Job Location POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601 Salary Range $19.00 - $20.50 Hourly
DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL
We are seeking someone interested in a part time position assisting 2 young ladies in a supportive like apartment setting. Provide transportation, shopping trips, and other community activities.
Available shift: Saturday/Sunday
What is a Direct Support Professional (DSP)?
Our DSPs play an important role in the lives of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities who receive supports from Greystone Programs. You will engage in a variety of work activities that teach important life skills to help people enhance their independence, achieve personal goals, meet their healthcare needs, participate in life-enriching activities, be active in their local community and live their fullest life possible.
No previous experience is needed. We look for dependable, compassionate people who would enjoy helping others achieve goals and independence.
This is a job where you can share your hobbies and interests with others and engage in recreational activities with the people you support.
Typical tasks a DSP will do during the course of their shift include hands-on support and instruction, providing transportation using our vehicles, assisting people in maintaining their living environment, preparing meals, administering medication, using our computer systems to document the work you do and helping people enhance their communication skills.
Why should you consider a career as a DSP?
Retention Bonus of $250 paid after 6 months of successful employment
Greystone Programs provides exceptional services and life-enriching opportunities for children, adults, and families living with Autism and other developmental disabilities. As a recognized human services provider, we offer certified residential programs and community-based / non-residential programs that include habilitation services in a five-county region of the Hudson Valley, New York. Greystone prides itself on nurturing relationships that go beyond the commonplace. We work side-by-side with program participants-as-colleagues in celebration of the wonderful diversity of the human spirit. Through New York State OPWDD certified residential programs Greystone operates 14 group homes in three counties: Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster. We are dedicated to an “aging-in-place” approach for all who reside at Greystone. Our community based services encompass a variety of habilitation programs. We offer Community Habilitation, and Day Habilitation; as well as In-Home Behavior Therapy; Children’s Waiver Services and Family Education and Training. Additionally, we host social skills development groups, recreation programs, weekend respite, and after school and school break programs.
