Handy Help LLC

Direct Support Professional
Handy Help, LLC is seeking motivated individuals to provide a continuum of mental health therapeutic services in the metro area for adults with a serious and persistent mental health diagnosis and/or chemical health dependency. We are a small but rapidly growing company that is committed to providing a large array of mental health services including individual and group therapy, independent living skills support, companionship support, home making services, Disability Service case management services.
The mission of Handy Help is to offer culturally and linguistically appropriate services in a person-centered manner to those we serve. We believe that individuals with MI/CD and co-occurring disorders possess unique strengths, interests, aspirations, and abilities.
Handy Help has a diverse and experienced leadership team that oversees and supports a varied staff of mental health practitioners and social workers. This approach makes our services easily accessible, particularly for clients with limited English proficiency who may prefer to engage with a mental health professional sharing a similar cultural background, instead of relying heavily on interpreters.
Our staff at Handy Help is dedicated to working as a team to provide high-quality, person-centered services that facilitate clients in achieving their goals. We are committed to delivering high-quality care. Our multicultural team is trained to actively apply recovery-based principles of care and provide culturally and linguistically responsive services that cater to the diverse needs of the community we serve.
We are an agency that provides services to a diverse population and want to have staff that represent the same communities as our clients. People from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
We are currently Looking for DSP staff for Overnights
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Shifts available:
Overnights
Direct Support Professional Job Responsibilities:
· Provides direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
· Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, cooking, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks.
· Ensures client safety and maintaining a safe environment.
· Reports changes in client’s condition or family situation to administrators and supervisors.
· Documents services provided.
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<li>Performs home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning.</li>
<li>Plans meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding and clean-up.</li>
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· Other duties as assigned.
Skills/Qualifications:
· Good de-escalation skills.
· Ability to work independently.
· Background working with mentally ill clients who are deemed violent and dangerous to themselves and others.
· Experience working with different types of mental illnesses, Autism, Down syndrome, Aspergers.
· Highly organized.
· An interest in helping other people, regardless of their condition.
· The ability to communicate clearly and sensitively when talking to people and their families.
· Good listening skills. Great problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt and act accordingly to situations.
FULL-TIME - BENEFIT ELIGIBLE
Pay &amp; Benefits:
$18-$21 PER HOUR, DOE
· 401(k)
.Life insurance
· 401(k) matching
· Dental insurance
· Health insurance
· Paid time off
· Vision insurance
· 11 Holidays off
Handy Help is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
HandyHelp values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color,
LGBTQIA individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour
Benefits:
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<li>401(k)</li>
<li>401(k) matching</li>
<li>Dental insurance</li>
<li>Flexible schedule</li>
<li>Health insurance</li>
<li>Life insurance</li>
<li>Paid time off</li>
<li>Parental leave</li>
<li>Referral program</li>
<li>Vision insurance</li>
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Work Location: In person

Overnight Direct Support Professional (DSP) - Bilingual in Hmong

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