Join our Achieve Day Program Team as a Direct Support Professional (DSP)! This position is Full-time, 1st shift 8am - 4:30pm at The Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities in Mantua.
Achieve Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) implement day programs and activities for residents living at the Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities.
Activities include center-based experiences, community trips, and community volunteer activities.
There are many cool things about my job! I get to form special relationships and bonds with our individuals and see growth as I assist and encourage them - anything from a silly handshake to helping someone learn to talk and better communicate with others, as well as receiving appreciation from the families of our individuals.
- T.B.
Opening:
- Direct Support Professional (DSP) for our Achieve Adult Day Program
- Location: Mantua, OH in northern Portage County, less than 10 minutes from the I-480 exit in Streetsboro.
- Schedule: 1st Shift, 8am - 4:30pm
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED
- Ohio Driver's License and ability to pass a DOT physical and drug screen in order to drive a Hattie Larlham vehicle.
- CPR and First Aid Certification - free training provided!
- Experience working with people with disabilities is preferred.
- Must have experience providing personal care which includes changing, bathing, and dressing.
Duties:
- Responsible for making decisions regarding types of habilitations, prevocational and vocational opportunities and with community service projects, that are developmentally appropriate and accommodating to each person served, then implementing these opportunities.
- Implement programming as indicated in individuals' Individual Habilitation Plan (IHP).
- Provide suggestions for programs and activities for individuals with disabilities.
Document attendance and implementation of programs run in day program.
- Assist individuals' in participating in community trips.
Conduct vocational and habilitative activities as part of a coordinated day program and on the units.
Rewards & Benefits:
- $17.43 / hour + shift differential and the ability to access your earned wages prior to pay day.
- Earn your driver training, First Aid and CPR certifications for free.
- Affordable medical plan options, including dental and vision, start 1st of the month after hire for full-time staff.
- Life insurance at no cost to you for full-time staff.
- Generous employer match retirement program.
- Employee referral bonus program.
- Six (6) paid holidays per year for full-time staff.
- Up to 128 hours of annual Paid Time Off that starts after 90 days of employment.
- Robust employee recognition and appreciation programs.
- No uniforms required.
- Tattoos, body piercings, and fun colored hair are accepted.
About: Hattie Larlham is a not-for-profit disability service organization providing care and support to over 1,600 children and adults throughout Ohio.
Because we believe life is sacred, Hattie Larlham enhances the quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through our commitment to comfort, joy and achievement.
Our compassionate and dedicated staff focuses on creating a nurturing environment in which individuals have opportunities to learn, have fun, feel safe, loved, and make choices about what happens in their lives.