East Meadow, NY, US,
11554
Full Time
7 November 2024Direct Support Professional
Mon-Fri 7:30-3:30p
East Meadow location
40 hours per week
Family Friendly Daytime Hours
The pay scale for this position is $14.50 increasing to $15 after successful completion of 4 months probation
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred
- Good oral and written communication skills required.
- Valid NYS Driver’s License and needs to be and remain a QUALIFIED driver.
- AMAP/First Aid/CPR/SCIP-R Training preferred.
- A minimum of one year experience supporting people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities preferred.
- Physical Aspects: May include, but are not limited to, lifting and transferring of an adult volunteer.
- Transportation/Driving as needed, inclusive of wheelchair vehicle/lockdowns
Primary duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Transports volunteers to and from program site, as well as to volunteer job opportunity locations, or other community based activities.
- Assists volunteers in achieving success and satisfaction in personal growth and their community based endeavors.
- Ensures safety of program volunteers while at program site; agency locations, community volunteer jobs and all other hubs sites
- Transports volunteers to and from primary site location, residences, community volunteers jobs, and additional hub site locations.
- Acts as liaison between the volunteers job site staff and program volunteers.