Enhanced Services DSP

Listening Ear, LLC; Mount Pleasant, Northern (MI, KY); On-site; USD 49,084,000 - 51,949,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruiting bonus

Job summary

Listening Ear Crisis Center in Mount Pleasant, MI seeks an Enhanced Services Direct Support Professional to supervise and support complex care consumers in daily living activities per their Person Centered Plan.

The role involves meal prep, personal care, medication administration, enteral feeding management, behavior support, and transporting clients to appointments, with mandatory training and adherence to Michigan health regulations.

Qualifications

• CNA certification or related health care certification and experience.
• Working knowledge of laws and regulations for mentally disabled adults (Recipient Rights, Consumer Bill of Rights).
• CPR, First Aid, Safety & Fire Prevention, Nutrition, and infection prevention.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and respond to emergencies in a controlled manner.

Responsibilities

• Engage with consumers to identify and implement activities under the consumer’s Person Centered Plan.
• Carry out Plan-prescribed activities including meals, hygiene, meds, feeding tubes, behavior management, transport.
• Complete and deliver necessary documentation relating to services or home operations.
• Attend mandatory trainings and report punctually to work.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

CPR

First Aid

Safety & Fire Prevention

Nutrition

Prevention of communicable diseases

Multitasking

Emergency response

Empathy & professionalism

Driving license

Education

High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent

Job description

Enhanced Services DSP# Enhanced Services DSPListening Ear Crisis Center - Mount Pleasant, MI 48804## OverviewSalary Range$17.13 - $18.13 HourlyPosition TypeFull-Time/Part-TimeJob ShiftAnyEducation LevelNone## Enhanced Services Direct Support Professional (ESDSP)**Position Summary****:** Enhanced ServicesDirect Support Professionals (ESDSP), are responsible for the daily supervision and support in all daily living activities of complex care 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. In addition, complex care consumers require additional support, including but not limited to, managing enteral feeding tubes, behavioral management, seizure support, seizure management, tracheotomy care. Candidates accepted into this role will require additional training beyond the standard DSP training. Hiring preference will be given to candidates with CNA certification or other relevant health care certifications or experience. 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.**We are offering up to $1000 in recruiting bonus for full time positions, $300 after 90 days of employment and $700 after six months of employment and $500 for part time positions, $200 after 90 days of employment and $300 after six months of employment.****Reporting and Supervision**ESDSPs 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, managing enteral feeding tubes, consumer behavioral management, tracheotomy management, 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*** Highly desired: CNA certification or related health care certification and experience. May consider significant prior work experience as a Direct Support Professional as equivalent to certification.* 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:*Significant prior experience in a caregiving capacity, particularly for complex care consumers, 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.***Schedule, Travel Expectations, Working Conditions*** Full-time ESDSPs can generally expect 40-hour work schedules, with additional hours when necessary to meet the needs of consumers. Additional hours may be planned or unplanned depending upon circumstances.* Part-time ESDSPs can expect a more disparate work schedule, though only slightly less structured, generally between 20 and 29 hours per week. Additional hours or shifts may be planned or unplanned depending upon circumstances.* Schedules generally will remain consistent as to days of the week and/or shifts worked to the extent possible.* ESDSP jobs are not eligible for a remote work option.* ESDSPs may be expected to travel to attend required training programs, either at agency facilities or conducted at venues apart from Listening Ear facilities. No overnight travel is expected.* ESDSPs may be expected to provide services in additional homes within their cohort.