These caring professionals support people in their own homes and help them be a part of their local communities, and sometimes provide respite for family or friend caregivers. This type of work is available through businesses and nonprofits, and in other situations many people work directly for the person who needs care. You might enjoy this work if you prefer to work one on one with a person you can get to know well. While there are many titles for these jobs, some common examples are Direct Support Professionals, Personal Care Aides, Home Health Aides, Early Intervention Providers, Personal Care Assistants, Positive Support Services Specialists, Individualized Home Support (IHS) Specialist and more.
Download an informational sheet about what Direct Support Professionals do, and how to become one - available in multiple languages
Download an informational sheet about supporting a person in an individual home
To apply for jobs like this:
- Talk with staff at a CareerForce near you about employment opportunities
- Search thousands of Minnesota job postings that are updated nightly here on CareerForceMN.com
- View current job postings in Minnesota for Direct Support Professionals - only 500 postings are displayed, but there are more openings - you can narrow the search based on your home location and change the search focus by using other keywords, using other similar job titles for Direct Support Professionals listed above
- Find a match with someone looking for care at DirectSupportConnect.com
- Search for open positions on the ARRM job board