Ft Overnight Direct Support Professional!

A team located in the Ghent area of Norfolk is hiring a full time overnight.

Looking to have a rewarding career making a difference in your community? Join our team! Hope House Foundation is currently accepting applications for a full-time Direct Support Overnight near Providence Road and Military Highway in Chesapeake.

For 55 years we have been providing services to adults with developmental disabilities living in our community. Working for Hope House Foundation means the opportunity to partner with a successful non-profit organization in a great environment. Don’t just take our word for it, our employees say: “Working at Hope House gives me joy and a new perspective when I walk down the street every day”; “Hope House Foundation understands that you have to have a real balance between your work life and home life."

The schedule of this position is Monday through Thursday 9:00p-7:00a. This is an "awake" position.

Benefits

• Dental insurance (100% paid by Hope House)
• Optional benefits: additional life insurance, disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• Retirement contribution
• Life insurance (100% paid by Hope House)
• Generous leave including 12 paid holidays
• Health insurance includes vision, (up to 93% paid by Hope House)

Hope House provides over 50 hours of classroom training for this position. A rewarding, challenging, and fun job!

Duties to include:

• Follow agency policies, as they currently exist, and participate in the development and implementation of future agency policies and goals.
• Serve as a liaison on behalf of persons served with family members, other agencies, and the general community, and represent the agency in a professional and positive manner in all interactions.
• Use personal vehicle during work hours, as needed, to carry out services as described.
• Provide training to persons served by Hope House Foundation as defined by each person’s Individualized Service Plan.
• Provide guidance and behavioral support, read, understand, and implement behavioral support plans/interventions as described for each individual.
• Provide emergency first aid should occasion arise, and assist persons served in obtaining prompt medical attention from a qualified professional when necessary.
• Document services provided, and ensure the confidentiality of information and records pertaining to persons served.
• Attend the monthly team meeting, quarterly agency-wide meeting, agency-wide retreat, and other meetings, training, in-services, etc. as defined by the team leader.Run errands outside of the office when needed, and test fire alarm systems.
• Adhere to the Hope House Foundation Employee Code of Ethics and Supported Living Guidelines.
• Teach and assist persons served by Hope House Foundation, in completing activities associated with a daily living routine; those activities include, but are not limited to cooking, cleaning, laundry, hygiene, meal planning and preparation, grocery shopping, banking, transportation, obtaining and giving medications as prescribed, relocation, etc.
• Assist persons served in integrating into the community and spending leisure time engaged in activities that the individual enjoys.
• Respond to emergency situations and provide crisis intervention as needed.
• Complete required non-service related forms such as payroll and mileage sheets.