Residential Direct Support Professional - Washington Heights

Job Path supports people with developmental disabilities as they make choices about their lives and play valued roles in their communities. Job Path encourages people to explore what they want out of life and to chart their own journeys. Whether its finding a job making a contribution in a volunteer role establishing a home or being part of the community the goal is to assist the person to lead a full and active life.

Job Path is seeking a parttime Residential Direct Support Professional (DSP) who is motivated flexible bright energetic responsible and organized. The role of the DSP is to support people with a developmental disability in every way possible to facilitate personal growth and relationship building as they emerge in their rightful place within the community.

We are specifically looking for DSPs who can provide support in Washington Heights for at least one weekday and on the weekends. We are specifically looking for people with availability from 7am to 3pm and/or 3pm to 10pm.

Required trainings typically take place during the week advance notice is given.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following tasks:

Direct Support; Challenging Individuals To Grow In An Interdependent World By:

• Encouraging personal skill development in all areas of someones life by showing teaching and talking.
• Building selfesteem by doing things together rather than doing everything for them.
• Providing opportunities for new experiences.
• Getting involved in the community recreation shopping building positive relationships
• Encouraging individuals to make choices and decisions in all areas of their lives and providing the opportunities to learn how to make decisions
• Building a relationship based on respect to enable you to offer support guidance and direction when appropriate
• Facilitating any area in which someone may need support in order to achieve full life eg buying clothes sending birthday cards redecorating a room
• Encouraging teaching and assisting with household community and personal responsibilities such as shopping cleaning banking doctor appointments.
• Supporting people in social situations to learn to feel comfortable and confident with others through appropriate interactions and build positive relationships

Teamwork; Building A Strong Team Able To Accomplish Goals By:

• Offering support respect and feedback to other team members
• Ensuring communication is clear concise and honest
• Attending staff meetings and contributing professionally
• Covering assigned shifts or finding a suitable replacement giving adequate notice and informing the team.
• Sharing and contributing ideas knowledge questions feeling
• Respecting the workplace physical structure keeping it clean safe and secure for those we support
• Assisting in meal preparation

Health & Safety; Respecting Individuals Personal Health Needs By:

• Administering medication
• Being aware of and competent in dealing with individual medical needs eg. seizures health concerns allergies etc.
• Attending regularly and consistently to personal care needs such as bathing hygiene grooming etc. in a dignifying and respectful matter
• Accompanying individuals to doctors appointments
• Reading and initialing the consult sheet and following through with the information given by the doctor
• Ordering supplies in advance to ensure they arrive when needed eg. medication gloves etc.

Documentation/Communication; Ensuring Information Is Shared By:

• Reading documenting in and initialing log books and communication books before and after each shift as appropriate
• Writing reports immediately following an event eg. Doctors appointment form incident reports etc.
• Documenting Personal Spending Petty Cash groceries etc. immediately after an item is purchased
• Reading staff meeting minutes
• Meeting with team leader periodically for open communication

Qualifications: High school diploma or GED some college preferred. We are seeking candidates who enjoy peopleoriented work and are sensitive to the needs and preferences of people with disabilities (this includes applicants who themselves are autistic or have disabilities).

Rate:$19.00 per hour

Benefits:Work/Life Assistance Program (EAP) ability to contribute to pretax commuter and medical FSA plans 403b retirement plan with employer match after two years of employment.

Health dental and enhanced short term disability insurance available to employees who average 28 hours of work per week after a six month measurement period.

To Apply: Please submit your resume dates of availability and cover letter via our jobs board:

Or send via fax toor mail to:

Job Path
Attn: Cerezmy Salcido
256 West 38th Street 2nd Floor
New York NY 10018

*Please note: Only applicants we feel meet requirements of the position will be contacted for an interview. You must submit a resume AND cover letter to be considered for the position.

**Job Path is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on races color creed national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation employment or citizenship status.**

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