Direct Support Professional

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary :

The Youth Care Professional at Everstand provides trauma informed direct care services, ensures that day-to-day supervision of residents is consistent with agency standards and effectively works as a member of an interdisciplinary team.

Essential Functions :

• Model and act in accordance with Everstand’s core values : safety, empathy, relationships, and impact.
• Honor differences, acknowledge uniqueness, and amplify all voices. Partner with Everstand’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee to build (and participate) in trainings and group experiences that strengthen Everstand’s commitment to EDI. Model the use of inclusive language.
• Demonstrate and practice Everstand’s leadership mindset, “Choose kindness. Solve problems and learn together. Make it happen.”
• Engages in a trauma informed model of programming to provide physical and emotional safety for residents and the families they serve.
• Utilizes program approved and youth guided techniques to support the development of a healthy, trusting relationship with the resident. In Everstand’s Theory of Change, this relationship is the vehicle for recovery and building durable skills.
• Consistently implements each resident’s individualized plans and completes documentation as required, such as, shift logs, bed checks, and serious / significant incident reports. Promotes effective communication through the timely submission of documentation. Obtain and maintain certification as a “user” in Everstand’s electronic health record software system.
• Model and teach life skills that will assist the development of interpersonal relationships and social skills, including, but not limited to : empathy, effective communication, conflict resolution, friendship formation, peer pressure resistance.
• Promotes and supports the development of a positive self-image of the residents. Assists with the development of personal care routines and a clean and orderly environment. The YCP is ultimately responsible for ensuring that housekeeping expectations for the living unit are in line with agency standards and identifies and reports items that needs to be replaced or repaired.
• Assist youth with their ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), which could include toileting.
• Follows Everstand guidelines for completing searches, as designated by program standards.
• Adheres to program expectations for resident supervision, including providing enhanced supervision and line of sight and sound monitoring as indicated by clinical and / or program requirements.
• Observes methods / techniques of clinical staff and participates in treatment of residents in interaction, limit setting, and implementation of safety and treatment plans.
• Responsible for co-facilitation and involvement in group meetings.
• Maintains developmental and age-appropriate rules and expectations for youth and promotes positive success with Everstand’s PBIS system.
• Maintains professional boundaries between self and resident to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Ensures that each resident’s health needs are identified and met within the specified time frame. Accurately administers medication according to physician and / or other orders, and documents the medication administration record (MAR), per program standards.
• Actively encourages and supports each resident’s need to achieve academic success and explore their individual talents.
• Provides safe transportation in agency vehicles for residents to keep scheduled appointments as required. YCPs are you participate in the appointment, advocate for the youth’s health needs and communicate that information back to the Treatment Team and Health Suite. This also includes any hospital coverage.
• Provides direct mealtime supervision to assure that residents are provided a balanced meal and that dining procedures are consistently followed.
• Completes assigned unit system responsibilities and documentation.
• Contributes to the prevention and management of challenging behaviors by implementing Everstand’s Behavior Management and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Techniques.
• Provides mandatory on-call coverage as required. Must be flexible and available to work various shifts during the week / weekend.
• Completes mandatory training to align with the yearly anniversary date.

Caminos Only – WV Daytime YCP

Non Essential Functions :

Competencies :

Supervisory Responsibility :

Work Environment :

This job operates in a treatment environment. This role can use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, and filing cabinets.

In the nature of being at a residential and school living environment, there may be times you experience conditions in which challenging behavior can be exhibited from our youth to include but not limited to, physical agitation, physical violence and / or emotion outburst.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Due to the nature of the populations served, there is a physical component to behavioral interventions that requires the YCP to be able to safely perform physical restraints when necessary, as outlined and trained via Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and / or Safe Crisis Management.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work :

This is a full-time position. The hours may vary depending on shift. Shift information is received from the Unit Supervisor. This position regularly requires long hours and weekend work. This position is essential during inclement weather.

Travel

Travel, if needed, is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected.

Maryland YCP’s may be required to work at various sites in the state, such as Hagerstown, Lotus, Denton, Colesville, and Baltimore. Everstand will assist with providing an agency vehicle for transportation (if not your usual location) or will provide milage reimbursement from your home Everstand location.

Education and Experience Standards

Residential Program MD, PA, WV YCP :

Required Education and Experience

Preferred Education and Experience

Caminos Program :

Required Education and Experience :

Preferred Education and Experience :

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Everstand is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, national origin, genetic information, pregnancy, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital or veterans status. Everstand is a drug, tobacco and alcohol-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer by choice.

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