Direct Support Specialist: Empower Independence & Care

Woods Services; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

PTO - Paid time off

On-site medical center

403b retirementplan

Continuing education programs

Tuition assistance program

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Woods Services in Langhorne, PA seeks compassionate staff to supervise and support individuals with disabilities at our Langhorne campus. You will help ensure safety, welfare, and independence, communicating treatment goals and applying Woods' Level of Supervision policy.

The role emphasizes client advocacy, collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, de-escalation, and respectful consideration of cognitive and cultural differences.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and meet other physical requirements.
• Strong written and oral English communication; basic computer skills for report writing.

Responsibilities

• Be a client advocate by ensuring clients are free from abuse and mistreatment.
• Immediately report any incident of suspected abuse or mistreatment.
• Provides assistance, instruction and guidance toward client independence.
• Having an awareness of, and respect for individual variances including cognitive and developmental functioning, as well as social behavior, familial, religious, cultural, and ethnic differences.
• Serve as a role model to clients with respect to mature appropriate behavior.
• Serve as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team, providing feedback relating to the development and/or implementation of ISPs /IHPs and IEPs designed to meet the individual goals set for assigned clients.
• Use SMART principles and other principles/skills including de-escalation, conflict resolution, and debriefing.
• Use safety techniques and restraint procedures in accordance with Woods' policy and training curriculum.
• Uses behavior management and other strategies as directed by the program psychologist/clinician or their designee.
• Serving and assisting clients at meals, utilizing adaptive equipment (as prescribed) and for providing close supervision and quality interactions at mealtime when such intervention is required.

Skills

Written communication

Oral communication

English proficiency

Computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Woods Services in Langhorne, PA seeks compassionate staff to supervise and support individuals with disabilities at our Langhorne campus. You will help ensure safety, welfare, and independence, communicating treatment goals and applying Woods' Level of Supervision policy.

The role emphasizes client advocacy, collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, de-escalation, and respectful consideration of cognitive and cultural differences.