Direct Support Professional (DSP)

Family Home Provider (FHP)

Preferable Location(s): Louisville, United States of America
Work Type: Contract
  • Twenty- One  (21) years old and has a high school diploma or GED; or
  • Meets the personnel and training requirements established in Section 3 of this administrative regulation;
  • Has the ability to:
  • Communicate effectively with a participant and the participant’s family;
  • Read, understand, and implement written and oral instructions;
  • Perform required documentation; and
  • Participate as a member of the participant’s person-centered team if requested by the participant; and
  • Family Home Provider will ensure the following regulations and job descriptions are followed:
    • If a participant experiences a change in support need or status, the level II residential services provider shall adjust services provided to the participant to meet the participant’s altered need or status.
    • For a participant approved for unsupervised time, a safety plan shall:
    • Be included in the participant’s person-centered service plan based upon the participant’s assessed needs; and
    • Ensure that: The participant’s case manager and other person-centered service plan team members ensure that the participant is able to implement the safety plan; and the participant’s case manager provides ongoing monitoring of the safety plan, procedures, or assistive devices required by the participant to ensure:
    • Relevance;
    • The participant’s ability to implement the safety plan; and
    • The functionality of the devices if required.
    • If a participant experiences a change in support needs or status, the participant’s person-centered team shall meet to make the necessary adjustments in the:
    • Participant’s person-centered service plan; and
    • Residential services to meet the participant’s needs.

Provide assistance with daily living skills which shall include:

 

  • Ambulation;
  • Dressing;
  • Grooming;
  • Eating;
  • Toileting;
  • Bathing;
  • Meal planning and preparation;
  • Laundry;
  • Budgeting and financial matters;
  • Home care and cleaning; or
  • Medication management;
  • Provide supports and training to obtain the outcomes of the SCL recipient as identified in the plan of care;
  • Provide or arrange for transportation to services, activities, and medical appointments as needed;
  • Include participation in medical appointments and follow-up care as directed by the medical staff; and Be documented by a detailed monthly summary note which shall include:


Documentation

 

  • Be documented in the MWMA by a:
  • Detailed monthly summary note, which shall include:
  • The month and year for the time period covered by the note;
  • An analysis of progress toward a participant’s outcome or outcomes;
  • A projected plan to achieve the next step in achievement of an outcome or outcomes;
  • Information regarding events that occurred that had an impact on the participant’s life;
  • The signature and title of the direct support professional writing the note; and
  • The date the note was written;
  • Progression, regression, and maintenance toward outcomes identified in the plan of care;
  • Pertinent information regarding the life of the SCL recipient; and
  • The signature, date of signature, and title of the individual preparing the staff note.

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