Direct service professional vs residential program worker

Differences between direct service professional and residential program worker 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 program worker example responsibilities.

• Serve as primary service provider/trainer for developmentally disable consumers as assigned to achieve functioning independence in self help and ADL 's
• Provide assistance with ADL's, escort on medical appointments, goal training, community activity planning ,
• Train in medication administration as well as CPR certification.
• Supervise and train other rehabilitation workers to ensure quality implementation of QSAC's principles.
• Provide appropriate written documentation concerning delivery of services to patients and their progress towards treatment goals.
• Provide mentally impair and/or emotionally disturb patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological and rehabilitation care.
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