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Direct Care Support Careers

Get ready for the most rewarding job you’ll ever have—helping people with developmental disabilities reach their full potential while discovering yours. As a valued member of our direct care support team, you’ll make a difference every day by providing compassion, friendship and vital support for people with developmental disabilities.

What is a Direct Care Support Professional?

  • Helper, assisting with meals, hygiene, transportation, and daily activities 
  • Coach, empowering people learn new skills and reach for their goals 
  • Friend and confidant forming meaningful relationships with those they support 

Where our Direct Care Support Professionals
make a difference

At AbleLight, Direct Care Support Professionals support people with developmental disabilities across various programs and settings, each designed to foster independence and personal growth. Work in:

Congregate Living

Providing daily care in a group home setting that feels like home. 

Supported Living

Enabling people to live independently with personalized support.

Shared Living

Offering care in a family-oriented, home-based setting.

Employment Support

Helping people prepare for job roles and succeed with coaching and career support.

Day Programs

Facilitating life skills development and meaningful daily activities.

Hear from our Direct Care Support
team members

“[The job] gives back to me because it teaches me how to love more, to give more, and to help more, and to understand that you are doing a good deed when you help somebody”

“I love the people I work with. They’re like my family. I feel like they’re part of me.”

“The thing that keeps us going is that you remember one thing: that you are there to change the lives of those people you support, you’re there to make their lives better.”