**Full Covid vaccination + boosters (when eligible) required. Masks covering both mouth and nose are required indoors whenever not eating or drinking. This is a high-risk home**
**Fragrance Free Household**
**ASL knowledge or willingness to learn is strongly preferred**
As a Direct Support Professional (DSP) you will be serving a developmentally disabled adult within their home, keeping them safe, and ensuring they get their needs met while at home and out in the community. This adult is also the employer and will be your primary contact for all things related to your job.
This is a pet-friendly home and houses a service dog. Everyone entering and leaving needs to be cautious to make sure the doors are kept closed.
As a DSP, you will be responsible for assisting developmentally disabled adults with the following:
- Supporting daily living activities in the home and community.
- Shopping, cooking, and providing support to and from doctor appointments.
- Bathing and other hygiene duties.
- Follow the cleaning instructions regarding home cleaning and laundry.
- Administering medication and pain treatments and monitoring the individual taking the medication.
- Submitting accurate timesheets for review.
- Maintaining communication with your employer.
Disability Specifics:
- Your employer has both speech and hearing disabilities and cannot communicate through spoken language. They only communicate through ASL or typed English including primarily through text messages. They need providers who are able and willing to learn and use at least basic American Sign Language in order to communicate when they can’t type.
- Your employer is a powerchair user and needs help transferring, moving their chair, and cleaning their commode every day in addition to other regular tasks.
- Your employer needs support 16 hours a day from 6:30 am to 10:30 pm. This is broken up into morning and evening shifts depending on staff availability. You will not be expected to work longer than 8 hours at once or 40 hours in a week, and you will be paid overtime if ever necessary.
Additional information:
This household is completely Fragrance Free due to the employer's chemical sensitivity. Everyone who lives and works in the home needs to use hygiene and laundry products that do not contain fragrances. You can learn more about what that means here: https://eastbaymeditation.org/resources/fragrance-free-at-ebmc/and here: https://brownstargirl.org/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-genius/
We are required by law to conduct a background check for funding, but not all convictions are disqualifying. If this is a concern for you and you are otherwised interested and qualified, please reach out to us and we can share more information on the exemption process.
Requirements
- Must understand the importance of being “fragrance free”
- Must be patient, understanding, and supportive
- Must be vaccinated and boosted as this is a high-risk household
- Must be detail-oriented and vigilant
- Must be self-motivated and organized
- Must be proficient in reading and writing in English
- Must have strong communication skills
- Must be able to lift 30 lbs
- Must know how to safely operate household items (ie. stove, microwave, washer, dryer)
- Must have access to reliable transportation (public transportation is fine, and you will not need to drive your employer anywhere)
- Must be respectful and comfortable working with transgender adults
Preferred
- Caregiving experience
- ASL competency or experience
- Experience with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing communities
- Experience working with transgender and nonbinary individuals
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $23.00 - $24.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Every weekend
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed
- Weekends only
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Application Question(s):
- Which shifts are you interested in? There are morning and evening shifts 7 days a week.
- Are you fully vaccinated against COVID-19?
- Are you able and willing to be completely fragrance free when you come into work, including all hygiene, personal care, and laundry products you use when you come into work?
Language:
- American Sign Language (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- Oakland, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person