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Position Title: SUB (Substitute/Pool) Direct Support Professional (DSP)

Position Location: Jefferson, WI; Waukesha, WI; Brookfield, WI

Responsibilities:

As a Direct Support Professional (DSP) you will cross-train between areas to be a versatile DSP! You will plan and teach recreational activities as well as activities of daily living, provide personal cares, and support community integration for adults with developmental disabilities. In this role, you will perform other duties such as transporting clients, completing and maintaining accurate reports, and maintaining a clean and safe environment. Your ability to make sound decisions while handling challenging situations will be critical to your success.

Don’t have any DSP, Caregiver, or CBRF related experience? We provide all the paid classroom and on-the-job training needed.

After completing our training program, you will be a CBRF certified DSP!

Why join St. Coletta?

• Competitive wages, Internal growth opportunities at the DSP and management levels
• Fixed schedules so you can plan your life with consistency
• Generous PTO (for full-time and part-time)
• Eight paid holidays (for full-time and part-time)
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance plans (full-time only)
• 401(k) with employer match (all employees!)
• Company paid short-term & long-term disability and life insurance (full-time only)
• Tuition reimbursement programs
• Employee referral bonuses

Have a specific question that you would like us to answer before you apply? Email us at applications@stcolettawi.org.

If you are seeking employment that is secure, offers growth opportunities, and provides a rewarding job experience, apply today!

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St. Coletta is an EEO/AA and Substance/Tobacco Free Employer.

• Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Education and/or Experience: High School Diploma or equivalent or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend documents. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively communicate with customers, clients, and employees.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to problem solve with a variety of variables in standardized situations. Ability to interpret and follow through on instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Computer Skills: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid driver’s license with a driving record that meets the standards set forth by the organization and valid vehicle insurance. Ability to complete and maintain all required training in accordance with organizational, County, State, and Federal regulations.
• Driving Requirements: This position requires that an employee is able to drive for work purposes and must maintain a valid driver’s license with a driving record that meets the standards set forth by the organization. This position may also require the use of the employee’s personal vehicle.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to respond to and de-escalate behavior issues. Strong organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills. Ability to maintain confidentiality. Ability to make sound decisions. Ability to establish and maintain effective professional working relationships. Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the organization.
• Other Qualifications: Knowledge of developmental disabilities
• Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear; smell; stand and walk; and use hands to finger, handle, and touch. The employee is regularly required to reach above shoulders; climb or balance, and stoup, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. If the lift is greater than 50 pounds, the employee is encouraged to get assistance.
• Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the job duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.