Direct service professional vs residential instructor

Differences between direct service professional and residential instructor duties and responsibilities

Direct service professional example responsibilities.

• Assist consumers with their ADL skills, such as showering, administering medications, and laundry.
• Ensure completion of ISP goals, as well as input and come up with new ideas for new ISP's.
• Administer medications, assist with ADL's, and communicate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure continuity of care
• Provide caring and companionship to elderly and developmentally disable consumers and provide primary resident care and assistance with daily living activities.
• Provide clients family members, DCF workers, and/or probation officers with up to date of treatment planning and progress.

Residential instructor example responsibilities.

• Engage, educate and empower participants to access community base resources in order to achieve greater self-determination, rehabilitation and recovery.
• Participate in monthly ISP meetings regarding status and progress of each individual consumer.
• Complete daily ADL s with clients per POC provide by behaviorists, therapists, etc.
• Assist clients with all ADL's (activities of daily living), as needed while promoting independence.
• Maintain documentation for administrating medication, daily logs, ISP information and other require data.
• Engage, educate and empower participants to access community base resources in order to achieve greater self-determination, rehabilitation and recovery.
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