR compressions, abdominal thrusts, CPI techniques, and pursuit on foot. The employee must have command of all five senses, with sufficient vision for reading documents, using a computer or tablet, and operating a vehicle. Ability to perform heavy lifting over 50 lbs. is required.

Licenses & Certificates

• Valid state‑issued Driver License.
• Valid Medication Certification throughout tenure.
• Valid CPR/First Aid Certification throughout tenure.
• Valid CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) training throughout tenure, if required.

Insurance

Agency insurance coverage for vehicles operated in the course of work at specific locations shall stand as primary coverage for employees working in that particular home setting. Valid automobile insurance is required for all employees working at homes where the agency does not provide a vehicle, and proof of insurance must be presented prior to transfer to any home where an agency vehicle is not provided. The agency reserves the right to request proof of insurance regardless of the site location or availability of an agency vehicle.