Direct Support Professional - Overnight Residential Assistant - Children Services
About this role
Direct Support Professional - Overnight Residential Assistant
Help Children Grow, Learn, and Thrive
At Grafton, we're guided by a shared purpose: helping children with complex needs reach their full potential. As a Direct Support Professional in Child Services, your meaningful impact shines through the progress you see each day-building skills, confidence, and hope. You'll work within a culture of teamwork and collaboration, supported by colleagues who share your passion for helping others. And because we care for you so you can care for others, we offer the training, support, and growth opportunities to help you flourish
Join us - and experience the deep fulfillment of knowing your work truly makes a difference! Be part of a team that leads with heart and grit, the Grafton way!
Job Summary
Under general supervision, Direct Support Professionals in our Children & Adolescence program, participate in the direct care and plan implementation for clients, as prescribed by physician and treatment teams. They support clients at bedtime and during morning hygiene, dressing and breakfast routines. They conduct and record, 15 minute health and safety checks after a client goes to bed. They provide supervision, safety and crisis management for the client population; complete documentation of client behavior and participation in programming; adhere to the scheduled activities; role model positive, mature behavior; utilize proactive behavioral strategies to minimize client crisis and maximize success. They report to a program supervisor/manager.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Health, Safety and Wellness of Clients
• Ensures medications are delivered accurately and on time. • Provides for the well-being and safety of clients. • Supports client health and hygiene. • Utilizes infection control procedures. • Reports serious incidents, participates in reviews and implements follow-up measures, as applicable.
Individual Plan Implementation
• Knows the SNAP (strengths, needs, abilities and preferences), goals/objectives/outcomes and treatment strategies from the current Plans (Treatment Plan, IEP) of assigned clients. • Promotes clients' achievement of behavioral goals by implementing the behavior strategies and teaching alternative behaviors, as indicated in the Treatment Plan/IEP. • Actively instructs assigned clients so they can achieve education/residential goals and objectives or ID Waiver outcomes. • Collects and documents behavioral and instructional data, accurately and reliably. • Documents services delivered, accurately and in a timely manner. • Maintains a high level of engagement with and monitoring of clients. Implements planned activities throughout the work day.