DSP-R Part-time, 2nd shift; includes every other weekend CTH II, Creekwood

CHESCO Services; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

CHESCO Services in Columbia, SC seeks a part-time DSP on 2nd shift to provide direct care and training in community residences. Responsibilities include implementing training goals, documenting progress, and counseling consumers as needed.

Qualifications include a high school diploma and state certification in First Aid, CPR, CPI, plus annual TB testing and a valid driver's license to operate a 15-passenger or smaller vehicle. The role requires flexibility for weekend work and weekends on-call.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Acquire and maintain First Aid, CPR, and CPI certifications.
• Subject to annual TB test; valid driver's license to operate a vehicle for 15 passengers or less.

Responsibilities

• Maintains accountability for all consumers within the assigned setting.
• Implements goals, behavior management, personal hygiene and social adjustment.
• Provides direct care and training to consumers in community residences.
• Administers medications per CHESCO Services guidelines.
• Performs paperwork: daily logs, progress notes and records as required.
• Transports consumers as needed and attends training meetings.
• Folds into shifts coverage, including weekends and holidays.

Skills

First Aid Certification

CPR Certification

CPI Certification

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Driver's license

Annual TB test

Job description

DSP-R Part-time, 2nd shift; includes every other weekend CTH II, Creekwood

• Columbia, SC

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.


• Maintains 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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