Family Support Caregiver Part-time

Description

ProBerco is recruiting for part-time Family Support Services Direct Support Professionals to join Our Team! ProBerco is excited to offer a $1,000.00 New Hire Sign-On Bonus. Please be advised that pay is dependent upon qualifications and experience. 

Salary starting at $16.00 hourly, now offering shift differentials! Please be advised that pay is dependent upon qualifications and experience.  

POSITION SUMMARY

This hourly position will provide in-home, recreational, and habilitative services to individuals residing with their families or independently in the community. Hours of work will vary, depending on the needs of the service recipients. This position will be responsible to implement outcomes, follow the policies and procedures of Prospectus Berco, and cooperating with the specific requirements of each service recipient and/or their representative. This position will, at all times, demonstrate a high degree of professionalism and compassion while fulfilling the mission of Prospectus Berco.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

1. High School education and a demonstrated ability to support adults with special needs in a community setting.

3. PA Driver’s license.

4. Experience implementing outcomes and experience with documentation.

Requirements

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide scheduled services in community settings and/or the service recipient’s 

home. Services may include skill development in activities of daily living, 

educational skill development or maintenance, communication skill development, 

sensory/motor skill development, adaptive behavior skill development, social skill 

development or maintenance, recreational activities, and/or transportation to

required appointments and activities. Services will be provided in a supportive, 

caring, and safe manner and individual needs and differences will be respected.

2. Independence and growth will be promoted.

3. Follow each service recipient’s ISP as written.

4. Attend to physical needs as required for each service recipient, including those 

requiring specialized training or procedures.

COMPETENCIES

• Maintain confidentiality.

• Communicate effectively with all team members as well as with those serviced by 

the corporation.

• Exhibit objectivity and openness to other points of view.

• Adapt to changes in the work environment, change method of approach to fit the 

situation.

• Manage time effectively.

• Ask for assistance when necessary.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or 

feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl; 

and talk; or hear. 

• The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee may be required to lift 

and/or move more than 50 pounds. 

• Safety precautions are observed in order to reduce incidents of risk factors for 

typical office environment which are adequately lighted, heated and ventilated. 

Example: avoiding trips and falls, back care, and observing fire regulations.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color 

vision, and depth perception.

• This job will primarily be performed inside under typical homelike conditions. 

• The employee will occasionally perform the duties of this job outside in typical 

seasonal weather conditions. 

• The employee will occasionally perform the duties of this job in an office setting and 

in other community resource settings such as restaurants and movie theaters. 

• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. 

• The employee will frequently perform the duties of this job in a car.

ProBerco is an Equal Opportunity Employer