Job Description
Job Description
Description :
Direct Support Professionals are responsible for assisting individuals as prescribed within the Individualized Support Plans (ISP), provide quality care to individuals and to increase quality of life in keeping with Personal Touch Cares vision, mission and core values.
Consistent attendance is a general qualification for this job.
Provide quality care of individuals in their homes.
a. Ensure that the safety and health of individuals is maintained through continuous monitoring
b. Maintain highest standard of grooming and hygiene : bathing, toileting, oral care, shaving, dressing, grooming
c. Provide transportation in accordance with the individual’s social, medical and general developmental needs
Prepare meals in accordance with dietary plans and encourage successful completion of the individual’s dining objectives.
Provide quality care of the individual’s home - Ensure the surroundings of the individual remain clean and in good repair through daily cleaning, laundry, testing smoke and CO2 alarms and maintaining appropriate water temperatures.
Provide quality medical care of the individual.
a. Understand and deliver quality care for individuals in compliance with the ISP and Personal Touch Cares policies and procedures
Administer medications : oral, rectal, sublingual, inhaled
Monitor health related issues such as dysphasia, seizures, diabetes, etc.
Assist with medical appointments
b. Understand and provide support for maladaptive behaviors including : self injurious behaviors (SIB), physical aggression, spitting, biting, pinching, property destruction, verbal aggression
c. Charting and documenting all services provided
Maintain individual’s records and other documentation per established procedures
Timeliness, completeness and accuracy of oral and written communications
Provide professional internal and external relationships, cooperation and partnership with all Personal Touch Cares employees, managers and individuals receiving services.
Minimum Qualifications :
Knowledge
Current CPR Certification / First Aid Certification
High School Diploma or equivalent G.E.D
CNA License is preferred, not required
Skills & Abilities
Ability to follow detailed plans accurately, including both oral and written instructions
Ability to apply sound, mature decisions
Ability to communicate adequately in order to complete required forms and reports
Ability to provide services according to the individual’s ISP
Ability to bend, stoop, sit, stand, reach and lift items weighing at least 75 pounds
Willing to work in a wide variety of environments
Additional Requirements
At least 18 years of age
Valid driver’s license, current liability insurance and dependable vehicle
Current negative TB (Tuberculin test)
Acceptable criminal (State and County) histories
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