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Direct Support Professional Reviews
What is it like working as a Direct Support Professional?
August 2021
I love what I do. My job has taught me so much about myself!
Direct Support Professional in Beaumont:
Pros: I make a difference in the lives of IDD client. I have learned things I have never expected to learn. My job has inspired me to further my career in the medical field. My clients are amazing and have changed me forever.
Cons: I feel that it is unorganized, causing frequent miscommunication within the homes, office, etc. The pay is very sub-par considering all of the training you go through. After training you do a lot more hands-on learning, and continued education. I work a ton (I need the money). I spend about as much time here with my clients as I do at home with my husband and children, only difference is I'm awake when I'm at work. For $9.00/hr, the demands, extensive training and continued education, as well as the job itself is just simply unappreciative, unsatisfactory, and will make people like me lose their passion and get lost in the blur of burnout.
July 2021
Highly demanding.
Direct Support Professional in Albuquerque:
Pros: Make a difference in the lives of those with developmental disabilities
Cons: How difficult it is to progress and how I have to push for any pay increase
June 2021
You’ll Die Inside.
Direct Support Professional in Schenectady:
Pros: I love the individuals I work with and my direct coworkers and supervisor.
Cons: Higher management treats us DSPs the most disrespectful that I have ever seen in any sort of government agency. Instead of being thankful to those that are trying their hardest; management is instead taking full advantage of everyone and being disrespectful and nasty in the process.
May 2021
I love my individuals and am proud to know and worked with so many.
Direct Support Professional in Oil City:
Pros: Helping people who cannot fully help themselves
Cons: Constant changes without notice to dsp or individual
May 2021
It’s fulfilling and Great for a starting position and if you are interested in furthering your education, it’s a good fit for psychology and social work and management and nursing.
Direct Support Professional in Ellicott City:
Pros: I feel like I have a lot to offer, learn and grow in the field of Social Sciences
Cons: Salary for the position is a bit too low for me to be a good fit for the work and still be poverty level for more than a year or more before I get money to go back to school.
May 2021
Good job- stressful at times. A lot of responsibility.
Direct Support Professional in Dayton:
Pros: Seeing the people we serve become more independent
Cons: Hours and pay
April 2021
Ugh!
Direct Support Professional in Fort Wayne:
Pros: The residents and my house manager
Cons: Pay. Petty childishness among coworkers. Backstabbing coworkers.
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