Direct Support Lead

About the role

REM Community Services, a part of the Sevita family, provides community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You'll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived.

Responsibilities

• Participates in client training to assure client objectives and company goals are achieved
• Participates in community outings, house orientation to all new employees, serve as a role model to all house staff assuring that documentation is completed accurately and timely
• Replaces, reassigns, or cancels staffing assignments as needed
• Facilitates residential staff problem solving, provides direct residential staff supervision, and initiates residential staff corrective action interventions, as required
• Coordinates and completes participant and staff accident/injury/incident report investigation forms for incidents that occur during shift
• Assumes immediate leadership role in implementing personal intervention, active treatment, and crisis prevention as needs arise during shift/while on community outings
• Successfully completes mandatory training; responsible for attending annual/semi-annual refresher/re-certification courses prior to certification expiration
• Assists with house staffing needs and staff recruitment as required
• Reviews client progress, coordinating and implementing shift objectives and making recommendations to the supervisor
• Provides for the delivery of services such as skills training, job coaching, behavior management in accordance with the Individual Plan (IP) and/or treatment team
• Provides coaching and leadership to Life Skills Trainers (LST) to ensure that the therapeutic goals are met and that programs are facilitated in a respectful manner
• Understands and ensures adherence to company policies and procedures; also ensure compliance with relevant external regulatory statutes and standards
• Performs other delegated duties as assigned

Supervisory responsibilities

• Leads assigned staff, including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and trainings, as required
• Resolves employee problems within position responsibilities

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Two years' experience in providing direct services in the human services field
• Current driver's license, car registration and auto insurance if providing transportation for individuals receiving services
• Current CPR/First Aid Certification as required
• Travel required as needed
• Physical requirements: Medium work; exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects