Direct Support Professional Sr JNS

Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Our dedicated front line staff are out in the field making it happen on a daily basis. Our administration staff play a key role in supporting our frontline staff by giving them the resources and tools they need to be successful. Whether Finance, HR, IT, or Quality Assurance is your game, you’ll be supporting our agency to be able to provide the best programs and services possible.

You’ll get to work in a supportive, creative culture with many benefits.

Pay Rate: $21.00 per hour

Hours:

Sunday 8 am-4 pm, Monday-Thursday 2 pm-10 pm (40hrs)

$2,500 Sign-On Bonus. Payable according to agency policy.

Direct Support Professional Seniors work as part of an interdisciplinary team (clinical staff, nurses, families, advocates, etc.) providing services to adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Working under the direction of a Supervisor, Direct Support Professional Seniors provide services that enrich the lives of individuals we support. Our mission is to help individuals’ live happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives.

Direct Support Professional Seniors provide assistance with activities of daily living, including but not limited to personal care, meal preparation, medication administration, and health maintenance. Direct Support Professional Seniors support individuals with developing independent living skills, including, but not limited to money management, community integration and appropriate social skills. Direct Support Professional Seniors encourage and provide advocacy for the individuals they support.

Direct Support Professional Seniors will support the Direct Support Professional Supervisor with mentoring and training Direct Support Professionals.

Direct Support Professional Seniors work in a variety of settings and provide Residential Habilitation and Day Habilitation services, both within a person’s home as well as in the community (as appropriate to the specific service).

Direct Support Professional Seniors are bound by the NADSP code of ethics which helps guide and maintain high standards for the life changing work they do every day. The NYS DSP Core Competencies are value based competencies and skills that Direct Support Professional Seniors use as the foundation of the person‑centered supports they provide.

Direct Support Professionals Seniors are responsible for the health and safety of the people we support. This includes providing continuous coverage to maintain staffing ratios within each program. Staffing coverage requires flexibility by Direct Support Professional Seniors to work between, shifts, programs and sites.

Duties and responsibilities vary in intensity and frequency (ranging from daily total care to verbal support):

• Advocacy – assists individuals with achieving desired personal outcomes (Core Competency
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• Professionalism – (Core Competency
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• Health Maintenance – supports individuals in achieving optimal health, which may include medical appointment, medication administration and healthy meal planning and preparation (Core Competency
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• Safety – provides continuous care in order to ensure the overall safety of individuals, as well as colleagues and self (Core Competency
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• Household Maintenance – ensures routine household maintenance gets completed as needed, which may include meal preparation, cleaning, laundry, etc. (Core Competency 5,
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• Personal Care – supports individuals with all personal care needs, which may include providing hands on assistance (Core Competency 4,5)
• Independent Living Skills Development – helps individuals develop skills to increase independence (Core Competency
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• Mentor – serves as a role model, demonstrating appropriate social interactions and implementing approved crisis intervention techniques and strategies as needed (Core Competency
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• Operational Support – completes documentation and safety checks, in accordance with regulations and policies, utilizing appropriate computer applications and paper documentation. Assists with scheduling of direct care staff. (Core Competency 2,
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• Transportation – provides transportation for individuals to various sites…