[ Weekend 12-hour Shifts] Direct Support Professional

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