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Direct Support Professional (DSP) Full-time / 2nd Shift including weekends - Rochester Hills

Hope Network

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Quick overview

The Direct Support Professional provides personal care and community living support to individuals with intellectual disabilities or mental illness. Responsibilities include monitoring safety, assisting with daily living activities, and implementing clinical care plans.

Requirements summary

Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and a valid Michigan driver's license. The role requires the ability to lift 50 lbs and a commitment to working 2nd shift hours including weekends.

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Job description

The Direct Support Professional (DSP) provides medically necessary, appropriate personal care and community living supports to persons with intellectual developmental disabilities, persons with severe mental illness, and/or individuals with co-occurring diagnosis. The Direct Support Professional (DSP) may assist in areas of mobility, activities of daily living, communication, cognition, health management, social networking, vocational, leisure time management, and community participation.

Why a Direct Support Professional (DSP) at Hope…

Make a difference in people's lives, including your own.

Here are just some of the ways Hope Network invests in you for all that you do

$17.13 hourly wage
Educational Reimbursement
Career Pathing, Paid Training
Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
Employee referral bonus
Generous paid time off
Retirement savings plan

How you will change lives…

The Direct Support Professional (DSP) will assist in the following areas of personal care and development:

Safety
Monitor and ensure safety 24/7; this may be eyes- on, one-on-one, 15 or 30 minute checks, etc.
Support crisis prevention, intervention, and resolution

Relationships
Establish collaborative relationships built on trust and empathy through consistent and meaningful communication
Foster a spirit of partnership with individuals served, the community, and other professionals

Activities and Daily Living Skills
Help build effective skills for problem-solving, communication, and independence
Assist person served to identify and/or participate in social and leisure interest and activities such as: transport/escort to stores, concerts, movies or in house social events (barbeques, movie nights, games, etc.)
Help person served with activities of daily living to include (but not limited to): get to and from places, dressed/undressed, bathe/shower, comb hair, trim nails, restroom assistance, and cooking

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Direct Support Professional (DSP) Full-time / 2nd Shift including weekends - Rochester Hills

Quick overview

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