Description

Summary:

The Team Lead supports the role of the Shelter Supervisor and is authorized to take reasonable action necessary to carry out responsibilities assigned as long as such actions do not deviate from established organizational policies and are consistent with program guidelines and sound professional judgment. Manage Casa de Milagros Program staff and resources in the care of youth and their children placed at Seton Home. Implement and promote appropriate trauma informed behavioral limits within a safe and caring environment.

Position Responsibilities:

Supervisory Duties include but not limited to:

• *Responsible for leadership and daily supervision of staff.
• *Provide staff with verbal and written feedback as it relates to their job performance—positive feedback as well as corrective action, when necessary. Communicate staff performance with Supervisor, Assistant Program Director and Program Director.
• *Review schedules and assignments with staff and residents at least 24 hours in advance of activities.
• *Ensures completion of daily behavioral logs by assigned staff.
• *Conduct daily transition meetings.
• *Serves as the first point of contact in addressing concerns that arise while on shift. 
• Assist with completing the shadowing process with new hires. 
• Helps foster a positive team environment amongst staff.
• Communicate expectations to staff as it relates to our program and accomplishing program goals.
• Supervise and assist residents with schoolwork while at school in the classroom with assigned schoolwork.
• Cook and serve lunch to residents and their children during weekends, holidays and as needed. 
• End of shift duties: clean staff restroom, take out all trash, and do last walk through of cottage to ensure cleanliness.

Afternoon/Evening Routine

• *Supervise and log all domestic and international calls for residents.
• *Care for children while residents attend groups and as needed.
• *Supervise and monitor interactions between the residents to ensure a safe environment.
• *Plan, supervise, and participate in recreational and/or physical activities as scheduled.
• *Computer related tasks: Document daily logs and incident reports using the internal database, ensure important information is included.
• *Process medications from pharmacy using the internal database. 
• Dispense medications on weekends, holidays and as needed. 
• Assisting with transporting residents to and from medical appointments, outings, etc. as needed.
• Supervise evening chores (spray cleaning products for residents) and room checks. 
• *Cook and supervise residents with dinner preparation and clean up during weekends, holidays and as needed.
• Provide evening snacks on daily basis.
• Completing shelter intake process with new arrivals as needed.
• Completing shelter discharge process with residents as needed.
• Assisting with transporting residents to and from medical appointments, outings, etc. as needed.
• Assisting with the Point of Contact role as needed.
• End of shift duties: clean staff restroom, take out all trash, and do last walk through of cottage to ensure cleanliness.

Competencies:

Communication 

Resilience

Solution Oriented

Leadership

Performance Management

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Education
  • Minimum High School Diploma or Equivalent. 
  • Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience
  • Minimum of 1-year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting. 
  • 2-years employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting preferred. 
• License and Credentials
  • Reliable transportation.
  • Valid driver license.
  • Valid vehicle insurance.

· Must provide immunization/shot records.

· Submit to a state and federal background check, Child abuse and neglect registry check, and Tuberculosis screening.

• Be physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of performing assigned tasks and have the skills necessary to perform essential duties and responsibilities

Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children.

• Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a reported history of chickenpox (verified by an adult present at the time of illness) OR titers indicating varicella immunity OR documentation from healthcare provider verifying previous infection.
• MMR: two doses of MMR vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR titers indicating immunity to all three diseases
• DTaP or DTap: Complete primary vaccination series. If primary vaccination series completed in childhood, one DTaP dose in adulthood.
• Influenza: one dose annually during flu season.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills: 

• Minimum of 1-year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting. 
• 2-years employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting preferred.
• Working knowledge of TDFPS Minimum Standards, and Office of Refugee Resettlement- Division of Unaccompanied Children's Services National Care Standards.
• Some knowledge of computer software, familiarity with or ability to utilize KaleidaCare and MS Office (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and OneDrive). 
• Ability to set and teach trauma informed care practices.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge of human behavior and development preferred.
• Successful completion and implementation of SAMA.
• Possess sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socio-economic characteristics.
• Ability to establish a respectful relationship with persons served in order to help them gain skills and confidence.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members, service providers and professionals.
• Capacity to maintain a helping role and to intervene appropriately in order to meet service goals.
• Demonstrate a commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems.
• Demonstrate a conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Ability to function independently and in a team setting.
• *Bilingual: Fluent in English/Spanish with regards to reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language
• Must pass a criminal background check.

Travel Requirements:

Travel requirements for the position includes 10% local and 10% overnight.

Physical Requirements:

The position requires the following physical demands in the frequency noted.

C = Constantly (2/3 or more of the time) O = Occasionally (Up to 1/3 of the time)

F = Frequently (From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) R = Rarely (less than on hour per week)

Physical Demands

Frequency

Lifting up to 50 pounds

O

Reach above shoulder height

O

Sitting

C

Reach below shoulder height

O

Walking

C

Driving

O

Running

O

Stooping

O

Standing

C

Pushing

O

Bending waist (forward or sideways)

F

Pulling

O 

Balancing

O

Talking

O

Squatting

O

Hearing

O

Climbing

O

Crawling

O

Repetitive motions

O

Disclaimer:

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, etc.) ** This is a Grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability. Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.**

Seton Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To view this and other employment opportunities please visit our website at www.setonhomesa.org. You must apply through our website and complete the application and upload your resume. No phone calls please. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be contacted.