UP TO $500 SIGN ON BONUS!

Rate of Pay: $15.00 per hour + $500 Sign on Bonus*

Schedule: Varying weekly, 16+ hours per week

BENEFITS: We offer competitive starting salaries, paid holidays, vacation benefits, paid sick leave, referral bonus plan, and retirement plan to part-time employees.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MEANINGFUL WORK? ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE? If so, then Momentum is the company for you! When you join Momentum, you help us promote independence for adults with disabilities. 

MOMENTUM is hiring a CAREGIVER/DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL (DSP) to provide personal support to adults with disabilities to live full and dignified lives. As a Caregiver/DSP, you provide support in the person’s own home and out in the community, typically with one person at a time. Our Caregiver/DSPs have the unique opportunity to build a rewarding career and to develop caring relationships with the people they work with. If you would like to make a difference in the community while building a rewarding career working with individuals with disabilities, we encourage you to apply.

CAREGIVER/DSP ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promotes a friendly, comfortable, and safe environment 
• Respects and promotes the right of individuals 
• Assists people with achieving their personal goals
• Promote independence, dignity, and fulfillment
• Assist with personal care, including preparing meals, feeding, grooming, dressing, housekeeping, and toileting
• Assist people to access their community for business, social, and recreational purposes
• Help to monitor and maintain individual’s health
• Performs other duties as assigned to meet department and/or business needs

CAREGIVER/DSP QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• High school diploma or equivalent; required
• Read, write, comprehend, and communicate in English well enough to perform essential duties and responsibilities
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Communicate and work professionally and cooperatively with others
• Successfully pass all post-offer, pre-employment screening requirements, including criminal background check, drug screening, and provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States
• Ability to run, push, pull, bend, squat, kneel, lift, and transfer individuals

*Sign on Bonus will be paid in two payments. First payment will be made after 90 days of employment and second payment will be made after 6 months of employment.

With 40 programs and service sites spanning several counties, Momentum is the largest nonprofit provider of direct support for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities in Southern California.

Momentum is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates. Momentum also considers qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment pursuant to California Law and, if applicable, the L.A. Fair Chance Ordinance.