Direct Support Professional (Lake County)
Direct Support Professional (Lake County)
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20-06-2025
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20-06-2025
Job Description
Direct Support Professional (DSP) Northwest Indiana
Department: Indiana Services
Status: Full-time and Part-time
Job Summary
New Star is seeking dedicated and caring people to join our fantastic team as full-time or part-time Direct Support Professionals (DSP).
- Valid drivers license required
- Paid training
- Shifts available: Daytime Evening Overnight and Weekend
Status: Full-time and Part-time
Job Summary
New Star is seeking dedicated and caring people to join our fantastic team as full-time or part-time Direct Support Professionals (DSP).
- Valid drivers license required
- Paid training
- Shifts available: Daytime Evening Overnight and Weekend
Who We Are
New Star a subsidiary of Sertoma Star Services a non-profit organization committed to empowering individuals with disabilities their families and those living with mental illness to achieve personal success. Join us and make a positive impact in the lives of those we serve.
Your Role
As a Direct Support Professional (DSP) you will provide support and supervision to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities within the community based setting. You will beresponsible for providing person centered supports to ensure consumers can live their best life in their home and community.
As a Direct Support Professional (DSP) you will provide support and supervision to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities within the community based setting. You will beresponsible for providing person centered supports to ensure consumers can live their best life in their home and community.
Job Summary:
Essential Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude the followingalthough other duties may be assigned to meet Agency and family needs:
- Communicates well with consumers using their preferred form of communication to determine their likes interests strengths wants and needs.
- Treats consumers with dignity and respect while providing them with the support needed to become as independent as possible.
- Provides support to consumers to obtain outcomes that will allow them to live their best lives possible as documented in their Person-Centered Individual Service Plan.
- Provides support and training to consumers by completing tasks with the consumer instead of for the consumer.
- Provides support to complete all hygiene and grooming needs and training to support the consumer in understanding the importance of these tasks.
- Provides support to complete all dressing needs and training to support the consumer in understanding clothing that is appropriate for the weather.
- Provides support to ensure the consumers home is free from debris clean and safe from hazards and training to support the consumer in understanding the importance of a clean and safe home.
- Provides support to consumers to make healthy choices when determining their meals and provides support and training while preparing meals as needed to ensure that meals meet any high risk plans and that kitchen safety is followed.
- Provides support and training on medication administration needs to each consumer according to agency policies and procedures.
- Provides opportunities for consumers to learn about medical providers and allows consumers to make informed choices about providers and services that they receive.
- Advocates for consumers wants and needs and helps them advocate for themselves as requested.
- Supports consumers to participate fully in their community.
- Promotes community inclusion by assisting consumers in developing natural supports.
- Allows consumers to make choices throughout their daily life by providing opportunities and encouragement to learn problem solving skills consequences and how to take responsibility for choices.
- Assesses and plans for risks to allow consumers to make informed choices when taking risks to participate in new experiences.
- Protects the rights of consumers by understanding their rights educating them on their rights and ensuring their rights are not violated.
- Documents all supports provided in a timely manner to include but not limited to daily progress notes Medication Administration Records incident reports and injury/illness reports.
- Works cooperatively with all staff outside providers and family members/guardians to ensure high
- quality services.
- Follows all agency Policies and Procedures.
Job Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively work with coworkers and consumers
- Knowledge of working with individuals with disabilities
- Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given prescribed routines and standard accepted practices
- High School Diploma preferred
- Must maintain a valid drivers license and meet agency driving requirements when required to provide transportation
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- 13 paid holidays per year
- Medical/Dental/VisionInsurance Plans
- Employer Paid Insurance: Basic Life/AD&D and Long-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- 403(b) with company match
- Tuition assistance
- Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Reimbursement for conferences and seminars
- Access to the Alsip Park District Fitness Center for $10.00 per month
Health SafetyandCulture:
New Star is an equal opportunity employer that embraces the uniqueness of every person. New Star understands that in order for you to work effectively and be an advocate of inclusivity we must foster an environment that is respectful and sensitive to persons of all gender identities and from every cultural socioeconomic ethnic religious and racial background. Our open-door team-building concept supports both agency goals and employee success.
New Star is an equal opportunity employer that embraces the uniqueness of every person. New Star understands that in order for you to work effectively and be an advocate of inclusivity we must foster an environment that is respectful and sensitive to persons of all gender identities and from every cultural socioeconomic ethnic religious and racial background. Our open-door team-building concept supports both agency goals and employee success.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
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