Direct Support Professional - East New York
$37,440–$39,624 year
On-siteBrooklyn, New York, United States
Job Summary
Assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in maximizing strengths, interests, and abilities while providing emotional support and building positive relationships. Support people to meet personal goals by facilitating activities that provide social capital and connections to the community. Ensure health, wellness, and safety by managing crisis situations, adhering to protective oversight plans, and maintaining a clean, safe therapeutic environment. Provide personal care, administer medication, and assist with activities of daily living including bathing, dressing, and toileting. Teach skills using foundational methods like task analysis and observe behavior to prevent escalation. Transport individuals to medical appointments, recreational activities, and employment sites, and assist with purchasing and safeguarding funds. Collect and record data on observable behavior, review communication logs, and complete required documentation for compliance and billing.
Required Qualifications
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Ability to meet essential physical demands of position including frequent walking, sitting, standing, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing, pulling and reaching with hands and arms
- use hands to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls
- assisting with lifting/moving individuals of any weight with assistance of mechanical lifts or other equipment and/or pushing individuals in wheelchairs
- lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds on occasion
- having the physical capacity to work with and implement emergency interventions as per the person's Behavior Support Plan if/as needed, including lifting/moving individuals of any weight with or without assistance of equipment and/or other staff
- Effective written and oral communication skills including the ability to appropriately document services provided for billing and tracking purposes
- Ability and willingness to assist with a variety of supports and ADLs as requested, including regular exposure to and handling of various bodily fluids
- Basic computer skills – including email, utilizing Workday and related systems (DA, etc.) to complete tasks
- Must hold or obtain and maintain Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention – Revised (SCIP-R) within one (1) year of appointment
- Must hold or obtain and maintain additional certifications as required by program assignment and persons supported (for example: Choking – Return Demonstration, Approved Medication Administration Personnel (AMAP), Diabetes Care, CPR, Tube Feeding, etc.) within one (1) year of appointment
- Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships in alignment with YAI's mission and vision
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations and work in a high energy, fast-paced environment
- Ability to work beyond regularly scheduled hours/shift and/or to report to work as scheduled on holidays, in inclement weather or during other emergencies to maintain minimum coverage requirements of program, unless otherwise authorized
- For assignments that require transporting persons supported by vehicle, must hold or obtain and maintain valid Driver's License and Van certification (based on position/location/program)
Desired Qualifications
- HS diploma or its educational equivalent
- Work or life experience in the I/DD field is a plus, but not mandatory (for DSP 1 positions)
- For elevated DSP positions, must have at least three (3) years of direct support professional experience with the I/DD population and must obtain (and maintain) required YAI certifications based on setting within six (6) months of appointment
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