Lead Direct Support Professional Float - Awake Overnight Shift

Location

Missoula, MT | United States

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Direct Support Professional (DSP) position during awake overnight shifts engages with adult clients with severe developmental disabilities using positive, confident and reassuring interactions with them to assist them to live as independently and safely as possible in a community environment. This role will be responsible for floating to multiple houses while in shift and filling in as needed in each home.

DSP RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Compassionate, respectful, and reliable
• Provides clients with consistent support to complete required programmatic tasks and/or behavioral support plans and documents required data accurately and in a timely manner.
• Assists clients as necessary with bathing, personal hygiene, dressing, eating, toileting, range of motion exercises, and any other activities of daily living.
• Cleans and maintain clients' adaptive equipment within correct protocols and guidelines.
• Assists co-workers and other shifts with completion of laundry duties, routine and deep household cleaning, and food preparation.
• Follows menus that adhere to eating and meal preparation protocols for the group home's clients.

FLOAT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for periodic training of other awake overnight staff (Tlogs, checklists, GERs, MITC, iCareManager, etc).
• Fills overnight shifts, as needed.
• Visits multiples homes each night when not filling a location shift.
• Attends monthly House Manager meetings.
• Attends House/Staff meetings as needed.
• Train and support DSP staff within homes, as needed.
• Scan and upload documentation into data management systems.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE / SKILLS

• Minimum of one year of experience working with people with developmental disabilities or related experience required.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret information regarding policies and procedures with ability to complete documentation and effectively communicate that information to other staff.
• The ability to exercise good judgement and remain calm in a crisis.
• Possession of valid Driver's License with acceptable driving record.
• Proof of auto liability insurance in accordance with Montana law, and insurability
• Must be at least 18 years of age or older
• Ability to pass background check requirements
• Pre-employment drug testing (in accordance with Montana State Law)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Perform two-person client transfers which may be more than 100 pounds
• Frequent rotation of standing, walking, and sitting to perform duties.
• Ability to communicate by talking and hearing.
• Ability to visualize reading materials, colors of items, appropriate depth perception, and ability to adjust visual focus.
• Possible exposure to the normal hazards of health care may occur, such as blood-borne pathogens, unpleasant sight, sounds, odors, and physical aggression may be encountered.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but may become loud for short periods of time.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The Arc Western Montana provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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