Direct Support Professional, Project SEARCH - Kaiser Permanente

Do you enjoy teaching others and seeing them succeed? Are you passionate about empowering people with disabilities to achieve their fullest potential? Are you looking for something more than a desk job where you can make a difference every day with an awesome team? Look no further than PathPoint's Project SEARCH team!

PathPoint is seeking a Per Diem Direct Support Professional (DSP) to lead our Project SEARCH team at Kaiser Permanente WLMC on Cadillac Ave. and Kaiser Permanente on Suset Blvd. in Los Angeles, CA. Project SEARCH is a unique one-year internship program that enables young adults with developmental disabilities to learn invaluable job skills in a competitive work setting. In this role, you will coach and support students with disabilities as they work through internship rotations.

• Coach and support interns by teaching soft skills such as professional communication, behavior and grooming/hygiene, and hard skills specific to the internship duties.
• Provide individualized support for interns, including job coaching, building natural supports, identifying job accommodations, and use of assistive technology.
• Collaborate with interns, employers, staff, and other partners to creatively address any issues affecting students' training and employment.
• Lead classroom discussions on a variety of employment-related skills.
• Write case notes, monthly student evaluations, and other reports regularly.

• Patience, compassion, and the ability to interact with individuals with disabilities, their family members, community partners, and others in a positive and constructive manner.
• Previous experience working with individuals with disabilities or disadvantages is desirable.
• Experience teaching, coaching or training others is desirable.
• Culturally aware, acknowledges diverse employee backgrounds, possesses skills to collaborate across cultures, and avoids biased assumptions based on cultural differences

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, and we offer reasonable accommodations to support successful employment to those with disabilities.

Pre-employment background checks and health screenings will only be required post-offer.