Direct support associate vs residential program worker

Differences between direct support associate and residential program worker duties and responsibilities

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.

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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