DSP, Personal Supports Services (Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 2:00pm/Saturday, 8:00am - 1:00pm - Dedicated Services)

Do you enjoy helping others reach their full potential? Do you enjoy having fun at work and doing recreational activities? Are you motivated by personal enrichment? Do you want to work for an amazing organization!

The DSP, Personal Support Services will be committed to supporting the organization’s mission of ensuring quality support services are provided and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are both respected and afforded opportunities to choose and participate in and access community events, activities, and resources.

If you are interested in this unique opportunity and fulfilling career, then becoming a Direct Support Professional (DSP) is the perfect job for you!

Responsibilities

• We’ll Help You Master
• Support individuals in achieving their personal goals and fulfilling their dreams by having a “person-centered” focus
• Teach independent living and daily skills to the persons-served by identifying and meeting social, environmental, and health care needs such as daily grooming and personal care routines
• Actively plans, coordinates, and participates with residents in social activities including frequent community outings
• Instructs, supports and participates in performing household tasks with persons served such as cleaning, preparing meals, food shopping, etc

Who You Will Be Supporting

In this role, you will have the amazing opportunity to support someone that

• Very fun-loving person who loves going into the community and interacting with others
• Lives with their mother in Silver Spring, MD
• Communicates with staff verbally but also with a tablet
• Will type the words on their tablet to select the activities they want to engage in
• Loves going to McDonald’s for breakfast
• Loves going for walks in the neighborhood
• While at home, performs various activities of daily living including preparing coffee
• Would like to improve their in-home skills and learn how to do more things at home like cooking and decorating

• The Ideal Candidate
• Someone who will take the initiative to present new ideas to the person supported for community outings and activities