Direct Support Professional (DSP)

📋 Description

• Lead cooking, art, music, recreation, and life-skills activities
• Teach and reinforce skills that build greater independence
• Support community outings and volunteer activities
• Provide personal care, including restroom, hygiene, eating, and mobility support
• Provide behavioral support and use trained de-escalation techniques
• Support individuals with different communication needs, including nonverbal communication

Our Day Program is built around engagement. DSPs actively participate, encourage individuals, adapt activities when needed, and help create meaningful experiences throughout the day.

Experience Matters Here:

We're looking for candidates who already have experience supporting individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, behavioral needs, or similar support needs.

Relevant backgrounds may include:

Direct Support Professional (DSP), Caregiver, Behavior Technician, Registered Behavior Technician (RBT), Paraprofessional, Teacher's Aide, Respite Provider, Residential Counselor, Community Support Worker, Job Coach, Employment Specialist, or similar human services professional.

Experience with intellectual or developmental disabilities, behavioral support, life-skills training, personal care, or community-based services is especially valuable.

Strong DSPs are patient, dependable, proactive, and able to stay calm when situations become challenging. You should be comfortable taking initiative, working as part of a team, receiving feedback, adapting when plans change, and supporting independence rather than automatically doing things for someone.

Being present isn't enough. Engagement is part of the job.