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MERIDIAN SERVICES INC August 2018/July 2022 DSP/Overnight Shift Supervisor (Specialty/Crisis Services) • Provides direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. • Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks. • Fosters positive relationships between caretakers and individuals served. • Ensures client safety and maintaining a safe environment. • Reminds and assists clients with self -administration of medications (with proper training). • Encourages self-help activities. • Reports changes in client's condition or family situation to administrators and supervisors. • Documents services provided. • Performs home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning. • Plans meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding and clean-up. • Accompanies clients to scheduled appointments and transports clients or running errands for clients. • Assists with toileting, including bedpans, urinals, and commode chairs as necessary. • Other duties as assigned. RESCARE INC August 2008 to Oct 2020 DSP/Program Coordinator • Assist vulnerable adults with daily living and life coaching skills. • Follow all behavior management programs, procedures, methodologies and interventions. • Assisting people served with budgeting and financial planning. • Identify signs of agitation and use the least restrictive intervention possible, according to person centered program and written plan/policy. • Develop, coordinate, and supervises community recreation and education programs for vulnerable adults, including physical and passive activities year round. • Complete Progress notes for all individuals at the end of each shift and health notes at the end of each shift and after every appointment. • Assisting clients with daily personal tasks, including bathing and dressing • Assisting clients and other staff complete housekeeping tasks such as vacuuming, washing dishes and tidying up. • Helping plan client appointments and organize a schedule • Organizing with transportation arrangements to appointments • Shopping for groceries and preparing meals that meet specific client dietary needs • Encouraging client's engagement in social networks and communities.