Direct Support Professional
Company: Helping Celebrate Abilities
Location: Binghamton
Posted on: August 6, 2022
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Job Description:
Job DescriptionPosition Overview:Are you looking for an exciting
career where you can make a difference while making bank? HCA has
an opportunity for you with updated rates and increased job
flexibility!$1500 Commitment Bonus$2.00 per hour Weekend
DifferentialFlexible scheduling, with Full-Time, Part-Time, and
Substitute hours available for all shiftsUnder direct supervision
care for the developmentally disabled. No experience required with
paid on the job training.These tasks involve encouraging, guiding
and training individuals in developing daily living skills and
habits, taking care of their personal needs, and maintaining their
living environment. Must maintain all required training, including
Medication Dispensing, CPR, and First Aid certification. Essential
Duties and Responsibilities:Personal Care:Performs/teaches and
reinforces accepted infection control and personal grooming
techniques; performs/teaches and assists in bathing, toileting,
dental care, hair and nail care, personal hygiene and grooming
routines as necessary.Performs/teaches and assists individuals in
dressing, clothing selection, storage, laundering and repair of
clothing and accessories, may help them shop for
clothing.Performs/teaches and assists in proper use and care of
shavers and razors, eyeglasses, hearing aids, prosthesis as
prescribed by appropriate medical practitioner.Administers and
teaches individuals first aid treatments; administers
cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, and performs other health
related techniques as required.Takes records, reports temperatures,
blood pressures, pulse rate, weight, and other significant
symptoms/health related occurrences; aides consumer in
understanding, recording, reporting such factors.Maintains
confidentiality of information.Reports unusual incidents and
physical symptoms promptly and accurately to the supervisor.Applies
valid and accepted limits for inappropriate behavior.As per written
behavior plan or emergency situation, helps individuals to gain
control in situations that the consumer is causing harm to
themselves, others, or their environment, or a credible threat of
the above, utilizing approved SCIP-R techniques.Administers
prescribed medications and treatments; teaches, observes, reports
problems and progress in self-administration of medication
programs. Assists individuals in achieving more independence in
administration of medications. Teaches use of skin care lotions,
topical ointment, eye and ear drops and assists in their use as
needed.Accompanies individuals to medical, dental, and other
pharmacy, takes medications to home site and logs same; instructs
and observes individuals in use of these substances.Food
Preparation, Mealtimes:Assists individuals in eating who cannot
feed themselves independently, teaches them to eat in a
family-style setting, while promoting choice.Teaches and assists
individuals to plan, shop, store, prepare and serve meals using
currently accepted nutritional standard to clean kitchen and dining
areas, and dispose of leftover food safely.Maintaining the
Environment:Performs/teaches developmentally disabled individuals
routine housekeeping duties such as dusting, washing floors and
walls, cleaning bathrooms, and vacuuming rugs.Assists consumer in
keeping room neat and orderly.Follows safety procedures in living
unit and surrounding grounds, by mopping up spills, reporting
unsafe condition, teaches and reinforces fire safety procedures.
Checks to see that fire exits are clear, night-lights on, windows
are locked and other security measures, checks fire equipment and
reports malfunction.Performs minor routine maintenance tasks such
as changing light bulbs, fuses, etc.May assist as directed in
various household inventories.Individual Development and Personal
Interests:Teaches and reinforces use of a variety of communication
skills.Teaches and reinforces principles of human growth and
development, including human sexuality, as determined by each
persons developmental level.Teaches acceptable work habits (e.g.
punctuality, dress and grooming), to enable individuals to develop
readiness for work/school outside the home, or in support of
individuals vocational, provocation or other work/volunteer
experiences.Transports/arranges for transport of individuals to
community events, accompany consumer to dances, camping trips,
swimming, or other age appropriate leisure activities.Teaches money
management principles to consumer, completes/aids in completion of
banking activities; ensures accurate recording of personal
expenditures.Helps consumer to develop/maintain positive
interpersonal relationships with their fellow residents, with
others in the families, and with others in the community. Aids in
explaining feelings, resolving conflicts, teaching/reinforcing
acceptable means of handling frustration and
anger.Teaches/supervises/participates in a variety of leisure and
recreational activities, craft projects, seasonal and permanent
home decoration; assists in planning/supervision of family days and
holiday celebrations as selected by the consumers, their families
and staff.Aides in selection, care and use of age appropriate
personal leisure time belongings.Interdisciplinary Treatment Team
Member:Actively participates at staff meetings by communicating
observations concerning progress and reaction to various therapy
programs.Attend staff meeting, may suggest alternative programs or
procedures based on experience with the individuals habilitation
plan.Record Daily Residential Habilitation, Incident Behavioral and
other required documentation.Performs other duties as
assignedCompany DescriptionHCA's mission is to develop, establish
and maintain multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment services
for developmentally and physically disabled persons and their
families; plan and implement individualized programs designed to
increase to the greatest possible degree the individuals physical,
social, intellectual, and emotional abilities; and enable
developmentally disabled persons to remain in the community,
develop to their fullest potential, and become independent
functional members of society.
Keywords: Helping Celebrate Abilities, Binghamton , Direct Support Professional, Other , Binghamton, New York
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