Direct Support Professional - Overnight Sleep Shifts 10p-8a

Opportunity Matters Inc; Sartell, Saint Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Saint Joseph (MN, MN, MN, MN); Vor Ort; USD 23.000 - 25.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

401k

401k Match

Paid sick and safe time

Employee assistance program

Pay differential for holidays and Week

Zusammenfassung

Opportunity Matters is seeking an Overnight Direct Support Professional for sleep shifts in Sartell, MN. You will support clients during night hours and assist with morning routines as part of a compassionate team.

Responsibilities include personal care, medication administration, and helping clients maintain independence. This part-time DSP role involves weekend work and a focus on safety and well-being.

Qualifikationen

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Obtain and maintain DHS Background Study clearance.
• Obtain and maintain OMI Medication Administration certificate within 60 days of hire.
• Ability to lead individuals served and communicate effectively; work with minimal supervision.

Aufgaben

• Provide personal hygiene cares for adult males and females.
• Assist with mobility and daily living activities.
• Transport and accompany clients to appointments and activities.
• Administer medications and monitor client wellbeing.

Kenntnisse

Multitasking

Effective communication

Decision making

Team interaction

English fluency

Ausbildung

High School Diploma or Equivalent

DHS Background clearance

OMI Medication Administration certificate

Ability to lead and communicate

Jobbeschreibung

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Direct Support Professional - Overnight Sleep Shifts 10p-8a Sartell MN, St. Cloud MN, Sauk Rapids MN, St. Joseph MN

Part-time

Description

Overnight 10p-8a (10 hour shifts) 2-3 nights per week 20-30 hours per week

Sleep hours paid at minimum wage ($11.41/hr). Wake up and help with the morning routine of the home; Awake hours are paid at $17/hr, and $18/hr on weekends.

Join Opportunity Matters, caring for people with disabilities throughout the Sartell, MN area. Locations in St. Cloud, St. Joe, Sauk Rapids, and Sartell. Assist clients as needs arise during the night, and with morning routines. Ensure well-being, administer medications, provide hygiene and personal cares to adult male and female clients.

Please apply only if willing and able to provide personal hygiene cares to adult males and females, interact with people, have reliable transportation, and have the ability to pass a DHS Background study.

Positively impact the lives of individuals with disabilities.

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) help people with cognitive and/or physical disabilities by assisting with daily living activities. The DSP assists individuals with personal care, such as bathing, toileting, and dressing; performs household chores such as vacuuming, washing dishes, laundry, cleaning bathrooms, and tidying; transports and/or accompanies individuals to appointments and activities; prepares or helps prepare meals; and helps individuals achieve outcomes as written in support plans.

At Opportunity Matters, we encourage the individuals we serve to be as independent as possible, by teaching independent living skills. Depending on the needs of the individual(s), the work may include performing the tasks completely for others, or it may be assisting the individual(s) in the completion of the tasks. DSP’s have a strong desire to create positive impacts on the individuals’ lives and enjoy encouraging, mentoring, and coaching others to achieve their goals.

Direct Support is a fulfilling career with a sense of purpose and the ability to witness the tangible results of your work. Foster meaningful relationships and advocate for the needs of those you support within the community.

• Provide personal hygiene cares for adult males and females.
• Provide physical assistance to sit down/stand up, walk, transfer, lay down, or other required mobility demands.
• Supervise individuals according to support plans.
• Act as an appropriate role model.
• Supervise and facilitate interactions with others.
• Follow applicable and approved behavioral redirection techniques.
• Interact and engage with individuals.
• Transport and accompany clients to appointments and community activities.
• Administer client medications and treatments.
• Prepare and clean up meals, snacks, and beverages.
• Maintain records, documents, charts, and client information, legibly.
• Complete cleaning tasks and household chores
• Assist clients with money transactions.
• Immediately respond and address emergency situations.
• Communicate with and assist other staff positively and professionally.
• Assist with and complete duties that need to be done at the home, following Organization policies and procedures.

Requirements

Required Qualifications and Education (must-haves)

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (unless staff age 18 years or younger are attending high school).
• Obtain and maintain acceptable clearance of the DHS Background Study.
• Obtain and maintain OMI Medication Administration certificate within 60 days of hire.
• Ability to lead individuals we serve and display appropriate behavior as a role model, work without immediate supervision, multi-task, effectively communicate, make decisions, accept and follow change, and interact with others at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Supervisors, Directors, clients, customers, and the general public. Read, Write, and Speak English fluently.
• Reasoning ability to solve practical problems, deal with a variety of variables in situations, interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, or schedule form.
• Ability to prepare food/meals: Understanding of ingredients, measuring sizes, following a recipe, and preparing all types of foods.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The work environment may be slow or fast paced, depending on what is happening at the client home. This is an environment of constantly working with others. The noise level is generally moderate but can be loud.

• Regularly lift up to 20 lbs and occasionally lift and move up to 50 lbs to waist height unaccompanied.
• Alternate sitting and standing and walking for duration of shift.
• Frequently required to walk, stand, bend, twist, or stoop.
• Frequently apply coordinated use of hands and fingers to grasp, feel objects, transfer small items from one hand to another, fine manipulation, and bilateral reach with arms.
• Use of close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Pay and Benefits

Starting pay range for this position is $17-18/hr. Overnight sleep shifts paid at minimum wage (can sleep at work on designated sleep shifts only).

• 401k
• 401k Match
• paid sick and safe time
• employee assistance program
• pay differential for working holidays and weekends.

EEO/AAP Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, creed, disability, familial status, marital status, national origin, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission.