Direct Support Professional (CNA/DSP) - Aurora, Illinois (53396)

$1,000 Sign on Bonus

(On-site) Aurora/South

The Association for Individual Development (AID) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower people with physical, developmental, intellectual, mental health challenges; those who have suffered a trauma; and those at risk, to enjoy lives of dignity and purpose.  We are looking for a Direct Support Professional who demonstrates this mission and wants to work for an organization that makes a difference in the community.

Schedule Hours: 3rd shift Th, F 8p-9a and Sat 8p-10a

What you will be doing?

The Direct Support Professional (DSP) is responsible for the implementation of the client’s Individualized Strategies, under the direction of a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional. The DSP demonstrates this through daily documentation of service provided including but not limited to recreation, leisure, and activities of daily living for each client to whom they are responsible. The DSP will assure client rights, dignity, and privacy, while maintaining a clean and safe environment. The DSP may work with clients with maladaptive behaviors, which can include but are not limited to verbal aggression, physical aggression, self-injurious behavior, property destruction, and elopement. The DSP may also work with clients who require intensive care including but not limited to toileting and bathing, special diets with personal and/or enteral feeding, and enhanced funding. The DSP is assigned to a primary location, however, must be able to work across any site assigned, as determined by program needs.

Essential Job Responsibilities 

• Maintaining a team approach in working with the clients, staff, and outside agencies. 
• Implementing specific assigned programs from the Individual Plan or Implementation Strategy, and documentation per program procedures. 
• Be familiar with and follow all agency and program rules and regulations. Reports concerns or issues to immediate supervisor without delay.  
• Plan and prepare meals by following menus and recipes written by dietician with client input and assistance; adheres to client diet requirements.  
• Attend to the self-care needs of the clients including but not limited to toileting assistance, changing soiled garments, bathing and grooming, shaving, cleaning glasses and adaptive equipment, etc.  
• Obtain medication administration authorization at a minimum of one (1) location.  
• Maintain medication administration authorization by attending annual training, following all policies and procedures, and minimizing preventable medication errors.  
• Assure safe conditions inside and outside the home including maintenance and housekeeping. This includes but is not limited to reporting environmental safety concerns, entering requests for non-urgent repairs, ensuring bedrooms and décor meet regulatory standards, performing assigned safety drills and monitoring tasks, assisting clients to participate in the upkeep of their homes, etc.  
• Must maintain a clean, sanitary environment, inside and out of all assigned buildings and vehicles, on a daily basis. This includes but is not limited to surface, deep, and sanitizing cleaning tasks as assigned.   
• Must be alert to any emergency situations that may occur and take appropriate action per program and agency policies and procedures. 
• Provide transportation for clients in personal or agency vehicle for work, shopping, appointments, social events, etc. 
• Must have knowledge of client’s medical conditions and be able to monitor and relay information to and from medical appointments. 
• Participate in the planning