DSP, Personal Supports Services (Monday-Friday, 800am 200pmSaturday, 800am 100pm Dedicated Services)

Do you enjoy helping others reach their full potential
Do you enjoy having fun at work and doing recreational activities
Are you motivated by personal enrichment
Do you want to work for an amazing organization!

The DSP Personal Support Services will be committed to supporting the organizations mission of ensuring quality support services are provided and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are both respected and afforded opportunities to choose and participate in and access community events activities and resources.

If you are interested in this unique opportunity and fulfilling career then becoming a Direct Support Professional (DSP) is the perfect job for you!

Responsibilities Well Help You Master

• Support individuals in achieving their personal goals and fulfilling their dreams by having a person-centered focus
• Teach independent living and daily skills to the persons-served by identifying and meeting social environmental and health care needs such as daily grooming and personal care routines
• Actively plans coordinates and participates with residents in social activities including frequent community outings
• Instructs supports and participates in performing household tasks with persons served such as cleaning preparing meals food shopping etc

Who You Will Be Supporting

In this role you will have the amazing opportunity to support someone that:

• Very fun-loving person who loves going into the community and interacting with others
• Lives with their mother in Silver Spring MD
• Communicates with staff verbally but also with a tablet
• Will type the words on their tablet to select the activities they want to engage in
• Loves going to McDonalds for breakfast
• Loves going for walks in the neighborhood
• While at home performs various activities of daily living including preparing coffee
• Would like to improve their in-home skills and learn how to do more things at home like cooking and decorating

The Ideal Candidate

• Someone who will take the initiative to present new ideas to the person supported for community outings and activities
• A person who is patient because the person supported sometimes gets impatient when they dont get what they wants
• MUST be willing to transport the person supported to their various activities and community outings
• Must be willing to assist the person supported to improve their daily living skills by helping them become more independent at performing activities of daily living

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED from an accredited educational institution
• Able to communicate effectively with the individuals to whom services are provided
• Should have experience working with people with intellectual disabilities or with other types of special needs populations
• Have patience and positive coaching skills to assist AM with successfully reaching his goals
• Enjoy being active and proactively partner with AM while engaging in activities events and volunteer efforts of choice
• Will be resourceful in researching community activities volunteer efforts and enjoy introducing new ideas

Do You Want to Work for an Organization with Great Benefits!!!

• Paid Community Outings
• Medical Dental and Vision Insurance (CareFirst)
• 403B Retirement Plan Match - Mutual of America (Up to 6%)
• Group Life Insurance - Guardian (up to $50000)
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance (Guardian)
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability (Guardian)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Insurance
• Generous Vacation and Sick Leave (full-time and part-time eligibility)
• 10 Paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
• Employee Discounts (Groupon Six Flags Touro University Hertz car rentals AMC Theaters Dell computers etc.)
• Paid On-site Trainings!

Ardmore Enterprises is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression age disability genetic information citizenship status military service obligations or any other category protected by applicable federal state or local law.

We are looking for great staff and it can be you! Apply today!