Mercy Home for Children is looking to hire a few Direct Support Professionals to work in our South Ozone Queens Residence.  We are looking for people with compassion, care, positive attitude and enthusiasm to work with our people with developmental disabilities.  Minimum requirements:  High School Diploma or a GED. Valid & Unrestricted N.Y.S. Driver’s License.  We in turn will offer paid training and the opportunity to build a career in the human services field.  Right now 1199 Union is offering free tuition for certain programs.  Please join us for in-person interview on Thursday, July 10th 2025 from 10am-2pm.  Address 149-26 123rd South Ozone Park, NY  11420.  Please register by emailing:  mjenkins@mercyhomeny.org.  If unable to attend, please send email with your availability.

• Support the people we serve through teaching them to be the most independent in their self-help-skills, to include bathing, dressing, cooking, eating, housekeeping, laundry, and toileting. Assisting them to strengthen and develop communication and socialization skills.
• To be fully aware of the goals/outcomes of each person you are working with, and consistently and conscientiously work to achieve individualized valued outcomes.
• To record daily goals, baselines, logs (including medical charts) and other reports as instructed (incident reports, as necessary).
• To assist and develop fine motor coordination, and gross motor skills through various activities and exercises.
• Ensure the safety and welfare at all times, at home and in the community.
• Encourage various modes of communication that support the development of meaningful relationships including the modeling of appropriate behavior to persons served and community involvement and inclusion.
• Implement daily schedules, including all routines and life skills activities as directed by a supervisor or written in the plan.
• Ability to encourage self-advocacy or to advocate as needed.
• Ensure client health and safety, while assisting residents to achieve increased independence.
• Perform job-related tasks as assigned, to include attendance and participation at meetings and training as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Within 90 days of employment, you will be required to have AMAP, SCIP, CPR training, that the agency will provide for you.  Hourly enhancement for those that become AMAP certified (meaning able to give medication to the individuals we serve).

To be eligible for 1199 Union benefits, you need to work 30 hours per week to receive tuition assistance, vacation, sick pay, holiday paid time off, medical, dental, vision with little co-payments, prescriptions & pension, to name a few of the great benefits 1199 has to offer.  Overtime available after 37.5 hours per week.