Direct Support Professional Caregiver/ Day Program

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Provide quality support and care to individuals served and promote their inclusion in the broader community. Assist individuals in advocating for themselves and utilizing their skills, interests, and exploring new work, leisure, and educational experiences. Enhance work and/or life skills of assigned individuals in accordance with ISP Outcomes. Provide individualized attention, which encourages each individual's ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. Teach the appropriate functional skills, ADL skills, and work skills as needed. Teach other instructional time and rehabilitation curriculum (e.g., hygiene, food preparation, communication, simulated work, etc.). Provide input on progress on goals and ISP Outcomes. Ensure health and safety of individuals served. Attend to personal needs of individuals, which may include assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, transferring, ambulation range of motion, communication, or other needs in keeping with the individuals' care requirements. Maintain the privacy and dignity of each individual in the delivery of services to them. Interact with individual in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment through verbal and non-verbal interactions. Responsible for promptly reporting and responding to incidents or evidence of individual abuse or neglect; unusual incidents based on regulations or agency policies; violation of individuals' rights. Provide assistance to individuals using lifts, transfers and safety techniques as required or needed. Must also demonstrate ability to use mechanical lifting devices and follow proper agency lifting procedures. Provide medical assistance to individuals served, such as administering medication, First Aid, CPR, and/or Heimlich maneuver as trained by the agency. Must also adhere to protocols set forth by the Nursing Department and perform these tasks as trained by Nursing. Provide quality control oversight and correction for subcontract and/or in-house work as needed. Assist with shipping, receiving, and processing of subcontract and/or in-house work as needed. Responsible for the general up-keep of the workplace including general housekeeping, assistance with lunches and laundry as necessary. Assist with all work-related transportation duties, which may include transporting individuals served on community outings. Must also exhibit the ability to properly handle stressful situations while operating the vehicle. Perform all job responsibilities in accordance with prescribed safety and infection control procedures, including thorough hand washing, use of disposable gloves where indicated, and proper disposal of soiled materials. Communicate and interact effectively and tactfully with the individual served, visitors, family members, peers, and supervisors. Other Duties - Assist immediate supervisor with tasks to support program and/or department operations as assigned; may also be assigned special projects. Assist in the development of community inclusive experiences and programming opportunities for individuals. Complete 24 hours of annual training as required by regulation; attend additional training as required by the program/department.