Impactful Care Mentor for Adults with Disabilities

Kindly Direct Care; West Cape May (NJ); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kindly Direct Care in New Jersey seeks caring Direct Support Professionals to provide one-to-one support to adults with developmental disabilities across the state. This hands-on caregiving role emphasizes companionship, daily living assistance, and community participation.

Assignments vary by individual; you will work with individuals to preserve dignity, privacy, and independence while following customized care plans, reporting changes promptly, and maintaining accurate documentation.

Qualifications

• Comfort providing hands-on personal care when required by the assignment.
• Patient, respectful, dependable, and attentive to health and safety.
• Ability to follow detailed support instructions and communicate concerns promptly.
• Ability to complete required background checks, onboarding, and training.
• Prior DSP, HHA, CNA, PCA or direct-care experience preferred for higher-support assignments.
• Reliable transportation and driving credentials when required by the assignment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting, hygiene, meals, and other ADLs when required by the individual’s plan.
• Provide mobility, positioning, transfer, or safety support when required and when the DSP is trained and authorized to do so.
• Provide companionship and help the individual participate in community activities and meaningful routines.
• Encourage independence by supporting the individual to do as much as possible for themselves.
• Follow individualized care, behavioral, medical, and safety instructions within DSP scope and training.
• Observe for changes or concerns and report them promptly.
• Complete service documentation, timekeeping, and required communication accurately and on time.
• Maintain confidentiality, professional boundaries, reliability, and respect for the individual and family.

Skills

Compassion

Reliability

Communication

Safety-focused

Instruction-following

Job description

Kindly Direct Care in New Jersey seeks caring Direct Support Professionals to provide one-to-one support to adults with developmental disabilities across the state. This hands-on caregiving role emphasizes companionship, daily living assistance, and community participation.

Assignments vary by individual; you will work with individuals to preserve dignity, privacy, and independence while following customized care plans, reporting changes promptly, and maintaining accurate documentation.