Direct selling counselor vs direct support associate

Differences between direct selling counselor and direct support associate duties and responsibilities

Direct selling counselor example responsibilities.

• Engage, educate and empower participants to access community base resources in order to achieve greater self-determination, rehabilitation and recovery.
• Assist clients with ADL's.
• Support and instruct participates in self-help skills design to encourage independence.
• Develop, organize, direct and participate in treatment programs and activities to facilitate client rehabilitation and prevention of further challenges.
• Support DBT skill development in women who have experienced significant trauma and/or are coping with personality disorders.

Direct support associate example responsibilities.

• Assist patients with ADL's, while individualizing patient care, and allowing patients to be as independent as possible.
• Assist individuals with ADL's such as grooming, toileting, feeding, and escorting on community outings.
• Assist clients with everyday living task/skills, transportation into the community, developmental skills, ISP, medication administration.
• Provide caring and companionship to elderly and developmentally disable consumers and provide primary resident care and assistance with daily living activities.
• Facilitate exercise, vocational, arts-n-crafts, and daily living skills groups for consumers with DD.