Direct Support Professional (Santa Paula)
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Job Location:
Santa Paula, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
PALS Santa Paulais looking for qualified candidates to fill the position of Direct Support Professional (DSP) in the field of Intellectual Disabilities. The DSP or Job Coach works directly with persons who may have one or more challenging developmental and/or trauma-related behaviors. PALS Santa Paula is an adult day program. The Job Coach picks up one or more (up to three) persons in their own vehicle or in a PALS van each morning between 8-9 AM and drops them off between 2-3 pm Monday thru Friday providing them with six hours of supervision daily. Advancement in pay and/or in position is available.
Supervising adults with disabilities can be a fun enriching role for the right person. Participants attend PALS to be engaged listened to laughed with and supported in becoming more independent in their daily lives. The successful candidate must be a good listener and be skilled at working in a team-oriented environment; good communication skills are a must as is the ability and willingness to learn therapeutic strategies to improve the lives of persons with disabilities. Routine data collection and leading activities are a central facet of the job.
Experience is strongly preferred however PALS will consider persons with unrelated professional experience as long as the candidate meets the above skills expectations. PALS offers six (6) days of Paid Time Off/Vacation after one year of completion health insurance mileage reimbursement and a profit-sharing 401k plan.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Children Activity
- Acquisition
- Data Entry
- Commissioning
- Administration Office
- Arbitration
About Company
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