1 to 1 DSP - SkillBuilding N Community Partner
Job Description
Job DescriptionDirect Support Professional(DSP) – SkillBuilding & Community Partner
Guardian Residential Services LLC | Haymarket, VA 20169 | $20–$25/hour | 32 hours/week
About the Role
Guardian Residential Services is hiring a DSP to provide one-on-one In-Home and
community support, through Virginia's DD Waiver, for a 20-year-old man with complex
medical and communication needs. He is bright, social, and understands everything; he is
non-speaking and communicates with body language, facial expression, and an AAC
system. He has apraxia and dyspraxia and is recovering from a stroke, and he makes real
progress when tasks are broken into simple steps and practiced consistently.
This role is about skill-building and community participation, not just caregiving. You'll find
ways for him to take part in every task, teach it step by step, and help him connect with
friends his age.
Schedule
Thursday & Friday: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Responsibilities
Teach personal care skills step by step (hygiene, shaving, hair, dressing, showering,
toileting) using consistent routines and high repetition
Teach home skills step by step (changing bed linens, laundry, feeding his service dog,
and running the Roomba), using the same consistent routines and high repetition
Provide partner-assisted communication with his eye-gaze and iPad AAC system
throughout the day, and build his independent use
Perform suctioning, G-tube feedings, G-tube medication administration, and clean
intermittent catheterization (training and certification provided)
Support him getting to, from, and taking part in medical appointments
Attend PT, OT, and speech therapy appointments with him and a parent, and carry out
his therapists' home exercise programs to build the preparatory skills behind his daily
living and communication goals
Provide contact guarding and balance support for transfers (he assists 90% or more),
and use his adaptive equipment safely, including a wheelchair, gait trainer, stander,
adaptive bike, and Rifton bathing and support equipment
Help a parent secure him in a wheelchair van with ramp and tie-downs
Support him two days a week in a service club at a therapeutic riding center, helping
maintain the stables, paddocks, and arena and prepare horses for riders, and support
his communication with peers and club leaders, including at the club's monthly social
events such as bowling, holiday parties, and movies
Plan and support community and social activities, including therapeutic riding,
adaptive soccer, church, outings with friends, and swimming as part of a two-person
team
Help him create and post fashion content on social media
Follow his Individual Support Plan (ISP), document daily progress, and communicate
with the family and Guardian team
Requirements
Valid driver's license
Successful background check and proof of authorization to work in the U.S.
Completion of Guardian's training, including medical support certifications
Ability to perform the physical requirements below
Comfortable with personal care, a service dog in the home, and the pool
Patient, consistent, positive, and dependable
Physical Requirements
These are essential functions of the job, to be performed with or without reasonable
accommodation:
Frequently bend, kneel, and squat, and get up and down from the floor, to position
wheelchair foot plates, secure van tie-downs, and put on ankle braces (SMOs) and
adaptive shoes
Push, pull, maneuver, and adjust heavy adaptive equipment
Provide contact guarding and balance support during transfers for an adult (5'5", about
130 lb), and react quickly to steady him
Provide incontinence care, including changing briefs, and assist with showering and
toileting
Push a wheelchair up a manual van ramp and over outdoor terrain, and work outdoors
at a horse barn in all weather
Stand and walk for most of a 12-hour shift
Get in and out of a pool and assist in the water as part of a two-person team
Preferred
Experience supporting people with disabilities, brain injury, or stroke
Background or study in nursing, CNA, OT/OTA, recreational therapy, speech therapy, or
special education
Experience with AAC or eye-gaze devices
First Aid/CPR certification
Interest in fashion, social media, and sports
Recent grads and college students are encouraged to apply.
About Us
Guardian Residential Services LLC has served the Haymarket community for over 10
years, providing DD Waiver In-Home Supports and residential services. Our DSPs and
nurses help the people we support build skills and live full, connected lives.
Guardian Residential Services LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any
other protected characteristic.