DDS Summer Urban Youth | Metro Region | Direct Care Worker

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DDS Summer Urban Youth | Metro Region | Direct Care Worker - ( 26000142 ) Description Metro Residential Services (MRS), and agency within the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), operates residential group homes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The residential group homes are scattered throughout the Metro Region in Boston, Metro West areas and towns south of Boston as far as Wrentham. Individuals supported range in age from 22 to 90. MRS, in partnership with the Urban Youth Collaborative Program (UYCP), is offering paid seasonal recreational and a limited number of office/administrative internships to college bound high school seniors and students enrolled in college, up to age 24. Each year, through this partnership, MRS and UYCP provide young people from all over the state with hands-on opportunities in a fun and interactive setting in the human services field. It is with the hope that this will inspire students to ultimately pursue a career in human services. Seasonal Recreation Interns work under the direction of the Residential supervisors and are responsible for planning, setting up, and leading a variety of activities at the individua...