Direct Support Professional
Looking to Hire a Male Candidate!
Note: Please read through everything to better understand requirements, shifts, and qualifications. (Preferably wanting to hire a male for this position to work the overnight shifts)
Direct Support Professional Job Responsibilities:
- Provides direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and healthcare-related tasks.
- Fosters positive relationships between caretakers and individuals served.
- Ensures client safety and maintains a safe environment.
- Reminds and assists clients with self-administration of medications (with proper training).
- Encourages self-help activities.
- Reports changes in the client’s condition or family situation to administrators and supervisors.
- Documents services provided.
- Performs home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning.
- Plans meals, shopping for groceries, prepares and serves food/meals, feeds, and clean-up.
- Accompanies clients to scheduled appointments and transports clients or runs errands for clients.
- Assists with toileting, including bedpans, urinals, and commode chairs as necessary.
- Other duties as assigned.
Work Hours Weekend Shift
Overnight Shift: Friday night to Saturday morning and Sunday night to Monday morning.
Day shift: Saturday
- Friday 6:00pm to 6:00am
- Saturday 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Sunday 6:00pm to 6:00am
Direct Support Professional Qualifications / Skills:
- Ability to work in a group home, home-like settings
- Communication skills (verbally and written) with all levels of personnel, internal and external to the company
- Ability to handle physical aspects of the job, including bending, stooping, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, and walking for periods of time
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
- 18 years of age or older
- Valid driver’s license
- Preferably a male to be able to work overnight shifts
Please email fhhc@familyhelpershomecare.net for further questions and a faster hiring process
More Information
- Address 1750 S 65th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19142, United States
- Salary Offers 12/hr - 15/hr
- Total Years Experience 0-5