Direct Support Professional
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ICM Inc
Wynne, AR, US
Summary
The Direct Support Professional provides daily care, guidance, and assistance to customers with activities such as hygiene, feeding, and medication administration. They also facilitate community integration, manage appointments, and maintain accurate daily activity records.
Job Description
M-F 8a-4p Wynne, AR
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Providing quality care, direction, guidance, and help to customers with daily activities, such as bathing and bathroom functions, feeding, planning menus, dressing, grooming, taking medication and/or administering treatments, and housework.
- Help customers make and keep appointments, provide or arrange transportation to run errands and serve as a companion
- Help customer achieve agreed-upon goals to improve quality of life and integration into the community
- Provide written daily updates of each shift’s activities using an online platform
- Observe the customer’s condition and monitor the surroundings to ensure customer safety and success. This includes monitoring of equipment and materials
- Perform other duties as assigned
Key Competencies
- Quality decision making
- Effective communication
- Superior problem solving
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Receptive to feedback
- Positive work ethic
- Instills trust
- Administrative effectiveness
General Requirements for All ICM Employees
- Understands and endorses ICM’s mission and vision
- Follows all ICM policies, procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and asks for clarification and explanation when needed
- Understands and complies with all HIPAA regulations
- Maintains a clean and orderly work environment
- Must have a high school diploma or equivalent (some positions require additional education)
- Maintains prompt and regular attendance
We are a non-profit organization, providing home & community-based supports to individuals with disabilities across Arkansas. We also offer a day-support program called BRAVO, that includes activities to help build strong independent citizens who contribute to their society & their communities. We recently opened two new retail stores, Biscuits & Bamboo, and are giving some of our clients the opportunity to work in the stores with paid internships. Go to our website, www.icm-inc.org for more information.
Founded
1988
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
We are a non-profit organization, providing home & community-based supports to individuals with disabilities across Arkansas. We also offer a day-support program called BRAVO, that includes activities to help build strong independent citizens who contribute to their society & their communities. We recently opened two new retail stores, Biscuits & Bamboo, and are giving some of our clients the opportunity to work in the stores with paid internships. Go to our website, www.icm-inc.org for more information.
Founded
1988
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit