Direct Support Staff

Direct Support Professional

Maxim Healthcare is hiring for a Direct Support Professional to provide support and care for individuals with intellectual disabilities within their homes or communities.

Responsibilities include :

• Ensuring client's health, wellness and safety
• Encouraging individual goals as they relate to learning and maintaining independent living skills
• Crisis prevention and intervention
• Promoting advocacy and individual rights
• Monitoring and maintaining detailed and compliant documentation on client status, interactions, and behaviors
• Safe and appropriate implementation of behavior support plan strategies and interventions
• Accurate and immediate reporting of suspected abuse, neglect, and exploitation
• Utilizing skills such as prompting, instruction, modeling, and reinforcement as it relates to person centered services delivered based on the Individual Support Plan
• Promoting independence in activities of daily living, work / volunteer, learning, and leisure
• Providing transportation, based on client needs
• Completing required annual trainings to maintain certifications

Requirements include :

Maxim Benefits include :

About Maxim Healthcare : Maxim Healthcare has been making a difference in the lives of our patients, caregivers, employees and communities for more than 30 years. We offer private duty nursing, skilled nursing, physical rehabilitation, companion care, respite care and behavioral care for individuals with chronic and acute illnesses and disabilities. Our commitment to quality customer service, compassionate patient care, and filling critical healthcare needs makes us a trusted partner wherever care is needed.