Direct Support Professional I-

Location

Bronx 10466

Schedule

Tuesday-Saturday 3pm-11 : 30pm Full-time Evening 40-hours

Essential Job Functions with a disability to perform the essential duties unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.)

DSP provide observations evaluations and reports to other team members to ensure and / or record an individuals progress toward treatment / habilitation accordance with habilitative plans they guide and teach individuals to develop skills required for a more independent lifestyle. Incumbents may take a lead role in one or more of the following duties within a work site. Duties may be performed in several or all of the following areas :

Personal Care

• Teaches and reinforces accepted infection control and personal grooming techniques; assists in bathing dental care hair and nail care personal hygiene toileting incontinence care menstrual care and grooming routines as necessary.
• Teaches and assists individuals in dressing clothing selection storage laundering and repair of clothing and accessories; helps them to shop for clothing.
• Teaches and assists in proper use and care of shavers and razors eyeglasses hearing aids prostheses as prescribed by appropriate medical practitioner.
• Administers and teaches individuals first aid treatments; administers cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques and performs other health-related techniques as required.
• Takes records reports temperatures blood pressures pulse rate weight and other significant symptoms / health-related occurrences; aids developmentally disabled individuals in understanding recording and reporting such factors.
• Maintains confidentiality of information.
• Reports unusual incidents and physical or behavioral symptoms promptly and accurately to the supervisor.
• Applies valid and accepted limits for inappropriate behavior and helps control and restrain individuals with challenging behaviors in their care.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments; teaches observes reports problems and progress in self-administration of medications programs; assists individuals in achieving more independence in administration of medications; teaches use of skin care lotions topical ointments eye and ear drops and assists in their use as needed.
• Accompanies individuals to medical dental and other health-related appointments; delivers prescriptions to pharmacy takes medication to home site and logs same; and instructs and observes individuals in use of those substances.

Food Preparation Mealtimes

Maintaining the Environment

Under the direction of the appropriate level supervisor the DSP performs various tasks and duties to assure that the living environment is properly maintained and kept in a clean neat and orderly condition.

Individual Development Personal Interests

Participating as Program Planning Team Member

Communication

Essential Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Qualifications and Experience

Preferred Education and / or Experience

Required Experience :

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

Children Activity,Acquisition,Data Entry,Commissioning,Administration Office,Arbitration

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1