DSP II Group Home HCS

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Job Title: Direct Support Professional II (Group Home) Afternoon Shift

Department Code: 5400

Monthly Salary: $2253

Employment Status: Full-Time

Shift/Schedule: Monday - Friday, 4p-12a

POSITION SUMMARY & DUTIES/GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Direct Support Professional II (DSP II) position is assigned a shift where the job requirements will involve training and support services for people with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities. Assignments may include group home shifts, community services such as training/appointments/respite & office duties. Work involves providing rehabilitative services with the goal of assisting each person to become as independent as possible. The Direct Support Professional II position provides daily living, personal hygiene, social skills training and behavioral management skills training, as needed, for each person. Additional duties may include general maintenance of Center vehicles and cleaning duties around the home. Services provided are to be delivered in a timely manner and accuracy of documentation is a requirement. The Direct Support Professional II position provides all services in accordance with the Texas Administrative Code for HCS & TxHmL, and the IDD Service Definition Manual provided by DADS.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

- Graduation from a standard high school or provide documentation that the General Equivalency Examination has been obtained.

- Six (6) months experience in therapeutic work is preferred.

- Valid Texas Driver License required.

- Must not have more than 3 moving violations in the last 3 years.

- Must be insurable and remain insurable on Centers insurance.

- Must be able to pass a background check.

- Must be able to complete all MHMR Concho Valley training.

ESSENTIAL TASKS

- Knowledge of behavioral direct support techniques as well as the ability to perform PMAB techniques.

- Skills to sufficiently administer CPR or First Aid in emergency situations.

- Knowledge of personal assistance techniques such as assisting with eating, bathing, and toileting.

- Knowledge of turning and lifting techniques is required.

- Interpersonal skills for positive interactions with people served and co-workers are a requirement.

- Skills necessary to read, understand and act upon written material and verbal requests.

- Ability to communicate effectively.

BENEFITS

We offer competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, and life insurance, retirement and 457 plan, other voluntary benefits, vacation, employee choice days, sick time off and holidays. https://mhmrcv.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Employee-Benefits-Sheet-05-2024.pdf

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: All applicants applying for positions at MHMR Services for the Concho Valley must complete our Centers online application form to be considered for any position. Resumes will be accepted, but they will not take the place of MHMR Services for the Concho Valleys application form.

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled.

For questions, please email [email protected] .

Convictions related to any sexual assault, aggravated assault, drug related offense, murder, theft, battery, or any other crime involving personal injury; injury to a child, elderly individual, disabled individual, or threat to another person; abandoning or endangering a child; and aiding suicide, may make you ineligible for employment in positions, in direct contact with consumers of MHMR Services for the Concho Valley. The names of all prospective employees are cleared through the Texas Department of Public Safety to determine the existence of such records. Falsification of the application for employment is grounds for dismissal. Ask the personnel office for further information. For insurance purposes, driving records will be checked on all employees that are required to drive as stated in their position description. If an employee is determined to be uninsurable, employment may be dismissed.

It is the policy of the Center to create and maintain a safe, calm, and secure environment with supportive care, a system-wide understanding of trauma prevalence and impact, recovery and trauma-specific services, and recovery-focused, consumer-driven services that applies to all staff, volunteers, contracted providers, and community partners.

MHMR Concho Valley is a trauma informed organization dedicated to creating and maintaining a safe, calm, and secure environment with supportive care, a system-wide understanding of trauma prevalence and impact, recovery and trauma specific services, and recovery-focused, consumer-driven services that applies to all staff, volunteers, contracted providers, and community partners. MHMR Concho Valley has made an implicit commitment to prevent and reduce suicide deaths among individuals served by the Center through applying the elements of safer suicide care outlined the Zero Suicide Framework (lead, train, identify, engage, treat, transition, improve).

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