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Direct Support Professional - Weekend Shift Premium Pay Rate: Starting at $24.75
Waypoint Maine
Kennebunk, ME, US; North Berwick, ME, US; Sanford, ME, US
Source: Waypoint Maine careers · View original posting
Employer job description
From Waypoint Maine's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
Company Overview
Waypoint is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support and empower children and adults with intellectual and other disabilities to reach their fullest potential.
Position Overview
The role of the Direct Support Professional (DSP) is to support members within Waypoint to be connected to others by modeling healthy relationships, engaging in effective communication and supporting independence. This will be achieved through improving skills, promoting self-determination, encouraging personally satisfying lifestyles and fostering growth to the greatest extent possible.
The DSP will be responsible for maintaining a safe and supportive environment for members while ensuring that members are treated with dignity and respect. The DSP will support the interests, culture, and needs of the people we serve, and promote respectful interaction with all individuals.
The DSP will work successfully within a team as well as professionally represent Waypoint, in the community supporting individuals, with parents and guardians and within each member’s residence or program. The DSP will exemplify professional values, ethics, responsibility, and confidentiality.