FT/PT DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL ADULT DISABILITY HOME/COMMUNITY SVC

Umbrella Functional Consulting & Support Team; West Chester (Chester County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Competitive salary

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Job summary

Umbrella Functional Consulting & Support Team in West Chester, PA is seeking Certified Direct Support Professionals for In-Home & Community Support for Adults with Disabilities. This role focuses on empowering individuals to live self-directed lives and participate fully in their communities.

Open positions are part-time across Chester County; travel is required to assigned cases. Join a close-knit team that values professionalism, compassion, and advocacy for those we serve.

Qualifications

• Direct Support Professionals assist people who need support to lead self-directed lives and participate fully in their communities.
• Direct support professionals recognize the personhood of people they support and advocate for their valued role in society.
• Direct support professionals empower people to have meaningful relationships and promote inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals to lead self-directed lives and participate in their communities.
• Partner with individuals in making informed decisions about finances, well-being, relationships, and employment.
• Use NADSP Code of Ethics to guide work and pursue ongoing learning and training.
• Advocate for individuals and promote health, privacy, and emotional well-being.
• Support inclusion by fostering relationships with friends and family.

Skills

Empowerment

Communication

Assessment

Community Networking

Documentation

Person-Centered Supports

Advocacy

Crisis Prevention

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance

You are applying for a role as a Certified Direct Support Professional for In-Home & Community Support for Adults with Disabilities for the West Chester, PA area. The role of a Direct Support Professional is complex and requires a specific set of skills and values. The following represents what to expect in one’s practice as a Direct Support Professional.

• Direct Support Professionals assist people who need support to lead self-directed lives and participate fully in their communities. Direct support professionals recognize the unique gifts, preferences and needs of each person supported.
• Direct Support Professionals recognize the personhood of people they support. They partner with them in making informed decisions and everyday choices about their finances, well-being, relationships, and employment. Direct Support Professionals will use knowledge, skills (competencies), and values (NADSP Code of Ethics) to guide their work and provide quality services. Direct Support Professionals continue to learn and develop their professional abilities through ongoing in-service and self-directed education and training.
• Direct support professionals understand that quality services occur at the point of interaction with the people that they support.
• Direct support professionals realize that their role includes being a mentor and a facilitator. Direct support professionals inform the people they support regarding their responsibilities and advocate with them for their valued role in society.
• Direct support professionals empower people they support to have meaningful relationships with friends, their families, and promote integration and inclusion in all our nation’s communities.
• Direct support professionals respect the privacy of the people they support and commit to promote their physical and emotional well-being.

National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals Competencies

• Participant Empowerment
• Communication
• Assessment

• Community and Service Networking o Facilitation of Services
• Community Living Skills and Supports
• Education, Training and Self-Development o Advocacy
• Vocational, Educational and Career Support o Crisis Prevention and Intervention
• Organizational Participation o Documentation
• Building and Maintaining Friendships and Relationships
• Person-Centered Supports o Supporting Health and Wellness

Open positions are for locations throughout Chester County. We are looking for part time team members. We make every attempt to fit applicants with locations nearest their homes, to assigned cases that are right for them. Travel is a must. It takes tremendous effort to find quality team members who are professional and motivated for a good career. Only serious applicants will be considered. Our team is a close knit group who would love to welcome other highly motivated compassionate people who love what they do and who take care of the people we serve. Kindly demonstrate your professionalism in your desire to join our team.

Additional clients residing in nearby Counties may become available to add to a caseload for potential growth opportunity.