Direct Support Professional / Caregiver - Day Program
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Arrowhead West Inc
KS
Summary
You will provide hands-on support to individuals with disabilities, helping them build life skills and participate in community activities. You will also collaborate with care teams to implement person-centered support plans and assist with daily personal care needs.
Job Description
Direct Support Professional/Caregiver
Why It Matters:
You’ll help people in the Pratt Day Program make informed choices, build friendships, learn life skills, and participate fully in their community — creating confidence, connection, and joy every day.
Are you a compassionate, supportive individual who wants to help people with disabilities live meaningful, independent, and joyful lives? As a DSP, you’ll provide hands-on support while teaching skills, encouraging community participation, and building positive, professional relationships.
What You’ll Do
- Support individuals in community activities: shopping, movies, ball games, library trips, hobbies, local events, and other meaningful outings.
- Teach skills for a clean, safe home, including laundry, cooking, cleaning, and grocery routines.
- Assist with personal care needs (bathing, grooming, mealtime) and promote healthy habits.
- Provide support aligned with each person’s Person-Centered Support Plan (PCSP) and teach skills that increase independence.
- Collaborate with Case Managers, direct care staff, and supervisors; participate in PCSP teams.
What You’ll Earn:
- Starting at $17.50/hr., with additional pay opportunities for experience and education.
- Paid training; including First Aid & CPR certification, and training related to person centered planning and positive behavior supports.
- Benefits include $1000 hiring bonus, health and life insurance, retirement programs with matching funds, paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays, tuition assistance, referral bonus program, and an Employee Assistance Program that provides confidential counseling and support.
Schedule: Day hours (6:00 am - 2:00 pm or 8:00 am -4:00 pm) Monday - Friday
Full-time and Part-time positions available
What You Need
- High school diploma or GED.
- Must be 18 years or older.
- Valid driver's license and good driving record.
- Pass a background check and drug screening.
- Ability to lift 15–50 lbs. regularly and occasionally up to 75 lbs.; ability to push a wheelchair up a ramp.
Arrowhead West, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer
Arrowhead West, Inc. is a not-for profit organization serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities with offices located in Dodge City, Medicine Lodge, Pratt, Kinsley, and Wichita Kansas. The agency has touched the lives of over 1,000 clients in the past year and employs over 235 staff members.
Our mission is the empower people to live meaningful and productive lives.
Our vision is to provide outstanding service that leads to making informed choices about:
Independence, Employment, Community Participation and Healthy Lifestyles
Arrowhead West, Inc. (AWI) evolved from the efforts of the Dodge City Area Council for Retarded Children which served Ford, Gray and Hodgeman Counties. By 1976, with the addition of the Edwards County Training Center and the expressed interest of other counties, the need for a new provider organization became apparent.
Arrowhead West was incorporated in November 1976 and began serving Edwards, Clark, Kiowa and Comanche Counties in addition to the original three.
Preschool and adult vocational programs were provided. Residential services were established in 1979 with the opening of two group homes. In 1982 Ness County joined the AWI service system and Meade County joined in 1986.
By 1986, new programs in Supported Living and Supported Employment were started. Five additional counties were added to the service area in 1989 (Sedgwick, Barber, Harper, Kingman and Pratt) when Community Living Services, Inc. and the Chikaskia Area Training Center merged with AWI.
Today the organization operates day services at six locations, many community-based supported employment sites, over thirty residential sites and home-based Child Services out of Pratt and Dodge City offices. From its humble, beginnings AWI has grown to annually serve over 1,000 children and adults.
Founded
1976
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Dodge City, Kansas
Arrowhead West, Inc. is a not-for profit organization serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities with offices located in Dodge City, Medicine Lodge, Pratt, Kinsley, and Wichita Kansas. The agency has touched the lives of over 1,000 clients in the past year and employs over 235 staff members.
Our mission is the empower people to live meaningful and productive lives.
Our vision is to provide outstanding service that leads to making informed choices about:
Independence, Employment, Community Participation and Healthy Lifestyles
Arrowhead West, Inc. (AWI) evolved from the efforts of the Dodge City Area Council for Retarded Children which served Ford, Gray and Hodgeman Counties. By 1976, with the addition of the Edwards County Training Center and the expressed interest of other counties, the need for a new provider organization became apparent.
Arrowhead West was incorporated in November 1976 and began serving Edwards, Clark, Kiowa and Comanche Counties in addition to the original three.
Preschool and adult vocational programs were provided. Residential services were established in 1979 with the opening of two group homes. In 1982 Ness County joined the AWI service system and Meade County joined in 1986.
By 1986, new programs in Supported Living and Supported Employment were started. Five additional counties were added to the service area in 1989 (Sedgwick, Barber, Harper, Kingman and Pratt) when Community Living Services, Inc. and the Chikaskia Area Training Center merged with AWI.
Today the organization operates day services at six locations, many community-based supported employment sites, over thirty residential sites and home-based Child Services out of Pratt and Dodge City offices. From its humble, beginnings AWI has grown to annually serve over 1,000 children and adults.
Founded
1976
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Dodge City, Kansas