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Services for the Underserved

Offers services to underserved New Yorkers

Direct Support Professional

Residential & Direct SupportPosted on Nov 5
Full-timeBrooklyn, NY, USA$20 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or approved equivalent is required.
  • Effective written and oral communication skills are required.
  • The role requires interpreting relevant information to resolve problems and balancing considerations and alternatives to make sound decisions.
  • The role requires responding effectively to unexpected situations, challenges, deadlines, and emergencies, and coping adequately with job-related stress.
  • The role requires providing timely, accurate, and clear documentation according to established policies and procedures.
  • The role requires time management, working within deadlines, carrying out directives, organizing and prioritizing workload, and using resources wisely.
  • The role requires maintaining confidentiality of consumers and staff and restricting information to those with a need to know.
  • The role requires responding promptly and accurately to consumer needs with courtesy and respect, modeling appropriate behavior, and representing the organization positively to outside resources.
  • The role requires supporting the organization's mission and values and drawing attention to behavior that undermines group effectiveness or conflicts with core values.

Responsibilities

  • Provide habilitation services to each client as prescribed in the client's service plans, including the CFA, Individual Service Plan, and Habilitation Plan.
  • Assist each client, as needed, in developing skills in activities of daily living, domestic living, recreation, and socialization.
  • With appropriate training and supervision, administer medication to clients as assigned and in compliance with management, medical, and nursing policies and procedures.
  • Ensure assigned clients' nutritional needs are met according to prescribed diets and assist with feeding as necessary.
  • Immediately report observed or known deficiencies or inability to provide habilitation services, all types of abuse, and facility problems, including physical plant and safety issues, to management.

Desired Qualifications

  • One year of experience providing direct services to people with developmental disabilities is preferred.
  • AMAP certification, SCIP-R training, and CPR and First Aid training are preferred; the employer provides on-the-job training for these certifications.
  • Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office and Windows, are preferred.
  • Willingness to initiate new ideas and look for improved ways of working is preferred.
  • Effective verbal, written, and listening skills are preferred.
  • The ability to work as part of a team is preferred.
  • Reliability and availability as needed, including attendance and punctuality, are preferred.
  • Enthusiasm for job accountabilities and objectives, persistence, and overcoming obstacles to complete work are preferred.

About the Company

Services for the Underserved

Offers services to underserved New Yorkers

Services for the Underserved (S:US) provides social services to New Yorkers facing homelessness, disability, behavioral health and addiction, poverty, criminal justice involvement, and trauma. It coordinates housing, case management, behavioral health treatment, rehabilitation, advocacy, and other supports across New York City and Long Island to address multiple needs in one place. It differentiates itself by its scale and its integrated, place-based approach that combines housing, health, and justice services rather than focusing on a single issue. Its goal is to help people live with purpose, improve neighborhoods, and break the cycle of poverty for current and future generations.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1978

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