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Direct Support Professional at Redwood Family Care Network
Job Description
Job Title: Direct Support Professional - $500 Sign-on Bonus
H ourly Rate: $17.00-18.00/hr
Shifts Needed: Part-Time Evenings on Weekends
Location: Bemidji, MN
Direct Support Professionals help individuals with developmental disabilities, mental health needs, and medical needs live safe, independent, and meaningful lives. In this role, you'll support daily living skills, personal care, hygiene, meals, medication assistance, community access, social skills, housekeeping, safety, and recreation. You'll follow support plans, document daily progress, and use behavioral and crisis-prevention strategies as trained. Success in this position requires dependable communication, teamwork, problem-solving, confidentiality, and the ability to learn required procedures and regulations.
Benefits - Part-TimeSick time
EAP
Employee discount program Dayforce Wallet Daily Pay Tuition discount through Capella University
Education & Experience
High school diploma or GED preferred
CPR/First Aid (provided)
Crisis intervention training (provided)
Works primarily in the program location, with occasional outdoor/community activities
Frequent sitting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions
Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs
Occasional bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, standing, crawling, reaching, walking, driving, traveling, kneeling, and crouching
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$35k - $37k is right at market for Home Health and Personal Care Aides nationally
Pay increases slowly with experience in this field.
Raises may be modest; negotiate well upfront.
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