Direct Support Professional
- Legacy Treatment Services
- Gloucester County, NJ, USA
Job Description
Join Legacy Treatment Services as a Direct Support Professional (DSP) and become a positive role model for adolescents in a residential treatment setting.
Full-Time Benefits
We value our employees and offer an outstanding benefits package, including:
- 3.2 weeks of Paid Time Off during your first year
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance benefits - effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment
- Nine Agency-paid holidays
- 403(b) Retirement Plan and employer match with employee participation
- Tuition Reimbursement after one year of employment
- Paid training throughout the year
- Career growth and advancement opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Ongoing professional development
Paid Training Provided
- CPR Certification
- First Aid Certification
- Nurtured Heart Training
- Safe Crisis Management Training
- Ukeru Training
Weekend availability is required. Candidates must be able to work at least one weekend shift each week.
Salary Range: $15.92 - $18.00 / hour - based on work experience and/or education. Overtime and pay incentives available
Earn an additional $2.00 per hour for all hours worked from 11:00 PM Friday through 11:00 PM Sunday (available to both Full-Time and Part-Time employees).
Job Summary
- Build trusting relationships and meaningful connections with adolescents.
- Mentor and encourage youth through daily challenges while promoting positive decision-making.
- Support community integration by accompanying adolescents to school activities, shopping, medical appointments, family visits, and recreational outings.
- Teach and reinforce essential life skills, including cooking, laundry, cleaning, and personal responsibility.
- Use positive reinforcement and crisis de-escalation techniques to help adolescents succeed.
- Participate in recreational activities.
- Serve as a positive role model while helping adolescents develop independence, confidence, and healthy social skills.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree OR
- High School Diploma/GED plus three (3) years of experience working with children or adolescents
- Valid driver's license with a good driving record
- Ability to work with adolescents in a residential treatment setting
- Strong communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills
- Passion for making a positive impact in the lives of youth
- Ability to frequently lift a minimum of fifty pounds (50lbs).
- Must pass and maintain certification in mandated trainings including but not limited to Crisis Management, CPR and First Aid.
- Operate vehicles in accordance with applicable laws, insurance company requirements and Aurora Staffing Policies.
- Must be cleared for employment under the Criminal History Background Checks (CHRI).
- Clearance from the state of N.J. Department of Human Services Central Registry of Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (N.J.A.C. 10:44D) is required.
- Must be able to successfully complete any other training(s) as assigned or deemed necessary by Aurora Staffing, DDD/DCF, and/or the specific program element.
- Must pass a drug screen pre-employment and participate in random drug screens as assigned.
- Be cleared through the Child Abuse Registry Check (CARI)
Legacy Treatment Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Legacy Services
Legacy’s services are provided based on the principles of wellness and recovery. They aim to improve client's overall well-being by assisting them in recognizing and acknowledging their needs and strengths while incorporating them into an individualized service plan. We work to help individuals develop skills and utilize support systems to independently manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life .
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Our Mission
To change the behavioral health and social service outcomes for people of all ages from surviving to thriving.
Our History
Legacy Treatment Services, a 501c3 nonprofit, was created as a merger between The Drenk Center and The Children’s Home in addition to an affiliation with Community Treatment Solutions.
- The Drenk Center, founded in 1954 by Judge Lester A. Drenk, began as a counseling program for Burlington County juveniles and their families. Since 1954, The Drenk Center has seen a steady expansion of services to meet higher levels of consumer needs in outpatient settings.
- The Children’s Home was established in 1864 as an orphanage for children of the Civil War. Initially only providing custodial care, The Children’s Home responded to community needs in 1937 and became the first agency to employ a social service caseworker and began therapeutic treatment in a residential setting.
- Community Treatment Services (CTS) was created in 1990 as an alternative to residential placement for children and youth. CTS was the first agency designed to serve youth with complex needs in a community setting. The agency went on to expand these services to families and additional multi-faceted needs of children and youth.
Independently, each organization was an expert and preferred provider in the programs and services they delivered. Each agency was known for innovation, responsiveness to the community it served and willingness to do whatever it took to provide top-tier care.
Together, these organizations formed Legacy Treatment Services, a vibrant agency utilizing cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practice in treatment and clinical care. Legacy is committed and positioned to be responsive and meet the increasingly complex needs of vulnerable children, adults and families. We are dedicated to seeking new innovative solutions that help us provide needed services more efficiently while maintaining stable, sustainable growth.
Our programs provide a complement of services for most ages and needs. This continuum of care provides children, adults and families with consistency in care management and aftercare.
Legacy Treatment Services is proud of the successes of our consumers. We appreciate the fact that our interventions are part of a much larger system that consumers must navigate. As such, Legacy is active in numerous efforts to advocate for our clients on federal, state and local levels. We participate in nationwide initiatives designed to ensure accessibility to care, the development of best practices and benchmarks for evaluating quality.
Legacy Treatment Services’ combined history, commitment to excellence and state-of-the-art practices make the most of our vast community partnerships and intellectual resources with exciting opportunities for innovative programs to benefit more people in need.
Our Philosophy of Care
Legacy’s services are provided based on the principles of wellness and recovery. They aim to improve consumers’ overall well-being by assisting them in recognizing and acknowledging their needs and strengths while incorporating them into an individualized service plan. We work to help individuals develop skills and utilize support systems to independently manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life.
We define recovery as the process by which people are able to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities. Recovery involves recognizing and accepting strengths, limitations and losses, and distinguishing the difference between having a disability and becoming the disability.
Legacy’s treatment and support service delivery system is designed to meet the needs of our consumers by providing an array of evidence-based treatments, safe and supportive environments, and competent professionals and peer specialists who create opportunities that foster wellness for consumers and their families. We believe in empowering individuals to discover hope, to recognize that recovery is possible, and to fully engage as a partner in treatment.