Direct Support Professional, Project SEARCH - PathPoint

Do you enjoy teaching others and seeing them succeed? Are you passionate about empowering people with disabilities to achieve their fullest potential?

PathPoint is seeking full-time Direct Support Professional to join our Project SEARCH team working at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Hollywood, 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.

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-3:30pm, 35-40 hours per week. Flexibility to cover jobsites during weekends and nights may occur a few times per year.

Why Work At Path Point:

• Culture of kindness, compassion and respect
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Opportunity to make a difference in your community every day
• Mental health day after 60 days and on 1st and 2nd anniversaries
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance*
• Paid vacation and holidays*
• Paid sick leave
• 403(b) retirement savings plan with company match
• Other perks like a wellness program, employee assistance program, and referral bonuses
• Extra pay for bilingual staff (Spanish or ASL if the skill is needed)

*Benefits noted with an asterisk are for full-time employees regularly scheduled for 30+ hours per week.

The Impact You'll Make:

• 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, identifying job accommodations, and use of assistive technology.
• Collaborate with interns, employers, staff, and other partners to creatively address any issues affecting interns' training and employment.
• Lead classroom discussions on a variety of employment-related skills.
• Write case notes, monthly intern evaluations, and other reports regularly.

What We're Looking For:

• Previous professional or personal experience working with individuals with disabilities is desirable but not required. If you are interested in this job but do not have directly relevant experience, we'd still love to hear from you!
• Patience, compassion, and the ability to interact with individuals with disabilities, their family members, community partners, and others in a positive and constructive manner.
• 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.
• High school diploma or GED required
• Must hold a valid California driver's license with satisfactory driving record and at least 5 years of driving experience.

Starting Pay: $21.00 per hour. If you are bilingual (Spanish or ASL), the starting wage is $21.30 per hour. The pay range is $17.28-$25.24. *

*The pay range is subject to change based on a variety of factors, and the maximum pay represents the wage potential based on attaining the highest level of position experience, talent, and responsibilities.

About Us: PathPoint is a non-profit dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities, mental health diagnoses, and young adults in living the life they choose. Through strengthening workplace abilities, developing essential life skills, and fostering meaningful relationships, we serve communities in Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties.

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.