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**We Provide:** - ***New starting rates of $20.41-$20.91 per hour!*** - Paid vacation days and holiday pay - Employee referral bonus program - Extensive paid training, as well as continual opportunities for further job-related education and career advancement (including our Career Ladders program) - Supportive leadership team who wants to help YOU succeed - Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability - 403b retirement plan **The Senior Direct Support Professional is responsible for:** - Light housework: cooking, meal prep, cleaning - Maintenance of personal care/hygiene routines: feeding, medication administration, bathing, showering, toileting - Providing transportation to and from doctor’s appointments, outside activities and excursions - Behavioral and social support (to include working with potential physical and verbal outbursts/ aggressiveness) - Providing occasional sleepover shifts and/or supervise a residential home in which there is no Residential Supervisor - Assisting the Residential Supervisor in any other assigned duties **Requirements/Qualifications:** - High School Diploma/G.E.D. - Valid Driver’s License with 2 years of consecutive driving experience and less than 3 moving violations within the past 36 months - Ability to pass pre-employment background/physical/TB/drug screenings - Must be able to lift 50 lbs. as needed - Previous direct support/caregiving experience and/or experience working with individuals with disabilities ***Penn-Mar is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion.***
Salary estimate
$20 – $21/yr
Provided by the employer.
Skills for this role
Leadership
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