Direct Support Professional - Weekend Shift Premium Pay Rate
Full-TimeUpdated on 10/20/2026
$16.50/hr+ $8.25/hour weekend shift premium
Entry
Sanford, ME, USA
In Person
Social & Community ServicesResidential & Direct Support
About the job
Requirements
Position experience is not required; the candidate must want to work with, learn about, and support individuals with intellectual and other complex disabilities.
Willingness to implement positive behavior support and structured activities.
Communicate with members, families, coworkers, and other professionals.
Have a high school diploma or GED.
Become Direct Support Professional, Certified Residential Medication Aide, and Safety Care certified as a primary responsibility of the position.
Have a valid driver’s license from the state of residence and a clean driving record.
Be proficient in speaking, reading, and writing English.
Be able to learn beginner-level information technology skills.
Have the physical ability to raise hands above the head; stand, walk, run, shuffle, and stoop for several minutes; kneel and stand; bend 45 degrees at the trunk and twist to either side; grasp firmly; push and pull personal care equipment; and independently lift up to 50 pounds using safe body mechanics.
Be able to implement Safety Care techniques to escort members and establish member safety in emergencies or as required by the support plan.
Responsibilities
Develop rapport with residents and cultivate safe, supportive relationships.
Provide support and guidance to members during skill-building activities.
Implement individual treatment plans and positive support plans for members.
Encourage self-help skill building by supporting daily living activities, including meal preparation, maintaining a clean and healthy environment, and assisting with personal hygiene.
Encourage healthy eating choices, physical fitness activities, and overall health and wellness choices.
Transport residents in approved vehicles for activities and medical appointments as needed.
Use sound judgment to ensure members’ safety and welfare, and notify the House Manager about situations that could negatively affect home operations or member welfare and safety.
Respect each member’s right to privacy and confidentiality.
Administer medications safely.
Manage member funds by accurately recording expenditures.
Comply with licensing, MaineCare, Person-Centered Planning, and Waypoint policies and procedures.
Collect accurate and timely data, including daily or more frequent updates to member Individual Support Plan progress notes, treatment plans, and positive support plans as needed to track progress toward goals, objectives, and outcomes.
Follow the work schedule, maintain consistent attendance, and accurately record hours worked.
Follow mandated reporter guidelines for reportable events.
Manage agency funds by accurately recording program expenditures as required.
Develop and maintain cooperative, professional relationships with staff and resolve conflicts promptly and completely.
Work as part of a team and accept direction, constructive feedback, and information from the House Manager and team.
Maintain all required certifications for the Direct Support Professional position.
Attend and participate in required staff meetings and trainings.
Assist in all residential settings as needed.
Keep the residence or program site clean and orderly, follow cleaning routines and checklists, and initiate household maintenance and upkeep as necessary.
Follow agency safety standards and procedures.
Alert the House Manager to safety or maintenance needs using internal Maintenance Department protocols.
Follow transportation policies and identify vehicle maintenance concerns.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Direct Support Professional - Weekend Shift Premium Pay Rate: Starting at $24.75
Waypoint Maine · Sanford, United States · — · Posted 2026-10-19
Workplace: on_site
Department: Residential
Description
Company Overview
Waypoint is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support and empower children and adults with intellectual and other disabilities to reach their fullest potential.
Position Overview
The role of the Direct Support Professional (DSP) is to support members within Waypoint to be connected to others by modeling healthy relationships, engaging in effective communication and supporting independence. This will be achieved through improving skills, promoting self-determination, encouraging personally satisfying lifestyles and fostering growth to the greatest extent possible.
The DSP will be responsible for maintaining a safe and supportive environment for members while ensuring that members are treated with dignity and respect. The DSP will support the interests, culture, and needs of the people we serve, and promote respectful interaction with all individuals.
The DSP will work successfully within a team as well as professionally represent Waypoint, in the community supporting individuals, with parents and guardians and within each member’s residence or program. The DSP will exemplify professional values, ethics, responsibility, and confidentiality.
Responsibilities
· Develop a rapport with residents and cultivate a safe and supportive relationship
· Provide support and guidance for members during skills building activities
· Implement individual treatment plans and positive support plans for members
· Encourage self-help skill building by supporting members with daily living activities including preparing meals, maintaining a clean and healthy environment and assisting with personal hygiene
· Mentor healthy eating choices, activities that enhances or physical fitness, and overall health and wellness choices
· Transport residents in approved vehicles as activities and/or medical appointments require
· Exercise sound judgment to ensure the safety and welfare of members. Notify House Manager of any situation developing or occurring in the home which could have a negative impact on the home’s operation or member’s welfare and safety
· Respect each member’s right to privacy and confidentiality
· Ensure that all medications are passed in a safe manner
· Manage member funds by accurately recording expenditures
· Understand and comply with licensing requirements, MaineCare requirements, Person-Centered Planning requirements and all of Waypoint’s policies and procedures.
· Collect accurate and timely data including updates to member ISP progress notes, treatment plans, and positive support plans daily, or more often, as outlined in the plan and as required to track progress towards established goals, objectives, and outcomes.
· Follow work schedule, demonstrate consistent attendance, and accurately record hours worked.
· Manage agency funds by accurately recording program expenditures as required.
· Develop and maintain cooperative and professional relationships with all staff while demonstrating a willingness to resolve conflicts quickly and completely.
· Operate as part of a team, maintaining a willingness to accept direction, constructive feedback and information from the House Manager and team.
· Maintain all required certifications for the Direct Support Professional position.
· Attend and participate in all required staff meetings and trainings.
· Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to assist in all residential settings as needed.
· Ensure a clean and orderly residence or program site, while implementing all cleaning routines and checklists. Independently initiate household maintenance and upkeep as necessary.
· Follow all agency safety standards and procedures.
· Alert House Manager to safety and/or maintenance needs by following the internal protocols regarding the Maintenance Department.
· Follow all transportation policies including identifying any maintenance concerns with vehicles.
· Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Competencies / Skills / Abilities
· Position experience not required, but must have the desire to work with, learn about, and support individuals with intellectual and other complex disabilities.
· A willingness to implement positive behavior support and structured activities.
· Excellent communication with members, families, coworkers and other professionals.
Education/Experience
· Hight School Diploma or GED
· Must become DSP, CRMA and Safety Care certified as a primary responsibility of the DSP position
· Must have a valid driver’s license from state of residence and clean driving record.
· Must be proficient in speaking, reading and writing English.
· The ability to learn beginner level Information Technology skills.
Physical
· Normal degree of flexibility, and ability to raise hands above head.
· Ability to stand, walk, run, shuffle, and stoop for several minutes.
· Ability to kneel on one and two knees, and then stand up.
· Ability to bend 45 degrees at the trunk, and twist to either side.
· Ability to grasp firmly.
· Ability to push and pull personal care equipment, and lift up to 50 pounds independently, using safe body mechanics.
· Ability to implement Safety Care techniques to escort and/or establish member safety in an emergency and/or per the support plan.
Starting Pay Rate: $16.50/hour base + $8.25/hour weekend shift premium