Group Home Supervisor

REPORTS TO:    

IDD Residential Team Leader or above.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Supervises and coordinates activities of Direct Support employees

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working closely with clinical and professional healthcare staff to maintain communication and provide feedback, standardizing procedures, and expediting the implementation of person-centered plans

• Spending adequate amounts of time in the residential facility monitoring and providing feedback to staff on all three shifts in interactions and relationships with people supported, maintaining harmony between employees clients while serving as a positive role model

• Provides audits for medication administration.

• Resolving employee issues and conducting performance reviews

• Ensuring that employees meet training requirements and attend required events

• Monitoring select budget items and staying within guidelines

• Monitoring and providing feedback to employees during all three shifts in interactions and relationships with the people supported

• Providing after-hours and on-call coverage as part of the direct care rotation

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A high school diploma or equivalent

• One year of experience working with people with developmental disabilities.

• Flexible schedule and availability to provide on-call coverage as needed

• Ability to lift between 20 and 50 lbs. and provide CPR after certification

• CPR, first aid, NCI and/or MedTech certification, a plus

• Must be at least 18 years of age

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Must be able to regularly lift and carry up to 30 lbs. and occasionally pull at least 50 lbs.

• Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop as part of regular job duties.

• Must be able to use hands and fingers to handle or operate objects, tools, or controls.

•  Required to stand and walk for extended periods.

• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from floor level, which requires working on hands and knees, bending, standing, and lifting.

• Vision requirements include close, distance, and peripheral vision.

• Must be able to talk and hear.

• Exception – Deaf and Hard of Hearing Programs: For these programs only, employees must be fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The requirement to talk and hear does not apply.

RHA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, prohibits discrimination based on the following protected categories: race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex/gender, marital status, civil status, domestic partnership status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or disability.