Direct Care Staff Job Description
Direct care staff
provides care consistent with National Patient Safety Goals, medication safety procedures and other standards adopted by the facility to ensure patient safety.
Direct Care Staff Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Shops for food, orders supplies and cooks for the house following menus and special diets
Performs interior housekeeping duties such as meal preparation, laundry, and cleaning, dusting, emptying garbage, mopping floors, minor repairs
Performs exterior duties such as mowing the lawn, pulling weeds, pruning trees and bushes and minor repairs
Maintain a safe working environment, participate in safety checks and fire drills and completes eye wash station checks daily
Takes vehicle in for maintenance as scheduled
T-About the Job
Palmetto Pee Dee Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Maintain consistent and quality supervision of patients
Assist patients as they move through their daily schedule
Assess escalating client behaviors and respond appropriately and timely
Direct Care Staff Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Direct Care Staff
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, CPI, MANDT, AED, FA, MAP
Education for Direct Care Staff
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the direct care staff job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Collage Degree in Education, Substance Abuse, General Education, Human Services, Associates, Graduate, Psychology, Social Work, Health, Behavioral Science
Skills for Direct Care Staff
Desired skills for direct care staff include:
Crisis management and intervention
Psychotropic medication
Communication
Educational programming
Leisure skills
Vocational
Doing transfers safely
Emergency policies and procedures
Daily horse care
Patient and healthcare safety standards and regulations
Desired experience for direct care staff includes:
Must maintain updated telephone & address records/changes
Must complete on-the-job training/orientation with assigned mentor
Must be able to safely lift at minimum of 25 lbs and perform a 2 person transfer
Read all Person Centered Plans on all consumers and sign signature page send to HR for file
Provide care to each individual according to their person centered plan
Provide input for annual individual planning sessions
Direct Care Staff Examples
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Direct Care Staff Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of direct care staff. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for direct care staff
- Conduct groups according to facility guidelines
- Assess escalating client behaviors and respond in a timely manner
- Ensure all documentation and designated duties are completed prior to the end of shift
- React therapeutically in a crisis situation and respond to residents with empathy and respect
- Assisting residents with activities of daily living, such as bathing and washing, dressing, using the restroom and assisting with meals
- Help residents with other tasks such as physical mobility, recreational and social activities
- Collect and report management information to ensure continuous evaluation and improvement of operations
- Work to create a positive work environment and proper deployment of direct care staff
- Report safety and maintenance concerns as necessary
- Implement fiscal processes and loss control programs to ensure appropriate allocation of financial resources
Qualifications for direct care staff
- Provide at least 4 hours notice of absence, whenever possible
- All shifts are considered awake shifts, unless specifically designated as an overnight sleeping shift
- Assist with transportation of residents in company vehicles as required
- Be willing to transport residents in personal vehicle, if approved as a driver and position requires it
- On daily basis, assist with providing residents with meaningful individual and group activities
- Notify management of needs for household food, supplies or repairs
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Direct Care Staff Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of direct care staff. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for direct care staff
- Monitor the budgets and finances of the person(s) served
- Address and correct health, safety, and environmental concerns
- Attend and participate in announced meetings
- You will safely transport residents to and from the Facility
- Use company vehicle to transport residents to local doctor's appointments, grocery stores, and other errands
- Teach, coach and supervise students in activities of daily living including morning, bedtime and overnight procedures, hygiene and cleanliness, housekeeping, meals, school, therapeutic endeavors, intramurals, sports, academics, skills of self-sufficiency and extracurricular activities both on and off campus
- Teach daily living and social skills
- Implement the daily schedule
- Work with the Academics team to provide assistance and security to the students while assisting with their daily academics
- Conduct skill building sessions on a face to face basis with Home Based Adult Habilitation (HAB) Clients
Qualifications for direct care staff
- Follow physician orders
- Assist with meal preparation, following menus where established, serving and cleanup
- Notify management of upcoming outings
- Update Austen-Dooley management on changes of phone number or address
- Assist with housekeeping duties, , laundry, dishes, cleaning
- Maintain current certification in CPR, First Aid, Blood Borne Pathogens, MANDT, Abuse/Neglect, Hippa & Medication Training
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Direct Care Staff Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a direct care staff. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for direct care staff
- Transport Home Based HAB Clients as needed
- Complete Session Notes
- Attend Client Based Meetings/Staffings with referral sources and WCBS staff
- Attend weekly meetings with Home Based HAB case manager and other supervisors
- Abide by The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 USC & 201 et seq.)
- Support Transition Specialist as needed
- Collect progress monitoring data
- Enter data daily
- Facilitate service and support coordination for individual cases
- Mentor clients on caseload
Qualifications for direct care staff
- Attend mandatory company meetings and training sessions
- Assist residents with personal care, hygiene and other activities of daily living
- Practice honesty, dependability & confidentiality in all resident matters
- Respect cultural & religious practices of each client and family
- Promptly report changes in condition of any resident to doctor, company nurse & supervisor
- Carry out assignments as instructed by the individual care plan established by annual meeting and found in each resident chart
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of direct care staff. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for direct care staff
- Conducting room checks to ensure safety of clients
- Respond to emergencies per program procedures
- Oversee and document the necessary drills
- Be an advocate to the client by engaging them with positive interactions, providing them with healthy options, education, learning experiences, building natural supports, and assisting them when they are unable to care for themselves
- Attend and schedule client appointments as needed
- Document all observed interaction with clients during the shift
- Identify and utilize client's crisis plan, safety plan, and coping skills as needed
- Supervise the on-going activities and safety of the clients and their environment
- Assist clients with maintaining their residence such as cooking, cleaning, and organizing
- Provide skill development services to clients in their home and community as outlined in the treatment plan
Qualifications for direct care staff
- Be prepared to work at any company group home or supported living home when needed
- Adhere to and follow all company policy and procedures
- Prefer a minimum of six months experience as a Sitter Companion or personal care provider
- Must be CPR or CPI and First Aid certified (hands-on course) on date of employment or within 60 days of employment and maintain current certification throughout employment
- Must be able to communicate well in English, both verbally and in writing
- Must be CPR with First Aid/AED and CPI certified prior to employment and maintain current certification throughout employment
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Direct Care Staff Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of direct care staff. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for direct care staff
- Develop and maintain a working relationship with clients and their families, and supports
- Successfully administer and document all medication
- Overall responsibility for providing supervision and direction to the Senior Mental
- Possess a High School diploma or equivalent - Bachelor's or Associate's Degree in
- Assisting individuals with disability in daily living tasks
- Tasks include bathing, eating, shopping, and activities
- Training new staff as needed
- Develop qualifications and gain career promotions
- Tasks as assigned by supervisor
- The Lead Direct Care Staff will provide support and training for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities and/or other related disorders
Qualifications for direct care staff
- Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience
- Must be CPR or CPI and First Aid certified (hands-on course) on date of employment and maintain current certification throughout employment
- Within one year of employment, all direct care staff shall complete both segments of Direct Support Professional (DSP) competency-based training course including the competency tests or pass the department-approved challenge tests applicable to both training segments
- Within one year of employment, all direct care staff are required to be RBT certified
- Must be CPR, CPI and First Aid certified (hands-on course) on date of employment or prior to providing direct client care and maintain current certification throughout employment
- Obtain a Registered Behavior Technician certification within twelve months of initial employment or be a Qualified Behavior Modification Professional and maintain credential through employment