DSP Supervisor

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides personal care and assists individuals served with self-help skills to include toileting, grooming, feeding, bathing, dressing, etc.
• Observes and records data to document progress of individuals served toward objectives.
• Uses appropriate behavior modification techniques to manage undesirable behavior of individuals served.
• Reviews recommendations for positioning of individuals served, transfers, use of adaptive equipment, feeding protocols, etc. and demonstrates good understanding of the needs of each individual served.
• Proactively communicates any questions or concerns.
• Safeguards individuals served by ensuring they are dressed and ready on time for clinic, medical appointments, and other activities.
• Accompanies individuals on outings as requested.
• Demonstrates understanding that children never stop learning, therefore assists individuals served with leisure time activities by interacting with them, encouraging social interactions, and by organizing/leading/initiating activities and games.
• Cooperates with coworkers and other departments to provide individuals served with a nurturing and supportive living environment.

Program Oversight

• Assigns DSPs to care teams and ensures staff have a clear understanding of each individual’s needs and expectations.
• Ensures staff follow work and program schedules and are in assigned locations at all times.
• Directs work of DSPs on shift to ensure each individual’s goals and objectives are implemented and documented accurately.
• Ensures DSPs remain engaged with individuals served and carry out scheduled programming activities during leisure time.
• Ensures DSPs are aware of and adhere to recommendations for positioning, transfers, use of adaptive equipment, feeding protocols, etc. as they provide support, care and assistance to individuals served.
• Ensures DSPs implement behavior programs appropriately.
• Assigns and directs general duties including straightening and cleaning day rooms, wiping down wheelchairs, emptying trash, and cleaning/putting toys away.
• Attends program meetings as requested by DSP Manager or program director, and provides input as needed in the development and review of IPP.
• Immediately notifies nurse of any indication of client medical problems.

Compliance and Quality

• Promotes quality services and awareness among DSPs by observation and conducting random quality checks.
• Maintains quality of work of staff including cleanliness and safety of individuals served, implementation of training plans for individuals served, adherence to recommendations on application and use of adaptive equipment, and documentation.
• Ensures program’s compliance with all applicable Easterseals Arkansas (ESA) policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, specifically including, but not limited to the Office of Long-Term Care, and other licensing and certification agencies.
• Responds promptly and constructively to concerns raised from individuals served, families, or employees.
• Reviews and evaluates the quality of services being provided and works with staff to improve program quality, effectiveness, and efficiency.
• Ensures proper processes are followed for reporting incidents, injuries, or complaints, including escalation to the department manager or program Director.

Human Resources Management

• Ensures staff are trained and job expectations are clearly communicated.
• Documents any concerns related to job performance and communicates these concerns to the DSP Manager.
• Assists in maintaining proper staff coverage, working directly with DSP Manager.
• Reviews daily staff assignments and makes alternate assignments in the absence of regular staff, with approval of the DSP Manager.
• Provides input and supporting documentation, as applicable, to DSP Manager regarding concerns about time and attendance.
• Supervises agency staff, ensuring they have received adequate training to perform their job, keeps DSP Manager informed of agency staff job performance.
• Participates in staff performance feedback, as directed DSP Manager.
• Assists DSP Manager with recruitment, interviewing and on-boarding of new staff, as directed.
• Provides feedback to DSP Manager on 90-day and annual employee evaluations.
• Completes evaluations as directed by the DSP Manager.
• Assists DSP Manager in ensuring time and attendance records are kept up to date and attendance concerns are addressed in a timely manner.

Compliance/HIPAA

• Complies with all federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to Easterseals Arkansas.
• Respects client protected health information for persons directly served by this position.
• Does not attempt to access any other protected health information unless otherwise approved by Supervisor or Privacy Officer.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Associate degree or higher preferred.
• Six months direct care experience and/or training required.
• Two years supervisory experience preferred.
• May substitute associate or bachelor’s degree in related field for one year of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of behavior modification techniques.