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Categories: Other, Health Care, Nonprofit - Social Services
Job Description
When you work with an industry leader, you come to expect more. At Devereux, we're proud to offer great opportunities for you to gain comprehensive training, career experience, growth, professional development and job satisfaction,.
Our Direct Support Professionals play an integral role in the success of Devereux. If you are a college grad with at least one year of experience in social services, you are on your way to having the opportunity to increase your real-world professional experience with an organization that is on the threshold of celebrating it's 100th anniversary. No college degree? Please review the job requirements below to determine your eligibility.
As a Direct Support Professional, you would be responsible for providing quality care and motivation to clients along with maintaining a safe and enjoyable environment.
Help us open doors and create independent and productive lives for children and adolescents with behavioral healthcare issues. We have current and upcoming openings for direct care professional positions.
The duties include:
Implementing programs designed to meet the social, emotional, physical and personal needs of clients,
ensuring clients are safe, healthy and living in a clean environment, assisting, supporting and instructing individuals in self-help skills designed to encourage independence, establishing and maintaining a therapeutic rapport with individuals , accompanying individuals on community life outings, medical appointments and other recreational activities.
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Key Words: ABA, ADD, ADHD, Adolescents, Advocacy, Aspergers, At-risk , Autism, Autistic, Behavior, Behavioral Health, Interventions, Behavior Modification, Case Manager, Child care, Child welfare, coach, cognitive, counseling, counselor, criminal justice, crisis intervention, direc care, direct support, education, foster care, human services, juvenile justice, mental health, mentor, ODD, psychotherapy, residential, treatment, private school, psychology, public welfare, social skills, social work, sociology, special education, teacher, teacher assistant, therapeutic, treatment team.
Job Requirements
Full-Time Shifts Available are: 3pm - 11pm and 11pm - 9am
Part-Time Shifts: 7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm, and 11pm-9am
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited program in an area of human services, which includes, sociology, psychology, criminal justice, etc. AND one (1) year of human service experience OR two (2) years of direct care experience and a high school diploma or GED plus 12 semester credit hours in sociology, psychology, criminal justice, special education, etc. from an approved educational program.