Direct Support Professional (DSP)

Job Overview

Join our dedicated team as a Direct Support Professional in Terre Haute, where your compassionate care and proactive support will make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities, seniors, and those requiring long-term care. This full-time and part-time role offers an energizing opportunity to empower residents through personalized assistance, fostering independence and enhancing quality of life. Your enthusiasm and commitment will help create a safe, respectful, and engaging environment for everyone you serve.

Experience

Candidates should bring a strong background in assisted living or long-term care environments, ideally with experience working with individuals with developmental or cognitive disabilities. Prior exposure to nursing home settings or residential care homes is highly valued. Familiarity with Alzheimer’s care, dementia management, and geriatrics will enhance your ability to deliver compassionate support. Certification in first aid and CPR is required; experience operating Hoyer lifts or other patient transfer devices is preferred. Candidates must demonstrate excellent communication skills for effective client interaction and team collaboration. Physical stamina for heavy lifting and manual handling tasks is essential. Prior work involving medication administration, vital signs monitoring, or home & community care will be considered advantageous. A proactive attitude toward caregiving combined with a genuine desire to improve residents’ quality of life makes you an ideal fit for this rewarding role.

Full job description

We are seeking full and part time employees for its Day Service Center in Terre Haute. Must have high school diploma/GED, no criminal history and an insurable driving record

The Center DSP is responsible for the supervision of activities and the training of individuals as prescribed by each individual’s Person Centered Individual Support Plan (PCISP) and informal training.

Duties not limited to but include

• Provide for quality programs and services, ethical treatment of individuals, and protection of their rights and dignity as persons.
• Promote and provide individuals with opportunities for community integration, independence, normalization, and least restrictive placement, through individualized program implementation.
• Implement all Individual Plans in coordination with the Adult Program / Service Coordinator.
• Provide group and/or individual instruction to individuals utilizing curriculums developed for training.
• Provide group and /or individual instruction, within the facility, community and/or individual’s living environment, to accommodate achieving identified goals and objectives.
• Provide appropriate curriculum to individuals when assigned material is complete.

Work Location: Terre Haute, IN

Pay: $15.00 - $16.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid orientation
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person