Bemidji Lead Direct Support Professional

<br/><br/><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job Title:</strong> Bemidji Lead Direct Support Professional – $500 Sign-on Bonus</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>H<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">ourly Rate:</span></strong><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> $18.25/hr<br><strong>Shifts Needed:</strong> Full -Time evenings during the week and weekends<br><strong>Location:</strong> Bemidji, MN</span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Direct Support Professionals help individuals with developmental disabilities, mental health needs, and medical needs live safe, independent, and meaningful lives. In this role, you’ll support daily living skills, personal care, hygiene, meals, medication assistance, community access, social skills, housekeeping, safety, and recreation. You’ll follow support plans, document daily progress, and use behavioral and crisis-prevention strategies as trained. Success in this position requires dependable communication, teamwork, problem-solving, confidentiality, and the ability to learn required procedures and regulations.</span></p><p style="margin: 9pt 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Lead DSP is responsible for providing direct services to clients through implementation of designated plans, policies, and procedures. The Lead DSP assists, counsels, and trains consumers in self-help and daily living skills while promoting independence, dignity, and choice. The Lead DSP remains available to work hours dictated by the client’s needs and works closely with the Program Manager and District Manager to support the daily operations of the home.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="background: white;">Benefits: Full-Time</span></strong></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">Comprehensive benefits options, including medical, dental, vision, life, LTD, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident insurance. </span></li><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">EAP (Employee assistance program)</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">Employee discount program</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">PTO (Paid time off)</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">Dayforce Wallet Daily Pay</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">Pre-Tax 401(k)</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">After-Tax Roth</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12.5333px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">Tuition discount through Capella University</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Education & Experience</span></strong></span></p><ul style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">High school diploma or GED preferred</span></p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">CPR/First Aid (provided)</span></p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Crisis intervention training (provided)</span></p></li></ul><h2 style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Physical Requirements</span></strong></span></h2><ul style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Works primarily in the program location, with occasional outdoor/community activities</span></p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Frequent sitting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions</span></p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs</span></p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Occasional bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, standing, crawling, reaching, walking, driving, traveling, kneeling, and crouching</span></p></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p> </p><br/><br/>PandoLogic. Keywords: Direct Support Professional (DSP), Location: Bemidji, MN - 56601