DSP-R Part time 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift; working every other weekend

CHESCO Services; Pageland (SC); On-site; USD 16,531,000 - 24,797,000; Part time

Job summary

CHESCO Services in Pageland, SC is seeking a part-time Direct Support Professional to work 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift, including every other weekend. You will provide direct care and training to residents in a community setting, following local, state, and federal guidelines.

Role requires completing required certifications and driving duties as needed. Responsibilities include maintaining daily logs, assisting with personal hygiene, meal prep, household tasks, and managing behavior as part of an

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Acquire and maintain certification in First Aid, CPR, and CPI; TB test required annually.
• Valid driver's license and ability to operate a 15-passenger or smaller vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care and training to consumers in community residence.
• Administer medications to residents per CHESCO Services guidelines.
• Maintain daily logs, activity schedules, and progress notes.
• Transport consumers as needed.
• Attend in-service trainings and staff meetings.

Skills

First Aid

CPR

CPI Certification

Driver's license

Vehicle operation

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

DSP-R Part time 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift; working every other weekend

REPORTS TO: House Manager

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Acquire and maintain certification in First Aid, CPR, and CPI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention). Subject to annual TB test. Valid Driver's license from state of residence and ability to operate motor vehicle for 15 passengers or less.

Job Summary: Provide direct care and training to consumers in community residence according to local, state , and federal guidelines. Implements training goals and collects data. Counsels consumers as necessary. Physical Abilities Include: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting (patients with assistance), fingering, writing, reading, driving including nights, counting, work double shifts as necessary, running, and smell. Physical Requirements Include: Very heaving lifting with assistance visual acuitymust be accurate to write and read small print and record data. A worker is subject to both indoor and outdoor environments and maybe subject to temperature extremes of heat and cold for short time periods. The worker is subject to noise and hazards including the possibility of physical assault, property destruction, and infections. The worker is subject to wear protective clothing to prevent exposure to infection.

Job Duties:

• Maintains accountability for all consumers within the assigned setting, and demonstrates knowledge of consumers' actions during that time frame.
• Ensures consumers' needs are met through the implementation of goals, behavior management, personal hygiene, oral hygiene, social adjustment, leisure, and special activities.
• Ensures consumers' well-being and for reporting and inappropriate or maladaptive behaviors to residents as needed. Implement unit wide and individual behavior management plans consistently.
• Performs all DSP paperwork, i.e: daily log, activity schedules, the monthly inventory of consumers' belongings, daily documentation as needed, progress notes, baseline data, behavior reports, requisitions and others as needed. Write up new sheets for the month - body check sheets, daily progress notes, recreational assessment, (by consumer assignment), recreational calendar and activity inventory, etc.
• Maitains cleanliness in the unit throughsupervision of the chores, house cleaning, cooking and laundry as scheduled or needed.
• Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team and other consumer-related meetings as needed. Provides information and assists with evaluation.
• Administers medications to residents within CHESCO Services medication administration guidelines.
• Make needed copies for direct care paperwork. (Third Shift)
• Attends in-service training and staff meetings as required
• Transport consumers as needed.
• Conducts monthly fire drills on each shift; disaster drills as required.
• Provides coverage to other shifts and community programs as needed.
• Buys groceries and supplies weekly or as needed. (On Schedule)
• Clothing purchases ( second shift; House Manager delegates).
• Prepare food and supply inventory. (Third Shift)
• Service Provision Log. (Third Shift)
• Prepare the chore list. (Third Shift)
• Filing.
• Performs other duties as identified or assigned.

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