ASSISTANT SHIFT SUPERVISOR

Responsibilities

• Ensure the provision of compassionate, culturally sensitive services.
• Create a culture of care that stresses therapeutic solutions to crisis.
• Help to create and establish a positive living environment for the clients through implementing the client’s Individualized Behavioral Support Plan and assisting the MHS to implement it.
• Participate in clinical staff meetings and communicate regarding the delivery of treatment services to the house or unit residents.
• Implement with fidelity all personalized interventions indicated in each resident’s Master Plan of Care and assist the MHS with understanding and implementing interventions.
• Maintain the structure, cleanliness and organization of the house or unit while providing direction and supervision to MHS.
• Implement the agency’s milieu model with fidelity and help MHS understand the milieu.
• Provide life skill training to residents as a routine matter in the course of daily living in the house or unit.
• Interact positively with residents, their family members, fellow staff members and all other stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must have a fundamental love for children and a desire to be an agent for change in their lives.
• Must have empathy for others and practice the Golden Rule in relationships with residents and their families, with fellow staff member and with others.
• Must possess a strong work ethic, proven leadership ability, and the desire to have an influential role with staff and residents.
• Must possess strong leadership skills to promote staff unity, staff morale and cooperative relationships among various agency departments.
• Must be actively pursuing a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in a mental health-related field (including, but not limited to sociology, criminal justice, nursing, marriage and family counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychological counseling and other professional counseling); or Have earned a Bachelor’s degree and is a student pursuing a graduate degree in a mental health-related field and have completed at least two courses in that identified field; or Have a high school degree or a GED and have two years of experience providing direct services in a mental health, physical health, social services, educational or correctional setting.
• Must possess a strong sense of personal authority, maturity and integrity for a positive, influential role with children.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, in a diverse range of audiences and settings.
• Must be skilled in conflict resolution and mediation.
• Must have strong verbal and social skills for use with residents and staff.
• Must be committed to the protection of confidential information, records and reports.
• Must be flexible enough to handle the demands of an MHS position while also being responsible for additional supervisory duties as assigned.
• Must be able to create professional boundaries that allow for impartiality in supervision, discipline, and reward.