Description:

• Direct Support Provider provides service to individuals in their own homes and communities who need assistance caring for themselves as a result of old age, sickness, disability, and/or other inflictions.
• Home care may include light housecleaning, laundry, meal preparation, transportation, companionship, respite, and advice on such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household activities.
• Help members look for jobs, community integration, teaching members independent living skills, situational assessment. or supportive home care.
• Direct Support Provider is responsible for ensuring that service is delivered in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with relevant Agency policies and industry standards.

Reporting Relationship:

• Reports to Supervisor

Responsibilities/Activities:

• Provide companionship, friendship, and emotional
• Talk, listen, share experiences, play games/cards, read to members, etc.
• Help keep members in contact with family, friends, and the outside
• Provide transportation to medical appointments, grocery store and
• Accompany members to recreational and/or social
• Assist with plans for visits and
• Write or type letters/correspondence.
• Organize and read
• Plan trips and outings and possibly travel with members.
• Teach/perform meal planning and
• Perform light
• Participate in the Care Team by providing input and making
• Ensure service is delivered in accordance with Agency policies, procedures, and industry
• Monitor supplies and
• Evaluate the program and make recommendations, as
• Follow the written care
• Assist in basic member transfers providing the member has been assessed as being capable of ambulating without assistance; and/or, providing another trained caregiver (including family) is involved in the
• Garry out duties as assigned by the
• Observe the member’s functioning and report to
• Complete and maintain records of daily activities, observations, and direct hours of
• Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with
• Make decisions and solve
• Assist with pet
• Communicate with Supervisor and co-workers.
• Attend orientation, in-service training sessions, and staff meetings.

Required Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Home Management Skills
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing member services, including needs determinants, meeting quality standards, and evaluation of member
• Knowledge of English
• Knowledge of information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries including emergency first aid and CPR
• Knowledge of clerical procedures such as maintaining records and completing forms.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• The ability to be aware of other people’s reactions and understand why they react as they do.
• The ability to establishing and maintain relationships.
• The ability to teach others.
• The ability to identify problems and determine effective solutions.
• The ability to apply reason and logic to identify strengths and weaknesses of possible solutions.
• The ability to understand written and oral instructions.
• The ability to communicate information orally and in writing.
• The ability to listen and understand the spoken word.
• The ability to work independently and in cooperation with others.
• The ability to determine or recognize when something is likely to go wrong.
• The ability to suggest a number of ideas on a subject.
• The ability to provide advice and consultation to others.
• The ability to observe and recognize changes in members.
• The ability to establish and maintain harmonious relations with members/families/co-workers.

Physical and Mental Demands

• Good physical and mental health
• Physical ability to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear and see
• Mental fortitude and stability to handle stress.
• Physical and mental ability to drive a vehicle.

Qualifications/Education

• High School Diploma
• Current Driver’s License
• Proper vehicle insurance coverage

Training/Experience

• May require related experience
• May required similar social and cultural backgrounds with some members.