Mercy Home for Children is looking to hire Direct Support Professionals for our Visitation Residence located in Red Hook Brooklyn.  Bring your compassion, care, creative flair and enthusiasm to work with our people with 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 a career you can build on.  

Here's some of the job responsibilities:

• Support our people 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 of the people we serve 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.
• Ensure health and safety of the people we serve, 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.
• We request a copy of your COVID vaccine card.