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YAI - Seeing beyond disability

$16.50 - $18/hr

If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. About the Position: We are hiring a Direct Support Professional in Queens locations. The ideal ...

YAI - Seeing beyond disability

$16.50/hr

If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. About the Position: We are hiring a Direct Support Professional in Queens locations. The ideal ...

YAI - Seeing beyond disability

$16.50/hr

If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. About the Position: We are hiring a Direct Support Professional in Ozone Park, Queens locations. The ...

YAI - Seeing beyond disability

$16.78/hr

If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. About the Position: We are hiring a Direct Support Professional in Queens locations. The ideal ...

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Direct Support Professional - Westchester

Tarrytown, NY · On-site

$16 - $19.25/hr

If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. About the Position: We are hiring a Direct Support Professional ( DSP ) for our various locations ...

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Direct Support Professional

Bayside, NY · On-site

$15.75 - $19/hr

If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account ... Provides coverage for other direct support staff as requested, which may include assisting at ...

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Direct Support Professional - East New York

Brooklyn, NY

$15.75 - $19.25/hr

If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. About the Position We are hiring Direct Support Professionals ( DSPs ) in Brooklyn ! DSPs work closely ...

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YAI - Seeing beyond disability
Non-Profits • 1 - 5K employees
Learn more about YAI - Seeing beyond disabilityexternal

$16.50 - $18/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 25 days ago

YAI rating

7.1

Company rating: 7.1 out of 10

Based on 13 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.

About the Position:

We are hiring a Direct Support Professional in Queens locations. The ideal candidate possesses a wide range of skills and is eager to promote YAI's mission of supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live, love, work, and learn in their communities.

DSPs work closely with people of all ages who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).Depending on the supports needed, DSPs may work in a person's home, in their family's home, in a YAI residence, at a day habilitation center, or out in the community.

YAI's Mission:

Ready to join our 4,000+ employees in a career at YAI?

Working at YAI means effecting real change in people's lives. It means going home at the end of the day knowing you have helped someone accomplish a goal. If you want a careersupporting others,creatively finding solutions to life's challenges,and building a more inclusive community,YAI is the place for you!

Join us in our mission to create opportunities for people withintellectual and developmental disabilitiesto live, love, work, and learn in their communities. Learn more atyai.org/careers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • To provide direct care services as needed. This includes, but is not limited to, the provision of counseling, training in ADLs (Assisted Daily Living skills), assistance with personal care, medical, dietary, social, sexual, recreational, financial, habilitative and other needs within the program.

  • Ensure the health, safety, and wellness of the people we support.

  • Support with intimate care functions.

  • Build and maintain positive relationships.

  • Participatingin development of treatment plans.

  • Crisis intervention and management.

  • Completing mandatorytrainings based on the programandposition(AMAP, CPR/First Aid, SCIP-R, Defensive Driving,etc.), as well as applying skills.

  • Meeting, demonstrating, and modelingOPWDDCore Competencies.

  • Assist the people we support in maximizing theirstrengths, interests,and abilities through teaching, self-advocacy, and emotional support.

  • Facilitate community integration, recreational activities, and socialization.

  • Completing documentation to ensure compliance and billing.

  • Training/presentingto a team.

  • Takingon additional tasks outside of basic DSP work/completingjob related tasks as needed.

Education and Experience:

  • High School Diploma or GED preferred.

  • Work or life experience in the I/DD field is a plus, but not mandatory (for DSP 1 positions).For DSP 2 positions, at least 1-2 years workexperience in the I/DD field.

  • Valid NY StateDriver's Licensemay be required depending uponthe position.

  • Tuberculosis test is mandatory for most positions.

Location:

  • Woodside, NY

Schedule:

  • Full-time, part-time, weekday and/or weekend positions available - including morning , evening, and overnight schedules.

Benefits:

  • DailyPay available - Work today, get paid today!

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Medical and dental insurance - with options for family and more extensive medical plans, as well as vision (for full-time positions)

  • Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time

  • 403(b) retirement with employer match

  • Life insurance and long-term disability

  • Discounts on travel, entertainment, wireless services, shopping, and more. Check out our benefitspage to learn more!

Compensation:

  • $16.50/hour to $18.00/hour (depending on experience)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the intellectual and/or developmental disability (I/DD) community since its founding in 1957 at a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD. Operating in New York State, northern New Jersey, and California, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people of all ages in the I/DD community today.

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Non-profits

Company size

1,001 - 5,000 Employees

Headquarters location

New York, NY, US

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