Direct Support Professional (New Gateways)
Competency-based
ONET: 21-1093.00
4
Years
79
Skills
317h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- College Success Skills
- Personal Computer Productivity Tools
- Academic Literacy I
- Academic Literacy II
- Bloodborne Pathogens (on-line)
- Cultural Competency (on-line)
- Limited English Proficiency/Due Process (on-line)
- CPR (Instructor Led)
- First Aid (Instructor Led)
- Leading in a Culture of Gentleness (Instructor Led)
- Culture of Gentleness Practicum (Instructor Led)
- Recipient Rights
On-the-job training
- Introduction to the Direct Support Role and Orientation to the Work Environment
- Orientation to the role of the Direct Support Professional - Job description and requirements
- Orientation to the role of the Direct Support Professional - Expectations and needs of individual(s) receiving support
- Orientation to the role of the Direct Support Professional - Overview & fulfillment of employer’s philosophy of support service
- Orientation to the role of the Direct Support Professional - Employer history
- Orientation to the role of the Direct Support Professional - Employer Policy and Procedures
- Orientation to the role of the Direct Support Professional - Co-worker, mentor and supervisory relationships / working with employer’s networks (for DSPs directly employed by service participant)
- Orientation to the role of the Direct Support Professional - Access to mentors, supervisors, employee assistance programs and other support structure
- Orientation to the role of the Direct Support Professional - Overview of upcoming regular and specialized social and other employer events.
- Overview of specialized and technical knowledge unique to the work environment - Characteristics of the individual(s) served consideration of diagnostic issues, .e.g., overview of developmental disabilities, behavioral health, child development /welfare,
- Overview of specialized and technical knowledge unique to the work environment - Terminology necessary for the work environment
- Overview of specialized and technical knowledge unique to the work environment - Operation and maintenance of any specialized equipment (adaptive technology, communication devices, breathing or nutritional support equipment, etc,)
- Overview of specialized and technical knowledge unique to the work environment - Health and medical concerns unique to the work environment including the support of medication administration, awareness and management of health concerns of people receiving
- Overview of specialized and technical knowledge unique to the work environment - Introduction to roles of specialists/ consultants supporting service participant(s) in the work environment.
- Employee and service participant safety in the support environment - Blood borne pathogens/ universal precautions/ infection control
- Employee and service participant safety in the support environment - Safety in lifting, transferring and positioning customized to service participant(s)
- Employee and service participant safety in the support environment - Crisis prevention and intervention customized to service participant(s)
- Employee and service participant safety in the support environment - Recognizing and correcting hazards in the workplace
- Employee and service participant safety in the support environment - Individualized risk assessment of service participant(s);
- Employee and service participant safety in the support environment - Responding to emergencies
- Employee and service participant safety in the support environment - Reasonable risk and common sense.
- Ethical and professional practice - Putting DSP ethics into practice
- Ethical and professional practice - Career and educational paths associated with the work environment
- Ethical and professional practice - Becoming a culturally competent practitioner
- Ethical and professional practice - Identifying and mastering team work and collaboration skills
- Ethical and professional practice - Self assessment, performance appraisal and use of supervision
- Ethical and professional practice - Communicating effectively with others
- Ethical and professional practice - Confidentiality
- Ethical and professional practice - Creative problem solving
- Ethical and professional practice - Understanding and fulfilling the employer’s mission
- Contemporary Best Practices in Community Support (customized for unique support environment/special population)
- Individualized planning strategies
- Community centered supports
- Focus on participant-defined life outcomes
- Integrating formal and informal supports
- Eliciting, respecting and actively supporting participant choices and preferences
- Welcoming individuals chosen by the participant into the circle of support
- Facilitating inclusion and engagement in community and neighborhood life
- Promoting appropriate social roles sought by the service participant such as student, church member, friend, home owner, career professional, income enhancement, quality health care, etc.
- Promoting typical life patterns and conditions that enhance quality of life including income enhancement, a comfortable home, quality health care, relaxation and recreation, career and educational advancement and connection to social and family (where app
- Advocacy, Supporting Empowerment and Recognition, Prevention and Reporting of Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
- Promotion of empowerment and self-confidence of service participants to speak out for themselves and others
- Defining common forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation
- Mastery of abuse prevention strategies
- Review of state and employer requirements and protocols regarding mandated or other reporting of abuse, neglect and exploitation
- Recognizing signs of abuse, neglect and exploitation
- Common challenges facing victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation
- Common challenges to human, civil and legal rights for this (special population)
- Education of service participants regarding abuse, neglect and exploitation and strategies for prevention
- Theory and application of direct support ethical code to every day experience
- Wellness Issues (Customized to Work Setting or Special Population)
- CPR
- First Aid
- Medication Administration and supporting self-administration where appropriate
- Nutrition, food handling and meal preparation;
- Preventive health and dentistry
- Characteristics of a healthy lifestyle
- Responding to common health concerns
- Responding to individual health needs (issues pertinent to special population, people receiving support etc.)
- Lifting, transferring, and body positioning (or other specialized support based on workplace or special population)
- Use of adaptive equipment
- Safety (environmental, personal, and driving)
- Identifying health resources, judging quality and coordinating/communicating with health care practitioners
- Supporting service participants in understanding and participating in routine and special health care screening and treatment.
- Monitoring for medication side-effects specific to medications people in the support environment are using
- Communication
- Basic team communication skills and facilitation structures
- Effective and appropriate communication skills
- Basic counseling skills
- Effective, efficient and timely documentation
- Using alternative communication devices;
- Obtaining interpreters when needed
- Teaching and Supporting Others
- Methods of learning preferences, choices, and goals of people receiving support
- Teaching strategies, principles of reinforcement, relationships, task analysis and prompting, positive feedback and natural times to teach
- Teaching skills customized to the individuals in the support environment (e.g., teaching daily living skills, self care, teaching work skills, working with children and youth, leisure and recreation skills, etc.)
- Recognition of the unacceptability of the use of punishment procedures in teaching
- Crisis Management
- Awareness of the individual needs of service participants
- Familiarity with crises typical or common to the support environment and the service participants and prevention and intervention strategies specific to individuals and circumstances
- Familiarity with procedures for prevention and intervention in atypical crises including securing the safety of all involved, and the means of obtaining emergency assistance
- Standard operating procedures following a crisis including communication with parties involved to better understand the situation; documentation in accordance with standard operating procedures and review and refinement of prevention procedures where nece
- Familiarity with statutes and regulations regarding the use of potentially aversive management practices including physical restraints and time out;
- Crisis Management (cont)
- Fulfillment of all statutory or regulatory skill certifications in crisis prevention and management. (e.g., Mandt, CPI or other program that may be agency or state specific
- Familiarity with principles of positive behavior support
- Conflict Resolution
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