Direct Support Professional 2 - Residential
Center for Disability Services
Direct Support Professional 2 - Residential
Center for Disability Services
Disability services delivering comprehensive supports
Join us in our mission to make a difference and shape a more inclusive future.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT A NYS DRIVERS LICENSE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION
The Center for Disability Services offers hope, innovation and achievement to the people we support. For 80 years, we have been one of upstate New York’s largest providers of programs and services for individuals who have disabilities. Many of the innovative programs and vital services that we offer are not available elsewhere.
What We Are Looking For: Direct Support Professional II - Residential Services
Openings are available at multiple locations throughout the Capital Region.
Rate of pay is commensurate on experience, Residential Program acuity, shift differentials and completion of additional trainings.
Benefits:
Responsibilities:
Serve as a member of the person’s planning, implementation, and interdisciplinary teams
Assisting, promoting, and providing independence in the daily treatment, care, and services of the people we support. Respect the person’s choices, lifestyle, and their dignity to take informed risks
Help implement personalized habilitation services, which are outlined in their personalized care plan
Assist in acquisition of skills, including basic activities of daily living, self-care and household management for the people we support
Requirements:
NYS Driver's License
High School diploma or equivalent
One (1) year of related experience preferred
Must be at least 18 years old and able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds to apply for this position
At The Center for Disability Services, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees and the people we support. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any protected class of job applicant or employee in our employment practices.
Compensation Range:
$20.50 - $24.14Benefits:
Disability services delivering comprehensive supports
Center for Disability Services provides health care, residential services, education, adult programming, service coordination, and skilled nursing care to people with disabilities in upstate New York, supported by a Foundation and a $129 million budget. It operates a commercial printing, inserting, and mailing business run by workers with disabilities, creating job opportunities within its own social enterprise. The organization differentiates itself through its breadth of services across multiple life domains, its long-standing regional presence, and an integrated employment model that uses its own operations to employ people with disabilities. Its goal is to offer hope, expand access to care and education, and create meaningful achievement by delivering comprehensive programs and services across 80 locations.
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