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Redwood Family Care Network

Direct Support Professional at Redwood Family Care Network

Redwood Family Care Network No longer available $17 - $18/year

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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-Time
  • Sick 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)

Physical Requirements
  • 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

National salary averages
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Entry
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$26k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $44k

Pay increases slowly with experience in this field.

Raises may be modest; negotiate well upfront.

Hot hiring, constrained wages

Employers are hiring actively, but pay hasn't caught up with demand. Focus on competing offers and non-salary benefits.

Hiring leverage
Candidate-favored
Wage leverage âš  Disconnect
Limited
Mobility
High mobility
Durability
Somewhat fragile

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Senior candidates with options
Weaker for: Entry-level candidates, Career switchers

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Watch out for

Wage disconnect: Hiring is active but pay hasn't responded—negotiate on other terms.

Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
High turnover market

Many openings, but pay doesn't scale as much with experience.

+17%
10yr growth
765,800 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.
Typical: High school diploma or equivalent

Good time to build expertise—demand will chase supply.

Labor data: BLS 2024