Adolescent Direct Care Professional

Are you passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of adolescents ages 821 with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and Behavioral/Mental Health (BH/MH) diagnoses At Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health were looking for dedicated compassionate and energetic individuals to join our team as Direct Care Professionals (DSPs). This is your opportunity to help shape brighter futures while growing your career in behavioral health and human services.

Every day as a Direct Care Professional you will

• Ensure safety: Supervise and maintain the well-being of the individuals in your care at all times.

• Engage and connect: Participate in daily ADLs recreational and social activities to encourage growth confidence and independence.

• Coach and redirect: Address and appropriately redirect inappropriate behaviors reinforcing positive actions through supportive communication.

• Support progress: Implement individualized treatment plan goals and objectives working collaboratively with the clinical team to support each persons development

You will be offered:

• Opportunities to learn and grow in the behavioral health and human services fields.
• Fun fast-paced supportive environment where you can participate in the treatment planning process.
• ASCEND- Career Accelerator Program
• Paid Training and Professional Development
• BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY AFTER 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT(learn more at ) 1st day of the 1st pay period after 30 days

Available Shifts: 7am-3pm 2pm-10pm 10pm-8am

Schedule: One Scheduled Day Off During The Week One scheduled Weekend Day Weekends PRN: On Call/As Needed

Compensation: $17.75-$23.05/hr (based on experience and education)

Devereux Pennsylvania Childrens Services (DPACS) center serves children adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorders intellectual and developmental disabilities behavioral emotional and psychiatric challenges and disorders. Located in West Chester and Malvern Pennsylvania services provided include psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF) residential treatment (RTF) acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (AIP) assessment services community-based mental health services community-based employment training and social skills training and approved private school educational services to male and female children and adolescents (6-21 years of age) with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities autism spectrum disorders concomitant psychiatric and behavioral challenges often associated with experiencing some level of trauma in their lives.

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EDUCATION: Bachelors Degree in one of the followingfields of study is : Special Education Elementary Education Early Childhood Education Psychology Sociology Social Work. *Education Evaluation required if education was acquired outside the U.S.

EXPERIENCE: Prior experience working with children in behavioral health preferred.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nations largest nonprofit organizations providing services insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912 Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical therapeutic educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10000 children adults and their families every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6500 employees working in programs across the country Devereux is a trusted partner for families schools and communities serving individuals in the areas of autism intellectual and developmental disabilities specialty mental health education and foster care.

Our Culture Our Expectations

At Devereux Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work and our team environment creates an empowering positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux you will: put the needs of others first feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services and within all policies and employee practices.

We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person one family one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of addition we offer;

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone web app) dental prescription drug preventative care and mental health services.

• Student loan debt assistance tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day) 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

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Devereux is a drug-free workplace drug screening required. EOE