Bi-Weekly Live In Direct Support Professional
Olympia, WA, United States On-site
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About the role
What You Get To Do: The DSP (caregiver) is responsible for providing direct support, hands-on instruction, assistance, and positive direction to individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) in a manner that ensures their health, safety, successful achievement of service objectives, and personal goals. The live-in model allows for structure in a client's home environment. Our Live-in model is a 7 day on/7 day off schedule. You will be required to live in the individuals' home-on location and will be paid 16 hours a day (minus any unpaid break time). Live-in DSPs work approximately two weeks per month and earn full-time pay plus overtime! Bi-weekly compensation will be for 105 hours (25 hours of which are paid at a rate of time and a half). You will also be paid for any interrupted sleep time, if applicable. Live-in DSPs are also provided with a weekly food budget during your week on. You will receive one 7-hour break during your scheduled shift.
What you'll bring
- 1 year of caregiving experience supporting individuals
- Good communication is key in this role.
- You’ll rely on your reading, writing, and communication skills to document care, follow support plans, and collaborate with both internal and external team members
- intellectual/developmental disabilities highly preferred