Direct Support Professional (Full Time and Part Time)

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $17.00 per hour

Job Summary :

Life'sWork of Western PA is currently hiring both full time and part time Direct Support Professionals. A Direct Support Professional at LifesWork is responsible for supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or individuals facing other barriers to employment. A Direct Support Professional will assist our clients to acquire, maintain and enhance skills required to secure and carry out work-related activities. The Direct Support Professional will work at a variety of work sites including LifesWork own production facility as well as in a wide range of businesses and organizations through our small group staffing program.

Direct Support Professional are responsible for learning and applying the Individual support plan (ISP) and maintaining confidentiality.

Organizational Summary :

LifesWork of Western PA is a non-profit organization empowering people to live the life they choose. We partner with people with disabilities, people with other barriers, young adults, children and families to pursue their hopes and dreams through strengthening workplace abilities, building life skills and developing meaningful relationships.

We believe everyone deserves to share in opportunities of meaningful employment. Through employment for all, we envision creating a compassionate, inclusive and equitable community where all individuals have a chance to flourish. A career at LifesWork means a chance to promote life altering change in an individual's life.

About Adult Services :

The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is three times higher than that of people without disabilities. Through our Supported Group Employment, Small Group Staffing, and Community Participation Supports, were providing adults with disabilities an opportunity to overcome barriers to employment.

Job Responsibilities :

• Provide job coaching across all of our program areas : facility, community, and in small group staffing locations
• May transport participants to and from the worksite using company vehicles
• Complete daily documentation of implementation and progress toward the participants goals and activities based on the care plan
• Support the achievement of the participants personal outcomes and goals
• Demonstrate knowledge of and implementation of the participants support plan
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment
• Contribute information regarding the participants progress for support team meetings when requested
• Engage with participants on a daily basis to facilitate growth for learning and opportunities
• Identify and provide reasonable accommodation to assist the needs of participants; for example, assisting them with the vending machine or walking them to the bathroom
• Provide a person-centered environment that fosters advancement and transition
• Act as a role model for appropriate workplace behavior
• Engage with all participants in a positive, respectful, and productive manner on a regular basis
• Complete and maintain annual staff qualifications, including 24 credit hours of training per year
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications :

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities :

Physical Requirements :

Additional Requirements :

Benefits Package :

Health Coverage : (Full-time only)

Other benefits : (100% paid by employee )

Paid Time Off (PTO) :

Holidays : (Full-time & Part-time)

Retirement Plan (403(b) Thrift Plan) :

Diversity and Inclusion Statement :

At LifesWork of Western PA, we have a clear vision : to create a community where difference is valued. As an organization with a mission that is centered around lifting up some of the most vulnerable members of society, diversity and inclusion are more than just words to us. Here, everyone is welcome. We employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, age, sex, religion, color, national origin, language, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, handicap or disability, and other protected status. As an employment organization that is continually evolving to provide the best possible services for our clients, we strive to be as diverse as the individuals that we serve. LifesWork is fully focused on building and nurturing a workplace where inclusion is part of our everyday culture, not just an initiative; where all employees feel their individual gifts are celebrated and appreciated, and where they are encouraged to be who they are.

There is always more work to be done, and we believe that if the services that are provided by our organization are done through a diverse mix of talents, perspectives, and backgrounds, we can play a role in creating ongoing and lasting change.