Direct Support Professional Community Living

Role: Community Living Direct Support Professional

• Location: Mason City, IA area
  
• Type: Part-time with variable hours
• Training Provided
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  Key Responsibilities

  
  
  
  
• Support Plans: Provide training and support based on person-centered plans.
  
• Daily Assistance: Help with personal care, problem-solving, and tasks at home or in the community.
  
  
• Community Integration: Provide transportation, dispense medications, and assist with appointments and socialization.
• Requirements
  
  
• Education: High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience: One year of experience working with people with disabilities.
  
• Physical Demands: Ability to transfer individuals over 100 pounds or push/pull wheelchairs
• ork a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and extended hours

Qualifications and Required Training:

• High School Diploma or GED
• One year of experience working with people with disabilities
• Possess a valid driver's license and meet agency driving record requirements
• Medication Manager Certification
• Crisis Prevention Intervention Certification
• Direct Service Provider Curriculum for Supported Community Living Services

NOTE: This position requires physical abilities that include one or more of the following (this is not a comprehensive list): pushing or pulling persons in wheelchairs, transferring persons weighing at least 100 pounds to and from wheelchairs with another staff person, lifting 25 pounds, frequent bending, stooping, kneeling motions, physical interventions.

Click the link to learn more about the important work that Direct Support Providers do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCOj7weR2Jg

Apply online: How to Apply - North Star Community Services - Since 1975

Application accepted online or apply in person at 202 1st St. SE, #204, Mason City, IA 50401. For more information about North Star Community Services, visit us on the web at www.northstarcs.org

Equal Opportunity Employer