Direct Support Professional, Dsp- Weekend Hours Required

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Job Type

Part-time

Description

At Dependable, it's our goal to provide individuals with disabilities the opportunity to develop the skills, attitudes, and knowledge to thrive. It's innate in all of us to want to belong and function as an independent person. We teach and support people to be connected to others by modeling healthy relationships and effective communication skills and promote independence by improving skills and fostering growth.

Role Specifics

Shift: AM/PM

Hours: 20

• Sunday 11:00am-3:00pm E/O
• Tuesday 5:00pm

• 9:00pm

• Thursday 5:00pm

• 9:00pm

• Friday 1:00pm

• 5:00pm

• Saturday 11:00am-3:00pm E/O

Location: Saint Paul, MN

Rate of Pay $17/hour + $3/hour weekend differential

Cat friendly home

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you like to help others? This job is for you!

Direct Support professionals (DSP's) work with individuals with disabilities to help them gain skills and more independence in areas such as communication, cooking, housekeeping, budgeting, personal safety, health, and recreation.

We are looking for a DSP to work with one gentleman who lives in his own home. Depending on this individual's activities/outings, the hours may vary. Staff will need to provide transportation around the city as the individual is looking to get into the community more. This individual also likes to go to concerts on Saturday evenings.

The ideal staff is upbeat, flexible to changes in scheduled hours, and non-smoking. Previous experience with hoarding and Autism are strongly preferred but not required.

This individual has 2 cats and ideal staff will enjoy this!

BENEFITS

Dependable is growing and we want our employees to grow with us! We offer paid training and a variety of employee benefits. Dependable helps pay a large portion of the health premiums to make benefits affordable for our employees. Other available benefits:

• Paid Training

• Paid time off

• 401K with company matching

• Health Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

• Flexible Scheduling

• Casual dress code

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• High school diploma or equivalent

• 1 year of relevant work experience

• Experience with Autism, Hoarding, PTSD, Tourette's, and Depression strongly preferred

• Ability to work in a home with pets- specifically cats

• Non-smoking staff preferred

• Ability to read, write and speak English at a level that meets the performance requirements; or must be able to communicate in the language spoken by the individual at a level that meets the performance requirements; whichever is deemed more important by the company.

Salary Description

$17/hour +$3/hour Weekend Differential