Direct
Support Professional
The Direct Support
Professional (DSP) provides direct care, supervision, support, training and
guidance to individuals with developmental disabilities who are working within
the community.
The DSP promotes the
emotional, physical and personal health, safety and well-being of individuals
with developmental disabilities which will lead to a better quality of life. In
particular, the DSP ensures the person is able to perform all assigned work
tasks by the employer. This may include retraining the person on how to conduct
various tasks, providing step-by-step instructions or other aids to assist the
person in becoming independent on their job.
The DSP knows and
implements the Individual Program Plans (IPP), the Individual Service Plans
(ISP) and the behavioral treatment plans for each person supported.
Areas of support and
teaching that you will provide as a DSP include but are not limited to the
following:
· Communication
· On the job training
· Coordination with Supervisor and Team
members
· Developing aids to assist in job task
completion
· Appropriate behavior
· Ensuring ongoing community integration on
the job
· Basic first aid
· Documentation of progress
· Dignity, respect, choices, preferences,
quality of life.
