Direct Support Staff

Faith & Family Care INC; Sumner (IA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Faith & Family Care INC. seeks Direct Support Staff to provide personal care and related services in a home-based setting. The role emphasizes empathy, dependability, and good personal hygiene.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, meal preparation on a budget, personal care tasks, and coordinating with supervisors. A stable, caring individual is essential for supporting clients’ daily living and well-being.

Qualifications

• Selected on the basis of interest in people, tact, emotional stability, dependability, neatness in appearance and practices, good personal hygiene, and good judgment.

Responsibilities

• Performs household budgeting and consumer education.
• Markets to stretch the dollar and prepares nutritious and appetizing meals.
• Assists with personal care: bathing, toileting, eating, dressing, grooming, walking.
• Reminds to maintain diet restrictions, medication regimens, and exercises.
• Provides feedback on consumer behavior, mood, and home adjustment to the caseworker.
• Teaches home management skills and encourages self-help attitudes.
• Provides emotional support during loneliness or bereavement.
• Performs routine housekeeping tasks as required.
• Cares for clothing, washing, ironing, and mending.
• Records observations and signs on forms for each visit.

Skills

People skills

Emotional stability

Dependability

Appearance

Hygiene

Judgment

Job description

Direct Support Staff

The Direct Support Staff is a non-professional employee, trained to provide personal care and related services.

Qualifications:

• Selected on the basis of such factors as: an interest in people, tact, a history of emotional stability, dependability in employment, neatness in appearance and practices, good personal hygiene, and good judgment

Responsibilities:

• Performs household budgeting and consumer education.
• Markets to stretch the dollar and prepares nutritious and appetizing meals.
• Performs some personal care such as assistance with bathing, toileting, eating, dressing, grooming, and walking.
• Assists with simple health care routines such as reminders to maintain diet restriction, medication regimen, and recommended exercises.
• Provides skilled observation and detailed feedback to the caseworker on consumer’s behavior, mood, and adjustment in the home.
• Teaches home management skills, and encourages and stimulates self-help attitudes and behavior.
• Gives emotional support and encouragement during period of loneliness, depressions, bereavement, etc.
• Performs routine housekeeping tasks that are required.
• Cares for clothing, washing, ironing, and mending.
• Records observation and signs each entry on the appropriate form for each visit made.
• Communicates daily or more often as necessary with his/her supervisor.
• Immediately reports emergency situations by phone to supervisor or On-call.
• Confirms on a daily basis the scheduling of visits with the Supervisor/Director in order to coordinate necessary visits with other personnel.
• Notifies the Agency of absences due to illness, emergency leave, normal vacation periods, or special professional meetings that will affect service with the Agency.

Special Requirements:

• Must have a car with required insurance coverage and a state driver's license or reliable transportation

Functional Abilities:

• Able to communicate verbally and in writing to the extent required by the position
• Able to physically perform the duties required by the position

Qualifications:

• Selected on the basis of such factors as: an interest in people, tact, a history of emotional stability, dependability in employment, neatness in appearance and practices, good personal hygiene, and good judgment