direct support professional

  •  Assist with dietary and hygiene needs, positioning, and transferring, according to each individual’s appropriate need for assistance. 
  • Administer medications and assisting individual medical needs according to each individual’s appropriate need for assistance.
  • Assist in community integration according to individual care and support goals and objectives. 
  • Assist with learning, recreational and/or production activities.
  • Assist with transportation needs of individuals as needed. 

direct support professional

  • Provide direct support for individuals with intellectual disabilities during their everyday activities.
  • Counsel patients about nutrition, exercise, sleeping habits, stress management, or other matters. Maintain and follow standard quality, safety, environmental and infection control policies and procedures.
  • Cleaned patient bedrooms. 
  • Made sure patients had the medication they were prescribed, 

direct support professional

  • Assist resident with medical appointment, recreating outing and other destination
  • Work directly with resident to implement individual treatment plans
  • Provide services such as toileting, feeding ,bathing, dressing, sorting laundry
  • Observe and report all physical condition including hair, nails, sores
  • Administer medication in accordance with AMAP guidance

direct support professional

  • Guided students with behavior and cognitive disabilities.
  • Worked through personal programs with students.
  • Recorded daily accomplishments and advancements of students.
  • Taught everyday tasks such as grooming, social skills, eating skills, bathroom skills, etc. 

direct support professional

  • Assist clients in improving their activities of daily living.
  • Dispense medications and maintain a medical log.
  • Cook and serve meals and do light housekeeping.
  • Prepare meals daily

direct support professional

  • Mentored, coached, and emphasized behavioral management to residents with developmental disabilities.
  • Assisted developmentally disabled clients with daily responsibilities.
  • Transports individuals in personal and/or company vehicle for community outings Ensures individuals’ health, safety and welfare, enhances the quality of individuals’ lives, and supports community inclusion
  • Counseling/crisis intervention
  • Actively document and report Individuals progress

direct support professional

  • Documentations of daily living
  • Improve and enhance patient lives 
  • Meal Preparation 
  • Being able to handle and adapt to different behaviors whether emotional or aggressive.

direct support professional

  • Assist individuals with limited capabilities to live a better quality of life.
  • Assist residents in achieving daily goals in timely manner.
  • Prepare rooms for residents examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
  • Accompany residents during outside functions such as doctor appointments, Trips to the local park, stores and movie theater. 
  • Measure vital signs.

direct support professional

  • (Formerly  Habitation Aide)  The  Direct Support Professional: 
  • Responsible for the direct care of all residents.  
  •  Assisting the residents with following their schedules, providing recreation and resource opportunities.
  •  Preparing meals, with and for the residents.
  •  Assisting residents with chores and responsibilities.
  •  Supervising medications, communicating and issues that might be affecting residents.
  •  Ensuring that the  environment of each area are maintained to quality standards.

direct support professional

  • Administer meds, order meds, pick up from pharm.
  • Conduct lifts and transfers manually 
  • Maintain cleanliness of home, housekeeping tasks 
  • Communicate with non verbal clients
  • Bathe, dress, and assist with hygiene 
  • Transport clients when needed, medical appointments, etc
  • Complete Mainecare documentation

direct support professional

  • Quick thinking for potentially dangerous situation.
  • Knowledge of different mental health diagnosis.
  • Teaching emotional management to clients.
  • Reporting any human rights violations.

direct support professional

  • Assisted individuals in the development of appropriate behavioral, social, money management, housekeeping, hygiene and other skills necessary to reach their highest potential.
  • Accompanied individuals to doctors’ offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
  • Administered prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure individuals take their medicine.
  • Document or otherwise report observations of individual’s behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to House Manager.
  • Observe or examine individuals to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.

direct support professional

  • Instruct or advise clients on issues such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care.Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships.
  • Keep up to date on trainings to stay on track with the state needs.
  • administer medications that the clients need and completing personal hygiene when needed.
  • Utilizing sign language or a communication board for non verbal clients.

direct support professional

  • Assists individuals in the development of appropriate behavioral, social, money management, housekeeping, hygiene, and other skills necessary to reach their highest level of potential
  • Completes and updates all daily, weekly and monthly records, reports, logs, casework notes, administrative paperwork, fiscal reports, and medical records in an accurate, timely, and professional manner
  • Transports individuals in personal and/or company vehicle for community outings or scheduled appointments
  • Ensures individuals’ health, safety and welfare, enhances the quality of individuals’ lives, and supports community inclusion
  • Advocate for consumers

direct support professional (dsp)

  • Assess patients and document their medical histories
  • Assist in in-home care for consumers 
  • Take care of each patient according to a written plan of care to meet their individual goals
  • Help improve behaviors in patients and help them to achieve weekly goals
  • Trained in-house staff members in evaluation, data collection, analysis and reporting strategies

direct support professional

  • Work to improve, enrich, and respect the lives of persons with disabilities.
  • Develop and Implement behavioral management care plans.
  • Implement plans for individuals to achieve greater independence, daily goals, and community integration.
  • Administer daily medication
  • Assist with activities of daily living.

direct support professional

  • Develop individual treatment plans and strategies
  • Assisted clients with bathing, dressing, eating
  • Assisted clients with banking needs
  • Assisted clients with grocery shopping
  • Helped clients make and reach daily living goals and feel more comfortable in the community

direct support professional

  • Worked to improve, enrich and respect the lives of individuals with developmental, physical, and mental disabilities
  • Maintained accurate case management reports
  • Supervised individuals with their Activities of Daily Life
  • Assisted with day-by-day operations of the residence accordance with regulatory requirements, agency policy and quality program standards.

direct support professional

  • Deescalating an emotional situation.
  • Teaching clients everyday living skills. 
  • Assisting the clients with proper hygiene.
  • Submitting documentation, incident reports, case notes, and observation reports within the 24-72 hour time limit.
  • Learning and implementing different plans for each individual client
  • Driving and transporting clients in up to 15 passenger vehicle. 
  • Implementing ABA practices. 

direct support professional

  • I provide in-home assistance to individuals with severe to mild mental disabilities. I perform helpful tasks for the people I serve, such as food preparation, hygiene tasks, and supervision throughout the whole shift. 
  • I am responsible for administering medications at the specified times.
  • I’m in charge of running individualized plans to help residents improve their lifestyle in general, and certain situations their behaviors could affect.
  • I am CPR certified and also have my Food Handler’s Permit.
  • I am part of a hard working team of staff who all abide by the same standards of maintaining consistency in the plans we run for our clients.
  • I am currently working graveyard shifts, and maintain a steady sleep schedule to ensure I am awake and alert on shift. I’ve been working graveyards the majority of my time at this job.

direct support professional

  • Assisted disabled individuals with daily task such as hygiene, food preparation and administration of medication.
  • Documentation of all changes in clients health, well being and progress.
  • Transport clients to work and day programs.
  • Maintain client living space up to the standard of the DDD.

direct support professional

  • Care for clients wants and needs.
  • Clean up after clients.
  • Teach clients independent living.
  • Provide medication to clients.

direct support professional

  • Record all information regarding clients 
  • Weekly sit down with supervisors to discuss clients 
  • Encourage positive behaviors 
  • Accompanying clients to Doctor visits
  • Cooking and serving meals, performing housekeeping duties 

direct support professional

  • Provide direct service and support to individuals or clients, such as handling client advocacy issues, conducting a needs evaluation, or resolving complaints. 
  • Advise clients regarding food stamps, food preparation, money management, sanitation, or housekeeping. 
  • Counsel individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.Observe and discuss meal preparation and provide guidance for safety.
  • Administered oral and dermal medications.
  • Attended community events.
  • Continuous training

direct support professional

  • Follow the Code of Ethics developed through the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals and attend all OPWDD mandated trainings
  • Report promptly and maintain a punctual schedule
  • Observe appropriate dress code and practice good hygiene
  • Limit telephone use to bona fide ARISE business and/or emergencies

direct support professional

  • Submit timely accurate documentation consistently no later than every Monday at 4 p.m. for the prior week (Saturday through Friday)
  • Uphold the codes of conduct and ethics as well as all ARISE policies and procedures
  • Exercise sound judgment as a matter of course and hold protected health information and other sensitive information in the strictest of confidence in accordance with ARISE and HIPAA policies
  • Act in accordance with New York State’s Office for People with Developmental Disabilities “Direct Support Professional Standardized Competencies”

direct support professional

  • Aid people in their group home with daily tasks such as getting to and from work, cooking meals, doing laundry, cleaning, ect. 
  • Distribute prescriptions to clients multiple times a day. Record their exercise habits, behaviors, and medical administrations. 
  • Also take them on outings like grocery shopping, doctor appointments, or going to a special meal.
  • Identifying when a client is going into a seizure or needs special medical attention.
  • Certified in Basic Life Support and Core A & B for administering medication.
  • Running programs to help clients meet essential everyday tasks.

direct support professional

  • Assisted clients with bathing, clothing, and feeding.
  • trained other caregivers to work with certain clients.
  • followed care plan, home regulations, and ensured safety practices  were consistently implemented.
  • preformed light house keeping duties including cleaning and meal preparation.  

direct support professional

  • Maximize development of skills and behaviors necessary for the individual to be an active participant in the community
  • Include activities that are relevant to the development of the individual, self-awareness, and for the development of meaningful personal relationships with individuals of any ability in inclusive settings and communities
  • Involve age-appropriate activities
  • Display dignity and respect for the individual and his/her rights and choices
  • Are provided in settings where the individual’s participation is encouraged, and are based upon the individual’s strengths, capabilities, interests, needs and preferences
  • Improve or enhance the individual’s independence
  • Are provided in accordance with the Individualized Service Plan, Habilitation Plan, safeguards, and goals

direct support professional

  • Developed rapport with clients to create a safe and trusting environment for care.
  • Assisted/supervised clients with bathing, dressing, hygiene and grooming as well as other daily activities.
  • Transported clients to day service program, scheduled activities and other errands.
  • Provided schedules for employees, bi-weekly.