MCGEE AEGIS SOLUTIONS LLC·Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania
Provide direct support to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to promote their physical, emotional, and personal well-being. Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, managing medical appointments, and facilitating community integration.
What does a residential direct support professional do?
As a Residential Direct Support Professional (DSP) you will develop relationships with adults with an intellectual and/or developmental disability where they live, work, or in other community settings, to promote their emotional, physical, and personal well-being, and keeping patients safe from potential health hazards in their surrounding environment. In this caregiver role, you will:
Assist individuals in the development of appropriate life skills necessary to reach their highest level of potential including interaction with others, cooking, housekeeping, money management, personal hygiene, etc.
Support the individuals' preferences and ensure their interests are honored.
Actively search for opportunities for those you serve to experience life in their homes and communities based on their hobbies and interests.
Help individuals reach their goals to be more independent by offering prompting guidance, instruction/education, and role modeling.
Encouraging client engagement in social networks and communities
Helping plan client appointments and organizing a schedule. Scheduling medical appointments, adding them to the calendar, tracking, reminding, and following up with aftercare instructions and additional appointments.
Shopping for groceries and preparing meals that meet specific client dietary needs.
Using creative thinking for accommodations to help people with disabilities be more independent.
Completion of daily documentation including goals worked on how, data documentation of behavior, environment and stimuli. Ensuring documentation of activities, shift duty sheets, daily summaries etc, are being completed per MAS policy and ODP standards.
Being an active participant during monthly meetings for DSP Team Leads, and any other required training/meetings.
Organizing/providing transportation to/from outings and medical appointments.
Providing caregiving and support with activities of daily living, may include: 1. Medication administration hygiene, cleaning, shopping, driving, prompting, documentation, budgeting, reporting, use of technology, mobility assistance, wound care
Accessing food through resources
Other duties as assigned.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing their essential functions
Employees work within the community, consumers' homes, and office environments. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions
Medical settings where exposure to germs may be elevated
Reports to: Residential Directors and Supervisors
Tuesday - Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Market context
Residential Direct Support Professional positions in Pennsylvania are typically in steady demand because providers need reliable staff for daily resident support and consistent daytime coverage. This role is competitive for candidates who can meet the age, education, licensing, and physical requirements, and who are comfortable with background screening and hands-on care. Review the resident support duties closely and confirm your driver’s license and lifting ability before applying; the job requirements and benefits here are AI-summarized from the original posting to save research time.
