Direct Support Professional
| Department: | Community Living Services | Community Support Services |
| JOB PURPOSE: | The Direct Support Professional works directly with people who have intellectual/developmental disabilities to help them reach their day-to-day and long-term goals and live their best lives. |
| EVALUATED BY: | Professional Manager |
| STATUS: | Non-Exempt Employee |
Essential Functions
Promote the PCBS Mission
- Embody the PCBS vision, mission, and values statements.
- Support a person-centered philosophy.
- Support persons served to lead a healthy, clean, and safe lifestyle
Is a Strong Advocate
- Advocate for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities
- Support persons served with all aspects of their lives and the individualized person-centered planning process
- Ensure persons served know about their community and support them in making choices related to accessing the community.
Provide Excellent Direct Support Services
- Implement individualized person-centered plans which may include the following depending on the person(s) served:
- Provide protected oversight at levels noted in the plan.
- Administer medications according to policy and training
- Physically assist (support, lift, transfer, etc.) persons as needed.
- Provide transportation for persons served.
- Support persons served to be active members of the community.
- Provide personal hygiene support.
- Provide nonviolent crisis intervention as needed according to policy and training.
- Provide other supports for persons served, as needed.
- Document supports provided (as required), maintaining privacy and confidentiality of persons served following PCBS policy and procedures.
- Maintain current training in all required areas.
Contribute to A Positive Work Environment
- Communicate both verbally (in both oral and written formats) and nonverbally in a clear, efficient, and respectful way.
- Complete tasks on time and to the expected standard.
- Work through disagreements with honesty and transparency, fostering a trusting team environment.
- Work with teammates in a collaborative way that aids improvement of skills and outcomes.
Secondary Functions
- Report facility and maintenance/safety needs to supervisor.
- Perform general housecleaning chores as assigned.
- Attend all meetings and agency functions as required.
- Perform all other duties assigned by supervisor.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions
- Extended periods of standing and walking, with some sitting.
- Regular lifting, kneeling, stooping, crouching, or bending, as appropriate.
- Possible physical intervention, as trained in CPI, if confronted by a person displaying combative or potentially dangerous behavior.
- Periods of driving agency vehicles.
- Possible administration of chest compressions and rescue breaths as trained in CPR.
- Exposure to noise from persons served, office machines, appliances, and telephones.
- Substantial use of video display terminal.
- Possible exposure to blood-borne pathogens and other communicable diseases.
Available Shifts
- Group Home: Monday to Friday, 7am – 3pm (per day)
- Group Home: Monday to Friday, 3pm – 11pm (per day)
- Group Home: Overnights, Sunday to Thursday, 11pm – 9am (per day)
- Group Home: Weekends, Friday 11pm to Sunday 11pm (48-hour shift)
- Day Services: Monday to Friday, 8am – 4pm (per day). Could be later than 4 pm. when on a route.
PCBS is willing to accommodate excellent candidates to find work shifts that are convenient to everyone involved. Most roles are 40 hours / week. Some roles require up to 50 hours / week. Additional Overtime opportunities are available.
