Job Title/Position: Direct Service Professional

Reports To: Staffing Coordinator, Branch Manager, Program Director, Qualified Developmentally Disability Professional (QDDP)

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
Personal Assistance-Home Services are provided in the person’s home and outside the home on the property where the home is located. Participant goals and support needs, as documented in a manner that supports and enables the individual to acquire, retain and maximize the skills and abilities to achieve the highest level of independence possible.

Personal Assistance-Community Services may be provided outside the person’s home, at an integrated workplace where the person is paid a competitive wage, or other places in the broader community to support community participation, involvement, and contribution by the person.

Breaks and Opportunities (Respite) Provides alternate support, care, and supervision to an individual that lives with family or other natural supports who are providing support, care, and supervision to the waiver participant.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
Assistance, support, supervision, and partial participation, as appropriate to the individual, with eating, toileting, personal hygiene, and grooming, dressing and other activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living, as appropriate and needed to sustain community living.

Supervision at home, cueing and modeling for skills training in the home; meal preparation, homemaker tasks, and home chore services, involving the waiver participant to the greatest extent possible; other instrumental activities of daily living (e.g. assistance with managing finances; home-based support for communication including phone, internet use); and other appropriate activities as described in the participant’s Person-Centered Plan.

Services to support goals and needs related to instrumental activities of daily living occur outside the home (e.g. shopping; banking), competitive integrated employment and community participation, involvement, and contribution.

As appropriate to the individual need, based on the nature of the community involvement, assistance with instrumental activities of daily living outside the home, including accompaniment, coaching, and minor problem-solving necessary to achieve and sustain increased independence, competitive integrated employment, and inclusion in the community.

Assistance to ensure the individual is always supported to the extent needed to interact with other members of the broader community, including assistance with engaging co-workers and community members participating in the same places and activities.

Assisting individuals to develop an increased range of positive, reciprocal relationships.

With consent of the individual, if natural supports and/or workplace colleagues are willing to provide supports that would otherwise be provided by a Personal Assistance-Community worker, this service involves training on how to provide the specific Personal Assistance services they are willing to provide.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES
Complete Daily Service Log at the end of service delivery and should reflect information that will be useful not only to you and the Person-Centered Plan (PCP) team; but also useful to other Direct Service Professionals who may provide this service to the person at a future point.

Approach all services, interactions, communications, etc. keeping the core values:
Honesty, Respect, Selflessness, Communication, Dedication, Integrity, Collaboration

All other duties as assigned.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

High School Diploma or GED
Must be 18 years of age or older
Must have reliable transportation
Must have a valid driver’s license
Must have current CPR certification
Must pass background check and drug screen
Must be compassionate and have a genuine interest in working with individuals with developmental disabilities