Direct Support Professional - Santee Home

Listening Ear Crisis Center; Charlotte (MI); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Listening Ear Crisis Center is hiring Direct Support Professionals to supervise and assist individuals with daily living activities according to each consumer's plan. Responsibilities include meals, personal care, medication administration, and transportation to appointments.

The role requires adherence to Michigan regulations, strong documentation, and collaboration with Home Managers. Candidates must meet education requirements and have a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of laws, regulations, and methods for caring for adults with disabilities.
• Understanding of consumer rights and ethics in care.
• Experience with person-centered planning and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support daily living activities per the consumer's Plan.
• Prepare meals, assist with hygiene, and transport to activities.
• Complete required documentation accurately and timely.
• Attend mandatory trainings and stay compliant with standards.

Skills

Recipient Rights

Agency Ethics

Person Centered Plans

CPR

First Aid

Safety & Fire Prevention

Nutrition

Infection Control

Task Management

Emergency Response

Empathy & Professionalism

Driver’s License & Clean Record

Education

High School Diploma or GED

English reading/writing & basic math

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Charlotte - Santee - Charlotte, MI 48813Position Type: Full-Time/Part-TimeSalary Range: $17.13Position Summary: Direct Support Professionals (DSP), are responsible for the daily supervision and support in all daily living activities of consumers as identified in the consumer’s Person Centered Plan. These activities regularly include preparing meals, assisting with eating meals, personal care, bathing, dressing, restroom assistance, administering medications, transferring, and transporting to daily activities and medical appointments. All functions are performed with strict adherence to the applicable Michigan Health Code, MDHHS regulations, and contractual obligations between Listening Ear and community agencies or the State of Michigan.

Reporting and Supervision

DSPs report to the Assistant Home Manager or Home Manager of their assigned location.

Essential Job Functions

• Engage with consumers and the Home Manager or other designated staff to identify and implement activities required under the consumer’s Person Centered Plan.
• Perform all Person Centered Plan prescribed activities including, but not limited to, meal preparation, clean-up, consumer hygiene, passing medications, consumer recreation activities, and transporting consumers to and from appointments in compliance with relevant laws, regulations, agreements, and Listening Ear standards.
• Accurate and timely completion and delivery of all necessary or required documentation relating to consumer services or home operations.
• Attend and successfully complete all mandatory training and skill development programs, including annual refresher trainings as required.
• Report punctually to work and remain with consumer until relieved from duty by another DSP or supervisor.

This is not an exhaustive list of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described. Other relevant duties, tasks, or requirements may be assigned to this job any time at the sole discretion of the employer.

Qualifications Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must possess or acquire a working knowledge of laws, regulations, and methodologies relevant to working with varying degrees of mentally disabled adults including, but not limited to:
• Recipient Rights
• Agency Ethics and the Consumer Bill of Rights
• Person Centered Plans
• CPR
• First Aid
• Safety and fire prevention
• Nutrition
• Prevention of communicable diseases
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to respond to emergency situations in a controlled manner
• Work with professionalism, including empathy, patience, and cultural sensitivity
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record

Education and Experience

• Required: High School Diploma, GED, or be functionally equivalent in reading and writing in English, and basic math. Must be at least 18 years of age at the time employment begins.
• Preferred: Prior experience in a caregiving capacity with a licensed care facility. Post-secondary certification from an accredited Community College or other relevant training program.

Physical and Other Requirements

• Over an 8-hour period: Prolonged standing, regular or intermittent lifting and reaching above shoulders, pulling and pushing, bending at waist, twisting torso, kneeling, walking.
• Ability to lift, carry, and place up to 50#.

All conditional job offers for DSP candidates will require a physical examination by an occupational health clinic, which includes a lifting component and TB test, as well as required criminal background checks.