Assistant Supervisor Residential

Job Summary

The Assistant Supervisor Residential is a hands-on, first level lead role that acts mainly as a senior level direct care staff member. The Assistant Supervisor Residential partners with a team of skilled professionals, youth, and families to provide services that are family-driven, youth-guided, trauma-informed, and culturally competent in various settings in order to help youth reach their full potential. The individual in this position is responsible for the creation of a safe, nurturing, and peaceful environment that provides opportunity for the successful development of life and social skills for clients and families receiving services.

About the Role

• Create a safe, nurturing, and peaceful environment that provides opportunity for the successful development of life and social skills for youth receiving services.
• Recognize and address challenging student/youth behavior utilizing training provided.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to unit staff to ensure proper development, implementation, and documentation of treatment goals and objectives.
• Support organization and communication of youth schedules and activities.
• Manage and appropriately prioritize how to respond in emergency situations.
• Perform the duties of a Youth Care Professional.
• Adhere to funder requirements and regulations at all times.
• Comply with all Hillside policies, procedures and all applicable governmental laws, regulations and guidelines.
• Partner with the Supervisor to delegate tasks in alignment with staff strengths and interests.
• Provide the following supervisory functions, as needed, in the Supervisor’s absence:
  • Schedule and train Residential staff.
  • Organize and communicate youth schedules and routines.
  • Facilitate team meetings and document decision and process changes that occur as a result of meetings.
  • Ensure a safe and sanitary physical living environment.

Essential Job Functions

• Create a safe, nurturing, and peaceful environment that provides opportunity for the successful development of life and social skills for youth receiving services.
• Recognize and address challenging student/youth behavior utilizing training provided.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to unit staff to ensure proper development, implementation, and documentation of treatment goals and objectives.
• Support organization and communication of youth schedules and activities.
• Manage and appropriately prioritize how to respond in emergency situations.
• Perform the duties of a Youth Care Professional.
• Adhere to funder requirements and regulations at all times.
• Comply with all Hillside policies, procedures and all applicable governmental laws, regulations and guidelines.
• Partner with the Supervisor to delegate tasks in alignment with staff strengths and interests.
• Provide the following supervisory functions, as needed, in the Supervisor’s absence:
  • Schedule and train Residential staff.
  • Organize and communicate youth schedules and routines.
  • Facilitate team meetings and document decision and process changes that occur as a result of meetings.
  • Ensure a safe and sanitary physical living environment.

Education & Experience

• A High School Diploma or GED is required.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in a residential care setting is required.

Special Requirements

• CPR certification is required or obtained within 60 days of hire.
• An unrestricted, valid NYS driver’s license for minimum of 1 year with a clean driving record and minimum insurance coverage that meets agency standards is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrate the emotional competence and good judgment required to build productive, engaged children, youth, staff and family relationships while implementing required rules, expectations and routines.
• Ability to complete all required documentation in timely fashion according to established policies and regulations.
• Ability to recognize and address escalating and dysregulated youth behavior and utilizing training provided in behavior management and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) including the use of physical interventions (holds).
• Ability to demonstrate problem-solving and conflict resolution skills with self and others.
• Consistently meet the highest standard for ethical and professional conduct towards all.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Must be able to work a variable scheduling including evenings and weekends.
• Occasional sitting (up to 4 hours), standing (up to 2 hours), walking (up to 2.5 hours), driving (up to 8 hours), balancing (up to 8 hours), bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching forward or down, reaching overhead, running, and twisting (up to 2.5 hours).
• Weekly lifting up to 50 lbs. (community-based staff may be required to lift an empty wheelchair weighing up to 50 lbs.), 10-15 lbs. on a daily basis, carrying up to 55 lbs. approximately 10-100 ft., 10-15 lbs. on a daily basis.
• Manual dexterity is required, including the frequent ability to grasp in both hands and continuous use of fine manipulation skills in both hands (approximately 1-2.5 hrs.).
• Occasional exposure to change in temperature, dust, fumes, gases or chemicals is apparent.
• Protective clothing or equipment as required: close toed shoes; protective shields, universal Precaution PPE, and gloves for toileting and food preparation.
• Ability to change positions as needed.

Special Considerations

• May be required to physically restrain clients weighing between 50 and 300 lbs. and guide them safely to the floor.
• In some circumstances, restraints can last up to 15 minutes and may require repetition as necessary.

Pay

• $23.00 Minimum pay rate, $31.00 Maximum pay rate, based on experience.