Direct Support Professional
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - YAI in Lodi
Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall supervision, protection, and care of the individual at all times including maintenance of house rules 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.
- Provides support in a variety of settings and in accordance with each person’s individualized service and behavior support plans, utilizing support skills for people with moderate to complex levels of need.
- Ensures health, wellness and safety by providing appropriate supervision of the people we support and by managing crisis situations while adhering to policies, procedures and regulations.
- Ensures implementation of plans of protective oversight, as well Individual Behavior Support Plans (IBSPs)/ Individualized Program Plans (IPPs) for all people we support.
- Maintains a clean, safe, and organized work and therapy environment. Ensures maintenance upkeep and safety based on facility/program structure.
Utilizes safe & appropriate handing procedures when working with individuals and implements COVID mitigation and infection control protocols.
- Assists individuals in maximizing their strengths, interests, and abilities, upholding their personal rights, providing emotional support and building positive relationships.
- Supports people to meet personal goals that characterize quality of life, engages in respectful communications/conversations through person-first language, encourages socializing and facilitates activities that provide social capital and connections to the community.
- Ensures person-centered plans are implemented and assists with a variety of tasks for people we support, as appropriate/authorized, including:
- Providing personal care
- Assisting with activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Ensuring that medication is administered as prescribed, according to guidelines
- Teaching/developing ski