Direct Support Professional - Montvale, NJ
YAINew Jersey, United States
Posted August 8, 2024
37000 - 37000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Founded in 1957 as the Young Adult Institute, YAI remains at the forefront of an extraordinary movement aimed at empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. YAI’s 4,000 employees provide supportive housing, education, medical, dental, and mental health care, job training, community integration, and social enrichment for more than 20,000 people with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and all other intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout New York, northern New Jersey, and California. At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization. Members of the YAI Network include: - YAI - Premier HealthCare - Manhattan Star Academy - National Institute for People with Disabilities of New Jersey (NIPD/NJ) - International Academy of Hope (iHOPE)
Job Description
We are hiring Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) for our Bergen County residential programs. The ideal candidate possesses a wide range of skills and is eager to promote YAI's mission of supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live, love, work, and learn in their communities.
Requirements
- Assists individuals in maximizing their strengths, interests, and abilities, upholding their personal rights, displaying patience and tolerance while providing emotional support and building positive relationships.
- Supports people to meet personal goals that characterize quality of life, engages in respectful communications and conversations through person-first language, encourages socializing and facilitates activities that provide social capital and connections to the community.
- Responsible for the overall supervision, protection, and care of individuals at all times including maintenance of program guidelines for the protection of individuals, facilitating learning and training in fire safety and identifying and appropriately escalating signs of an individual’s potential harm to self or others.
Benefits
- DailyPay available - Work today, get paid today!
- Tuition reimbursement
- Medical and dental insurance - with options for family and more extensive medical plans, as well as vision (for Full time positions)
- Paid vacation, holiday, and sick time (depending on time type)
- 403(b) retirement with employer matching contributions
- Life insurance and long-term disability
- Discounts on travel, entertainment, wireless services, shopping, and more.