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Direct Support Professional

Sevita

West Salem, WIFull-time$17/hrSeen 2mo agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$17/hr
Location
West Salem, WI
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Sevita’s REM Community Services provides community‑based support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Direct Support Professional role offers rewarding caregiving, relationship building, and assistance with personal hygiene, budgeting, exercise, and nutrition, while fostering independence and community participation.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CommunicationAdaptabilityMulti-TaskingTeamworkTime-ManagementPatientCompassionateReliableResponsible

Qualifications

Valid Driver's License and Access to Registered Vehicle With Proof of Insurance

Benefits

401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

REM Community Services , a part of the Sevita family, provides community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You’ll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived.

Hourly Wage $17.00

THRIVE AS A CAREGIVER AT SEVITA. EACH DAY, YOU’LL

  • Be proud of rewarding work helping people grow, learn, and live well

  • Develop real, meaningful relationships with the individuals you serve

  • Experience ownership and trust from your leaders to do what’s right for participants

  • Take initiative to help participants be part of the community and enjoy their favorite activities

  • Support participants with developmental goals like budgeting, exercise, and nutrition

You’ll assist people with their personal hygiene and support individuals who can have behavioral challenges and other complex needs. If you’re compassionate, patient, and find meaning in this type of work, you'll find a promising future at Sevita.

EVERY PERSON DESERVES A FULFILLING CAREER

  • Competitive Pay: Pay on Demand , Full benefits package for full-time employees, including a 401(k) with a 3% company match

  • Time Off: Paid time off plus holiday pay to recharge so you can be your best at work

  • Network of Support: Supervisors who care deeply about the participants and your wellbeing

  • Job Security: A stable job at an established, growing company

  • Learning and Development: We invest in your development and provide the tools and training you need to have a fulfilling career

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO SEVITA

  • Skills: Communication, adaptability, multi-tasking, teamwork, time-management

  • Behaviors: Patient, compassionate, reliable, responsible

  • Vehicle: Valid Driver's license and access to a registered vehicle with proof of insurance

Apply today and explore careers, well lived at Sevita.

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,260 open Direct Support Professional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$17/hr
  • Wisconsin median$16/hr37 hourly ranges
  • US median$18–19/hr1,837 hourly ranges

This rate, $17/hr, is 10% above the Wisconsin median midpoint ($16/hr) — in the top quarter of Direct Support Professional hourly ranges in Wisconsin.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 41 open Direct Support Professional jobs in Wisconsin and 2,260 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Wisconsin
Experience
Direct Support Professional postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (432 postings).
Education
25 of the 2,260 open Direct Support Professional jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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