Direct Care Supervisor - Youth Care - Residential Treatment Center

The Direct Care Supervisor provides leadership in conjunction with the House Manager in the overall management of the living unit. This model reflects the mentoring, coaching, and support of Direct Support Professionals. The supervisor facilitates the delivery of the program to assist individuals in acquiring the skills and self-esteem needed to establish and achieve personal goals.  

Primary Duties & Essential Functions

• Monitors, maintains, and utilizes sound working knowledge of all program standards (OCFS, CSE, and HIPAA).
• Attends Orientation, Residential Day, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, CPR/First Aid and Med Training.
• Completes/Delegates: monthly house audit, monthly fire drills, OCFS annual fire safety audit.
• Provides individual supervision to employees per agency standards.
• Provides a positive role model to staff and individuals receiving services.
• In conjunction with Staff Development, ensures staff receive appropriate training and provides training as signed.
• Familiarizes self and others with each individual's service plan.
• Will ensure census is completed before the end of shift.
• Maintains an environment that is safe by ensuring agency policies are upheld.
• Provides care to individuals in an empowering culture.
• Implements the program's daily schedule and ensures completion of routines and life skill activities.
• Ensures that the daily schedule incorporates recreational and community activities.
• Dispenses and/or oversees the dispensing of medication. Monitors procedures, ensuring that medications are inventoried and reordered as needed, in collaboration with nursing staff.
• Participates in the Treatment Team, Clinical Management meetings, house issues & clinical groups.  Facilitating meetings as delegated.
• Oversees allowance, individual accounts, and all other funds connected to the living unit or service.
• Preparing daily checklists.
• Ensuring all receipts are processed and forwarded to the cottage.
• Ensures dietary standards are followed, i.e., appropriate snacks, portion size, and adherence to the menu.
• Oversees the purchasing of household supplies, program supplies, and clothing.
• Oversight of home visit transportation.
• Provides a brief for assigned shift.
• Awareness of the location of all individuals.
• Review individual logs and ledgers to ensure completion.
• Follows through on supervisory issues, corrective action plans, and supervisory memos.
• Ensures yearly physicals for staff are completed.
• Ensures that fire drills and environmental checklists are completed and forwarded to the appropriate department.
• Creates an environment of care which reflects the individuality of the individuals in care.
• Trains and provides staff with feedback on standards of cleanliness.

 Required Education, Knowledge and Skills

• High school diploma/GED required.
• Associate's degree preferred.
• Promotes and supports cultural diversity and is sensitive to those served.
• Has a high level of organizational skills.
• Basic computer literacy.

Abilities and Working Conditions

• Fit for Duty Physical - required annually.
• Must be available to work a 40-hour workweek - may include one weekend day or evening shift, additional hours of coverage, or holiday(s) that fall on your shift. 
• Must be able to lift 25 pounds.
• Must be able to stand and run for moderate periods of time.
• Must have a valid NYS driver's license with a clean MVR. 
• Must be able to perform restraints and maintain TCI certification.
• Willingness to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.

Pay: starting at $24.00 an hour, increasing based on education and experience.

Vanderheyden is committed to the National Sanctuary Model - a blueprint for clinical and organizational change which, at its core, promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community.  The Sanctuary Model's focus is not only on the people who seek services, but equally on the people and systems that provide those served.

Vanderheyden Hall Inc., as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, military or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, prior arrest or conviction record or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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