Live-Out Caregiving Assistant (DSP)
Company: L'Arche Chicago
Location: Forest Park
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Are you looking for a career filled with joy and friendship,
growth and belonging? Are you someone who values community and
caring for others? L’Arche Chicago invites you to apply to be a
Live-Out Assistant (DSP) , a caregiving position where you would
support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
(IDD) in one of our three community homes. At L’Arche, we seek to
create an intentional community of genuine belonging, one that
welcomes difference and celebrates the unique gifts of all people.
As a live-out caregiving assistant, you would build relationships
with core members (individuals with IDD) and other assistants
through sharing in daily life — eating dinner together, watching
television, going to the gym, or heading up the street for a cup of
coffee. Together with the core members, you would help care for the
home, shop for groceries, and cook meals. You would also be trained
to support core members at doctors’ appointments, with personal
care, with medication administration, with transportation, and with
banking and shopping. Assistants often point to their time with
L’Arche as a time of personal transformation, where they experience
real relationships of mutual support with core members and
assistants. L’Arche strives to model a vision of humanity where
people with disabilities are at the center. By answering the call
to live in our community, assistants are an integral part of
bringing that vision to life. Come and see what we’re all
about!
Keywords: L'Arche Chicago, Lombard , Live-Out Caregiving Assistant (DSP), Healthcare , Forest Park, Illinois
