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Direct Support Professional

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Job Type

Full-time

Part-time

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Full Job Description

Want a career with meaning?

Living Opportunities is looking for energetic, dynamic individuals to join our growing team! We are a progressive, innovative agency with a 40-year history of providing cutting-edge support services to individuals who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

 

APPLY NOW and be eligible to receive a $500 sign-on bonus!!!! ****No experience needed****

We are very excited to announce our new On-Demand Interviewing Platform through VideoAsk! 

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Living Opportunities offers competitive pay and great benefits including medical insurance that which the employer pays more than 98% of the premium (employee cost is less than 3% of the overall premium, or $13 dollars a paycheck). Additionally, Living Opportunities has great dental and vision insurance options as well as many other great benefits like generous paid time off (vacation/sick leave) benefits, education assistance, and a National Professional Certification program (NADSP). Starting wages is $18.50 based on the position offered and experience. Full time, Part time, Night Shift, and Substitute positions are available.

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Living Opportunities is consistently named one of the 100 Best Nonprofits to Work for in Oregon since 2010!

 

Direct Support Professional

  • The Direct Support Professional position supports individuals who experience developmental and intellectual disabilities in their homes and in the community.

  • Direct support professionals assist people who need support to lead self-directed lives and participate fully in their communities. Direct support professionals recognize the unique gifts, preferences and needs of each person supported.

  • Direct support professionals recognize the personhood of people they support. They partner with them in making informed decisions and everyday choices about their finances, well-being, relationships, and employment.

  • Direct support professionals realize that their role includes being a mentor and a facilitator. Direct support professionals inform the people they support regarding their responsibilities and advocate with them for their valued role in society.

  • Direct support professionals empower people they support to have meaningful relationships with friends, and their families, and promote integration and inclusion in all our nation’s communities.

  • Direct support professionals respect the privacy of the people they support and commit to promoting their physical and emotional well-being.

Additional duties of this position include:

  • Exhibiting sound judgment relative to providing support to individuals who experience disabilities.

  • Effectively and professionally communicating both verbally and in writing.

  • Have effective time management skills with the ability to perform multiple projects within deadlines.

  • Maintainability to work independently with little direct supervision.

  • Have general office organization skills, including filing, scheduling, correspondence, and phone reception.

  • Possess entry-level computer and email skills.

 

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

 

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance

  • Employee assistance program

  • Flexible spending account

  • Health insurance

  • Paid time off

  • Referral program

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Vision insurance

 

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift

  • 12 hour shift

  • 8 hour shift

  • Day shift

  • Holidays

  • Monday to Friday

  • Night shift

  • On-call

  • Overtime

  • Weekend availability

 

Supplemental Pay:

  • Signing bonus

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COVID-19 considerations:
The health and safety of our employees and the people we support are a top priority. We follow all state and local guidance.

 

Location:

  • Medford, OR (Required)

Work Location: One location

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