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Direct Support Professional (DSP) | $14 – $16/hour Depending On Experience

True North is looking for responsible, committed and dedicated individuals to work with disabled individuals in the community and in their homes.

DSP JOB DESCRIPTION

REPORTS TO: Supported Living Manager
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Full-Time or Part-Time
CAREER EVALUATIONS:
First Year: 90 day probationary phase (3 months)-Evaluation and Career Development Goal Setting, 12 Month-Performance Appraisals
Second+ Year: Annual-Career Development Goals

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 18 years of age or older proof of car insurance
  • Pass a state background check and submit an acceptable driving record
  • Social security card, employment verification and valid driver’s license

MINIMUM PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Lifting and moving (e.g., adult service recipients from wheelchair to bed)
  • Lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
  • Pulling (e.g., van doors, wheelchairs into elevators)
  • Pushing (e.g., wheelchairs)
  • Flexing (e.g., reaching)
  • Bending and crouching

ENVIRONMENT/WORKING CONDITIONS:

  • Most work undertaken in service recipient’s home or in the community
  • Conditions vary by home and service recipient
  • Flexible work schedules to meet individual service recipient needs

EQUIPMENT OPERATION:

  • Communication devices (e.g., television, stereo, hearing aids)
  • Transportation devices (e.g., car, wheelchair, wheelchair lift)
  • Domestic appliances (e.g., range, vacuum cleaner, microwave oven)

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

  • Knowledge of basic residential services
  • Skill in coordinating service recipient’s daily activities
  • Skill in deciding (accurately) what is in the service recipient’s best interests (e.g., safety)
  • Skill in communicating with service recipient, families, and others (e.g., listening, speaking)
  • Ability to engage in service recipient hygiene, manages behavior problems, and meets other challenges
  • Ability to handle sensitive issues while protecting others’ welfare
  • Ability to be honest, reliable, dependable, and professional at all times
  • Ability to exercise patience, understanding, creativity, and flexibility
  • Ability to work well with others as a team

OTHER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Subject to random drug testing. Refusing to take a requested drug test will be grounds for dismissal/termination.