Job Description

The DSP is responsible for assisting individuals in identifying and/or acquiring skills to be as independent as possible and establish an environment that provides safety and skill enhancement. Responsibilities include maintaining an environment of care that is safe & therapeutic, providing direct care to individuals per agency policy, implementing appropriate supervision to assigned daily schedules, dispensing medication per agency policy, and safely transporting individuals as assigned per level of supervision required.

Requirements

Required Education, Knowledge and Skills:

1. High School Diploma/GED

2. Valid driver’s license to ensure ability to drive agency vehicles.

3. Medication certified within provisional period.

4. Ability to write legibly.

5. Ability to communicate effectively with other disciplines and individuals served.

6. Ability to perform physical interventions.

7. Basic computer skills.

   Abilities and Working Conditions:

8. Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.

9. Must be able to be mobile in a multiple story building, with or without reasonable accommodation.

10. Willingness to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.

11. Travel as required.

12. Ability to deal positively with changing priorities in a fast paced environment.

13. Display a positive, professional and proactive attitude to accomplish quality work that is in line with the agency’s mission statement.

14. Seek opinions, alternative viewpoints in decision making. Understand and respect the expertise and experience of others, appreciate the different views, and the perspective and limitations of other individuals.

15. Exhibits a professional, courteous demeanor with internal and external constituents.

Summary

Vanderheyden is committed to the National Sanctuary Model - a blueprint for clinical and organizational change which, at its core, promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community. The Sanctuary Model's focus is not only on the people who seek services, but equally on the people and systems that provide those services.

Vanderheyden Hall Inc., as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, military or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, prior arrest or conviction record or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.