Careers with SCDDB

Full-time employees can access:
Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
Simple IRA with 3% matching
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development assistance

All employees receive:
Cell phone stipend
Car Insurance stipend
Mileage Reimbursement at 58.5 cents per mile

Job Title: Direct Support Professional (DSP)

Reports To: Program Supervisor/Director

Summary:

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) summarize, objectively describe and document the events in the course of the day with each person served. DSP’s work with individuals who have developmental disabilities in the day program. DSPs assist person served to become more integrated in their communities by maximizing individual strengths, interests, and abilities. The aim is for the person served to direct their own activities that create a meaningful life including contributing to the community and developing relationships. Support may occur in a variety of settings and may include providing personal care, assistance with daily living activities, job coaching, teaching/developing skills, advocating with person served, assisting in communication and self-expression, and ultimately supporting the person in meeting his or her own goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Achieving outcomes that characterize a high quality of life.

• Listen carefully and communicate respectfully and clearly with the persons served that you support.
• Support individual choice, understanding and learning new skills.
• Understand, follow through, and document support plans, goals, activities, progress, etc.
• Support person served with daily living skills and individual support needs.
• Facilitate activities that provide person served with social capital and connections to the community.
• Assist in planning and structuring activities. 

Engage in respectful communication.

• Use person-first or preferred language.
• Maintain confidentiality, privacy, and integrity.
• Talk with person served and include them in all aspects of their lives.

Encourage healthy behaviors (both physical and mental).

• Understand and follow supports for optimal health.
• Administer medications accurately and reliably.
• Ensure that person served are free from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
• Complete needed reporting and documentation.

Provide safeguards and appropriate leadership skills in challenging situations.

• Use positive behavioral techniques to avoid challenging situations and promote respect and dignity.
• Be a safe and conscientious driver.
• Know the proper techniques and be able to respond to emergencies such as accidents, fires, tornados, or other situations.

Complete documentation accurately and on time.

• Person-centered, accurate, legible, and object
• Specific terminology that excludes technical terms, slang, abbreviations, etc.
• Documentation describes who/what/where/when and how in third person without conclusions or opinions.
• Document to reflect the plans and goals of person served.
• Document with understanding it is subject to review by licensing and funding agencies and could be subpoenaed for legal action.
• Completed within 24 hours of occurrence.

Representing SCDDB in a positive manner

• Uphold agency values.
• Understand and follow agency systems and protocols.
• Follow agency policies and procedures.
• Communicate positively and clearly with your supervisor and coworkers.
• Meet and maintain established timelines and deadlines.
• Maintain satisfactory attendance, staff meetings, and other assigned agency functions.
• Complete needed trainings within established timeline.
• Complete duties assigned by supervisor or designee.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED
• Ability to pass criminal/registry background checks.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Class E driver’s License.
• Ability to pass and maintain required trainings such as CPR/First Aid, Medication Administration and Positive Behavioral Support Training
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to perform each essential duty and responsibility.
• Exceptional teamwork and problem-solving ability.

Working Conditions: DSPs work in a changing environment that adjusts to the needs of the persons served in program services. The environment may be fast paced with interruptions, distractions, and deadlines. DSPs need to be flexible and be able to adjust to changing needs or activities. Depending on the needs of the individuals, the work can be physically demanding including transferring or supporting people with mobility needs, lifting, or moving items up to 50 lbs., walking or standing for extended periods of time or providing support through CPR/First Aid, behavioral support, and other interventions.  DSPs must be able to adhere to processes and procedures and complete in a timely manner.

Job Title: Residential – Direct Support Professional (DSP)

Reports To: Program Supervisor/Director

Summary:

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) work with individuals who have developmental disabilities in the residential program. DSPs assist person served to become more integrated in their communities by maximizing individual strengths, interests, and abilities. The aim is for the person served to direct their own activities that create a meaningful life including contributing to the community and developing relationships. DSPs ensure that meaningful and person-centered services are provided to individuals participating in independent living services; DSPs implement the services for each individual per service descriptions, rules, and regulations. DSPs will follow and implement all Individual Service Plans and provide daily documentation on services provided. DSPs will assist individuals as needed with all activities of daily living as outlined in their individual plan as well as grocery shopping, housekeeping, bookkeeping, etc., and provide opportunities for community activities and social interactions that are age-appropriate and of their choosing. DSPs assist in scheduling, transportation, and communications with all ongoing medical appointments as needed as well as assist with medication management as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Achieving outcomes that characterize a high quality of life.

• Listen carefully and communicate respectfully and clearly with the persons served that you support.
• Support individual choice, understanding, and learning new skills.
• Understand, follow-through, and document support plans, goals, activities, progress, etc.
• Support person served with daily living skills and individual support needs.
• Facilitate activities that provide person served with social capital and connections to the community.

Assist in planning and structuring activities. Engage in respectful communication.

• Use person-first or preferred language.
• Maintain confidentiality, privacy, and integrity.
• Talk with person served and include them in all aspects of their lives.

Encourage healthy behaviors (both physical and mental)

• Understand and follow supports for optimal health.
• Administer medications accurately and reliably.
• Ensure that person served is free from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
• Complete needed reporting and documentation.

Provide safeguards and appropriate leadership skills in challenging situations.

• Use positive behavioral techniques to avoid challenging situations and promote respect and dignity.
• Be a safe and conscientious driver.
• Know the proper techniques and be able to respond to emergencies such as accidents, fires, tornados, or other situations.

Representing SCDDB in a positive manner

• Uphold agency values.
• Understand and follow agency systems and protocols.
• Follow agency policies and procedures.
• Communicate positively and clearly with your supervisor and coworkers.
• Meet and maintain established timelines and deadlines.
• Maintain satisfactory attendance, staff meetings, and other assigned agency functions.
• Complete needed trainings within the established timeline.
• Complete duties assigned by supervisor or designee.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED
• Ability to pass criminal/registry background checks.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Class E driver’s License.
• Ability to pass and maintain required trainings such as CPR/First Aid, Medication Administration, and Positive Behavioral Support Training
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to perform each essential duty and responsibility.
• Exceptional teamwork and problem-solving ability.

Working Conditions:

DSPs work in a changing environment that adjusts to the needs of the persons served in program services. The environment may be fast-paced with interruptions, distractions, and deadlines. DSPs need to be flexible and be able to adjust to changing needs or activities. Depending on the needs of the individuals, the work can be physically demanding including transferring or supporting people with mobility needs, lifting, or moving items up to 50 lbs., walking or standing for extended periods of time, or providing support through CPR/First Aid, behavioral support, and other interventions.

Required Trainings:

New Employee Orientation, Intro to Developmental Disabilities, CPR/First Aid, Positive Behavior Supports, Medication Administration, Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation, Blood Borne Pathogens, Person-Centered Planning, HIPAA/Privacy & Confidentiality, and any other assigned trainings.

Job Title: House Lead- Residential Services

Reports To: Assistant Director/Director

Employee Type: Hourly/non-exempt

Summary:

The House Lead is responsible for supporting the Assistant/Director of Residential Services as liaison to DSP’s to confirm all aspects of the residential house are maintained. The House Lead will work with DSPs in residential services to ensure quality supports are provided to each person served.

**This position requires occasional evening, overnight, and weekend hours.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and delegate tasks.
• Ability to maintain confidential records.
• Ability to be flexible, have on-call responsibilities, and fill in for shifts as needed.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Achieving outcomes that characterize a high quality of life.

• Listen carefully and communicate respectfully and clearly with the persons served that you support.
• Support individual choice, understanding, and learning new skills.
• Understand, follow-through, and document support plans, goals, activities, progress, etc.
• Support person served with daily living skills and individual support needs.
• Facilitate activities that provide person served with social capital and connections to the community.
• Assist in planning and structuring activities.

 Engage in respectful communication.

• Use person-first or preferred language.
• Maintain confidentiality, privacy, and integrity.
• Talk with person served and include them in all aspects of their lives.

Encourage healthy behaviors (both physical and mental)

• Understand and follow supports for optimal health.
• Administer medications accurately and reliably.
• Ensure that person served is free from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
• Complete necessary reporting and documentation.

Provide safeguards and appropriate leadership skills in challenging situations.

• Use positive behavioral techniques to avoid challenging situations and promote respect and dignity.
• Be a safe and conscientious driver.
• Know the proper techniques and be able to respond to emergencies such as accidents, fires, tornados, or other situations.

Representing SCDDB in a positive manner

• Uphold agency values.
• Understand and follow agency systems and protocols.
• Follow agency policies and procedures.
• Communicate positively and clearly with your supervisor and coworkers.
• Meet and maintain established timelines and deadlines.
• Maintain satisfactory attendance, staff meetings, and other assigned agency functions.
• Complete needed trainings within the established timeline.
• Complete duties assigned by supervisor or designee.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with residential team for person served scheduling/transporting/ attending and documentation of medical appointments.  
• End of month reporting.
• Budget and track financials.
• Communicate with staff regarding ongoing medical needs, monthly medicine deliveries and ordering PRN medications, as necessary.
• Monitor, collect, and scan documentation into the digital library.
• Train staff in assigned homes and cross train for other homes.
• Track documentation in Therap.  
• In-home training.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• One to three years of related experience required.
• High School diploma or GED required.
• Ability to pass criminal/registry background checks.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Class E Driver’s License.
• Ability to pass and maintain required training such as CPR/First Aid, Medication Administration, and Positive Behavioral Support Training.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to perform each essential duty and responsibility.
• Exceptional teamwork and problem-solving ability.
• Supervisory experience preferred.

Working Conditions:

Residential House Lead will work in a changing environment that adjusts to the needs of the persons served in program services. The environment may be fast paced with interruptions, distractions, and deadlines. A House Lead must be flexible and able to adjust to changing needs or activities. Depending on persons’ served needs, the work can be physically demanding. This includes transferring or supporting people with mobility needs, lifting, or moving items up to 50 lbs., walking or standing for extended periods of time, or providing support through CPR/First Aid, behavioral support, and other interventions.

Required Trainings:

New Employee Orientation, Introduction to Developmental Disabilities, CPR/First Aid, Positive Behavior Supports, Medication Administration, Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation, Blood Borne Pathogens, Person-Centered Planning, HIPAA/Privacy & Confidentiality, and any other assigned trainings.

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