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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Direct Support Professional for IDD

🇺🇸 Pittsboro, NC

🕑 Temporary

💰 $15 per Hour

💻 Operations

🗓️ August 20th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Direct Support Professional for IDD. This part-time role involves working third shifts at the Carolina Living and Learning Center to assist autistic adults with higher support needs, helping them live as independently as possible and maintaining the cleanliness and upkeep of their living facility.

Highlights

  • Primary responsibility includes direct care and support for autistic adults with high support needs.
  • Position requires maintaining facility cleanliness and assisting with upkeep of houses, gardens, and grounds.
  • Work is scheduled primarily on weekends with a third shift schedule.
  • Requires ethical care, integrity, reliability, and commitment to enhance residents' quality of life.
  • Training provided in person-centered care and the TEACCH model implementation.
  • Preferred candidates have caregiving or professional experience with autistic, disabled, or senior adults.
  • Must be able to work outdoors in varied weather and perform physical tasks such as bending, walking on uneven ground, pushing, and pulling.
  • Compensation starts at $15.00 per hour for a part-time, temporary staff position.
  • Position is part of the TEACCH Autism Program serving 15 autistic adults in two homes on a 79-acre facility.
  • Minimum qualification is possession of competencies necessary to perform the work; emotional maturity and teamwork skills required.