Direct Support Professional - Full-time

p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"strongspan style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); font-size: 14pt; white-space: normal;"KenCrest ndash; A Premier Employer br/span/strongem style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"Do you have a special skill and passion for supporting people? /em/p p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"emDo you believe that we are better together by including everyone?brbr/em/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"Join the KenCrest team to fulfill your "WHY" and enjoy a generous benefits package! We offer/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"eligible employees:/span/p ul style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" lispan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"Medical/Dental/span/li lispan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"Life/ADamp;D/span/li lispan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"Disability/span/li lispan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"403b Retirement Plan/span/li lispan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"Employee Assistance Plan/span/li lispan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"Tuition Reimbursement/span/li lispan style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"Paid Time Off/span/li /ul p style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal;"Please see the KenCrest website for additional details./span/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"stronguspan style="font-size: 14pt;"span style="font-size: 18pt;"strong$1,000 SIGN ON BONUS* amp; NEW RATE starting at $16.00 per hour/strong/spanbr/span/u/strong/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"stronguspan style="font-size: 14pt;"Direct Support Professionalnbsp;/span/u/strong/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongFull Time - All Shifts!/strong strongMonday through Friday, no weekends!/strong/span/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"emShift 1: 7:00A - 3:00P/em/span/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"emShift 2: 3:00P - 11:00P/em/span/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"emShift 3: 11:00P - 7:00A/em/span/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongnbsp;/strong/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emDo you have a special skill and passion for supporting people? /em/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emDo you believe that we are better together by including everyone?/em/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"KenCrest is hiring strongDirect Support Professionals/strong / Home Health Aides for multiple locations within Western Montgomery County./p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emnbsp;/em/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"The strongDirect Support Professional/strong role is for those who enjoy a challenge and the reward that comes with it. Being in this role requires both attention to detail and creativity because you are serving as both a life coach and personal support agent./p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Joining our team at KenCrest can be fulfilling if you enjoy advocating and helping people who have difficulty communicating for themselves. This role can be rewarding if you like creating activities and experiences for individuals to get to know others in the community./p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongemnbsp;/em/strong/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"stronguCommon Daily Tasks:/u/strong/p ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc" li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Serve as both a caregiver and life coach to promote independence./li li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Helping guide individuals with activities of daily living (some examples are personal care, meals, giving medication, social outings, and shopping trips)./li li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Support the individual by helping with communication and self-expression./li li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"General housekeeping tasks and meal preparation./li li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Be creative in helping the individual meet their own goals - look for fun activities or ways for them to participate in community activities./li li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Complete required documents like incident reports, behavioral data, seizure charts, medical visit forms, etc./li /ul p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"stronguRequired for Employment/u/strong/p ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;" li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Valid driver's license and acceptable motor vehicle record/li li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Clear criminal record, background checks and drug test in accordance with state requirements/li li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Ability to convey, understand and follow spoken and written instructions in English/li li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Strong Communication skills/li li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Ability to lift up to 50 pounds/li /ul p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emnbsp;/em/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"stronguPreferred Qualifications:/u/strong/p ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc" li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"High School Diploma or GED equivalent,strongnbsp;empreferred/em/strong/li li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"One (1) year of experiencenbsp;in supporting individuals with autism and intellectual disabilities,nbsp;strongempreferred/em/strong/li /ul p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emnbsp;/em/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emnbsp;/em/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"em*Sign On Bonus for New Hires or eligible Rehires ONLY/em/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"nbsp;/p p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emIND123/em/p pspan style="color: rgb(8, 8, 8); font-family: Arial; font-size: small; white-space-collapse: collapse;"KenCrest is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin.nbsp;/span/p