
DSP Assistant: Under 18 DSP Positions: $2000 Hiring Bonus
Part-timeLutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Red Wing, MNPart-time$16/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Direct Support Professional Assistant supports individuals with disabilities in pursuing their hopes, dreams, and personal outcomes. The role involves providing guidance, encouragement, comfort, security, and safety through direct interaction, while addressing situations that arise and helping maintain a safe environment. The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent, a driver's license, and specified training and clearances; some training may be completed after hire or after turning 18.
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Pay:
$16/hour
$2000 Hiring Bonus*
Job Summary:
As a Direct Support Professional Assistant, you will participate as a member of the team and foster an environment that supports individuals in pursuit of their hopes, dreams, and personal outcomes. You will address any situations that may arise and ensure a safe and secure environment. You will provide guidance, encouragement, support, comfort, security, and safety for the individuals we support through direct interaction.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Experience working with vulnerable populations preferred.
Experience and/or training of at least one year with individuals with disabilities preferred.
Medication administration training required (may be obtained after turning 18 years of age).
First Aid training required, and CPR Certificate may be required (may be obtained after hire).
Bureau of Criminal Affairs background study clearance required.
Driver's license required.
Motor Vehicle Check (MVR) with a satisfactory driving record required upon turning 18 years of age. Cannot drive an LSS vehicle until 18 years of age, completed vehicle safety training and implementation of an MVR.
Ability to read, write, and use computer skills required.
Basic math and problem-solving skills required.
Ability to recognize boundaries.
Ability to suggest and implement strategies to enhance the service.
Patience, self-control, and flexibility.
Computer skills that support LSS technology.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota is a dynamic social service organization serving children, youth and families, people with disabilities, older adults, and military veterans. Trustworthiness is a value and strength shared by our employees and recognized by the communities we serve. We offer an Alive Workplace (Supportive, Positive and Fun) and careers that challenge, energize, and reward employees. Consider joining us!
*To be eligible for a hiring bonus you must meet the following requirements:
40% FTE or greater
Remain up to date on all trainings
Maintain employment in good standing
Work all scheduled shifts
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Lutheran Social Service of MN is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of all people regardless of gender, race, culture, religion, ethnicity, protected veteran status and/or disability. We actively foster an environment that is free of racism, discrimination, bias, and harassment where all individuals are treated with dignity, safety, and respect.
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Experience Required
1 - 20 years
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
Yes
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
No
Physical Required
Yes
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$16.00 - $16.00 / Hourly
Postal Code
55066
Job Type
Part Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
DSPAS009880
Job Benefits
Not specified
How this job compares
Set against the 706 open Direct Support Professional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$16/hr
- Minnesota median$17–18/hr139 hourly ranges
- US median$19–20/hr563 hourly ranges
This rate, $16/hr, is 7% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($17/hr) — in the middle half of Direct Support Professional hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 142 open Direct Support Professional jobs in Minnesota and 706 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (this employer)110 open
- Dungarvin11 open
- Sevita7 open
- 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 (210 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 461 of the 706 open Direct Support Professional jobs (65%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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