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Community Companion DSP - Cape Cod

Community Companion DSP - Cape Cod

Community Systems, Inc.

Hyannis, MA • On-site

$17 - $22.75/hr

Part-time

Posted 14 days ago

Job description

Join our Cape side team as a Community Companion (Direct Support Professional) and make a meaningful difference in someone's life. In this role, you'll support high functioning adults with disabilities by accompanying them on community outings and recreational activities such as bowling, dining out, shopping, attending local events, and exploring personal interests.
Community Companions help foster social connections, independence, confidence, and engagement while building positive, supportive relationships. This is a rewarding opportunity for compassionate, dependable individuals who enjoy helping others live full and active lives.
Key Qualities:
  • Friendly and outgoing
  • Reliable and responsible
  • Comfortable driving and accompanying individuals in the community
  • Respectful of individual choices and interests
  • Committed to promoting inclusion and independence

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities:
  • Support and implement the CSI mission while empowering each person supported to direct his or her own life
  • Develop and maintain a positive and effective relationship with persons supported. Interacting positively, actively and respectfully with persons supported
  • Provide opportunities for learning new skills and having new life experiences
  • Teach and role-model appropriate social behavior
  • Provide supports to people by assisting in the development and implementation of their vision statement and in turn all support plans, including personal spiritual growth, assisting people in achieving their personal goals and desires, providing interaction and choices for activities that support a meaningful day, and supporting people to be independent in activities of daily living
  • Support each person's optimal health, which includes, but is not limited to administering medications, assisting people to medical appointments, and communicating with physicians and other healthcare professionals
  • Ensure that people are supported to exercise their rights
  • Obtain and maintains, at least, all required certifications and trainings
  • Maintain optimal communication and cooperative working relationships with the team, family, guardians and other stakeholders
  • Assists each person with money management while safeguarding his or her funds
  • Completes required documentation in a timely manner
  • Adheres to CSI policies and procedures to ensure the safety of persons supported
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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