Direct Support Professional
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Caring, compassionate people are needed to provide support to individuals with disabilities at Easterseals-Goodwill in Great Falls, Montana.
Wage: $15.45/hr.
You might love this job if you:
* Enjoy being with adults with disabilities.
* Like getting to know people really well.
* Enjoy caring for others.
You may be a perfect fit if you:
* Have been told you’re kind and patient.
* Have an even-keel personality (you’re able to check your emotions at the door).
* Treat people with dignity and respect.
What’s In It for You
* Joy in knowing you’re making lives better
* Training for a career
* Work-life balance
* Rewards beyond your imagination!
What we offer:
* Full-time, part-time, and occasional/sub positions.
* Training and certification, including CPR, first aid, and medication management
Requirements
* Program development and implementation skills preferred.
* Behavior support skills preferred.
* Must be self-motivated, flexible, enjoy challenges, and must be willing to work as part of a team.
* Ability to move independently or with reasonable accommodation within the facility and community.
* Applicant must be physically and mentally able to perform all requirements of the job.
* Follows all safety rules and requirements.
Promotes a strong safety culture and maintains a safe environment for customers/participants and co-workers.
* Pushing wheelchairs and assisting with other adaptive equipment during regular program activities and in emergency evacuations
* Ensuring participants’ safety during seizures, emergencies, or transfers - lifting them to a chair, lowering them to a bed or the floor, or otherwise moving them to a safe area.
* Therapy regimes prescribed by a physician such as range of motion exercise and utilization of various O.T./PT materials and/or equipment.
* Moving equipment/material handling - up to 50-pound boxes, tables, chairs; bending, stretching, and reaching to retrieve materials.
* Assisting participants to use restroom - transferring on and/or off stool or from a wheelchair to a bed.
* Training participants in vocational tasks - standing or leaning over worker for up to 50-minute training session; meet production/program demands requiring on your feet duty for up to 5 hours.
* Assure participant safety with visual surveillance, auditory monitoring, and physical support.
* Bending, kneeling, reaching, stooping, lifting, and physically supporting/guiding participants are frequently required.
* Heavy lifting (over 50 pounds team lifting or lifting with mechanical assist) is required occasionally. Moderate lifting is frequently required.
* Ability to provide emergency first aid care to participants including all components of CPR.
Experience
* Must be 18+ years old
* Must have a curren...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Great Falls, US-MT
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Other
- Recruiter: Easterseals-Goodwill
- Contact: Kathryn M. Gines
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: DIREC015801-00001
- Posted: 2024-04-06 08:10:57 -
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