Caregiver / Direct Support Professional / Dsp

RHA Health Services

Wilkesboro, NC, United States
Support individuals with disabilities
Implement centered plan goals
Promote healthy living and self-advocacy
Provides support for individuals and/or groups of persons with disabilities in the community, assisting them in identifying and communicating their needs and implementing services to address their goals

Job Summary

  • Provides support for individuals and/or groups of persons with disabilities in the community, assisting them in identifying and communicating their needs and implementing services to address their goals.
  • Responsibilities include promoting healthy living, teaching independent living skills, fostering positive community relationships, and assisting with personal care and home tasks.
  • RHA offers benefits such as early access to earned wages, employee perks and discounts, paid time off, health insurance, and a 401(k) retirement savings program for full-time employees.

Matching Summary

Provides support for individuals and/or groups of persons with disabilities in the community, assisting them in identifying and communicating their needs and implementing services to address their goals.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Support individuals with disabilities
  • Implement Centered Plan goals
  • Promote healthy living and self-advocacy
  • Teach independent living skills
  • Foster positive community relationships
  • Assist with personal care and home tasks
  • Document care provided

Nice-to-have

  • Positive and personable individual
  • Make a real difference
  • Seek to understand individuals
  • Effective advocacy strategies
  • Promote effective communication

Key Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • At least 18 years of age
  • Meet all pre-employment screening
  • Regularly required to lift 30 lbs
  • Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 lbs
  • Must be able to pull minimum of 25 lbs
  • Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop
  • Proficiency in CPR from floor level
  • Vision requirements include close, distance, and peripheral vision
  • Complete criminal background check
  • Name checked in registries
  • Drug testing
  • Education verification

Work Rights

Not specified

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