Direct Support Professional

TEXT ‘Work4ESGW’ to 773-770-4377 to apply

Apply at: www.esgw.org/jobs

Caring, compassionate people are needed to provide support to individuals with disabilities at Easterseals-Goodwill in Great Falls, Montana.

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 current driver’s lice...