Direct Support Substitute- San Diego

The Arc is the largest, most comprehensive provider of services to children and adults with disabilities in San Diego County. We are a diverse team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about serving and empowering children and adults to live their most fulfilling and independent lives.

We live by our Person First, Person Centered value system to create meaningful days for our clients and each other. In hiring, we look for candidates that are a strong fit with our culture, as well as bring the talent and experience required by the position. We offer a positive, team-oriented work environment with opportunity for professional growth and continuous learning, flexible hours, and the chance to make an impact on someone’s life.

We are currently hiring a Direct Support Substitute to join our team. You will be teaching people with intellectual and developmental disabilities new skills and improving their independence. Together, you may also go on outings, enjoying life out and about in the community. The hours for this position vary between Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM. The pay range for this position is $18.00-$18.50.

This position is located in San Diego and you can pick up shifts around your schedule. Let us know what works for you and come work with us!

Who you are:

• Come with a passion for excellence in helping others grow
• Have an educator mindset
• Take pride in being a reliable and relatable member of a team
• Invested in working with adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities

A typical day will include:

• Providing culturally appropriate Direct Support to program participants using person-centered approaches and strategies that support clients to be fully engaged and included in each aspect of their daily life, have maximum choice and control, and gain independence. This can take many forms in community or day center settings, including:
  • Support and motivation to reach individual goals and objectives.
  • Engage and assist with meaningful activities that cater to the program participant’s individual interests, preferences, and choices; teaching as necessary.
  • Assistance with self-help needs including in the areas of grooming, hygiene, toileting, feeding and mobility as needed.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Ability to lift 50 lbs and move up to 75 lbs.

We’d love it if you:

• Are passionate about helping to empower others to reach goals and plans
• Had 6 or more months of prior hands-on experience with persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities

The Arc of San Diego is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We have a strict policy against harassment and retaliation of any type and are dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.

Our goal is to provide a work environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation as well as other disrespectful or other unprofessional conduct based on any protected class: race (including natural hairstyles), color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin (including language use restrictions), age (40 and over), legally protected medical condition (including cancer and AIDS/HIV), physical or mental disability, marital status, sex (including sexual harassment, sex stereotypes and pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, reproductive health decision making, ancestry, genetic information/ characteristics, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, military and veteran status, known status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or of certain violent crimes, or whose covered family member is a homicide victim, enrollment in a public assistance program, off duty and off-site cannabis use or any other characteristic or activity protected by law.

We also prohibit discrimination, harassment, retaliation, disrespectful or unprofessional conduct based on the perception that anyone has any of the above characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived to have any of those characteristics.

The Arc of San Diego is a federal subcontractor and shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60- 300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, and for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing compensation. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

The Arc of San Diego will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified candidates with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If candidates need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition, they should contact the Head of Human Resources.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)