Best Practices in Recruitment and Selection

People who attend this class will discuss the challenges faces by the human services field in the recruitment and retention of direct support professionals who work with individuals who have developmental disabilities. The class discussions will strive to identify qualities and traits desired in a newly hired direct support professional and design interview questions to discover those traits in applicants. Class participants will identify actions of a supervisor and a team that will facilitate successful orientation and socialization of a newly hired direct support professional.