Full Time Overnight -- Direct Support Professional

Young Adult Institute Inc

Queens, US
$16.78 / hour - $16.78 / hour ph
On-site
Upholding personal rights and providing emotional support
Supervision and protection of individuals
Ensuring health, wellness, and safety
Young Adult Institute Inc. is seeking a Full-Time Overnight Direct Support Professional in Queens, NY, to assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in achieving personal goals and maintaining safety. The role involves providing emotional support, personal care, and facilitating activities, all while adhering to safety protocols and individualized care plans

Job Summary

  • Assists individuals in maximizing their strengths, interests, and abilities, upholding their personal rights, displaying patience and tolerance while providing emotional support and building positive relationships.
  • Responsible for the overall supervision, protection, and care of individuals at all times including maintenance of program guidelines for the protection of individuals, facilitating learning and training in fire safety and identifying and appropriately escalating signs of an individual’s potential harm to self or others.
  • Completes and maintains all necessary trainings and certifications, including specialized trainings based on program and position to ensure compliance with YAI policies and all applicable rules or regulations and applies skills.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 75

Young Adult Institute Inc. is seeking a Full-Time Overnight Direct Support Professional in Queens, NY, to assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in achieving personal goals and maintaining safety. The role involves providing emotional support, personal care, and facilitating activities, all while adhering to safety protocols and individualized care plans.

Salary

$16.78 / hour - $16.78 / hour

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Upholding personal rights and providing emotional support
  • Supervision and protection of individuals
  • Ensuring health, wellness, and safety
  • Implementing person-centered plans
  • Maintaining a clean, safe, and organized environment
  • Assisting with personal care and ADLs
  • Administering medication as prescribed
  • Collecting and recording data on behavior
  • Teamwork and solution-oriented approach
  • Completing and maintaining trainings and certifications
  • Utilizing electronic health records
  • Complying with regulatory agency requirements
  • Responding to challenging behavior with approved techniques

Nice-to-have

  • Maximizing individual strengths, interests, and abilities
  • Engaging in respectful communications and person-first language
  • Encouraging socializing and community connections
  • Developing understanding of specialized clinical knowledge
  • Understanding behavior as communication

Key Requirements

  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Ability to meet essential physical demands
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Basic computer skills
  • Must hold or obtain and maintain SCIP-R
  • Must hold or obtain and maintain additional certifications as required
  • Ability to work beyond regularly scheduled hours

Work Rights

Not specified

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