Residential Care Supervisor 1

Responsibilities

• serves as team member for policy development & implementation of work rules
• ensures compliance with Medicaid standards & labor contract rules
• resolves labor disputes/matters at first step level
• refers employees to Employee Assistance Program Coordinator
• is responsible for staff training & in-servicing on new policies &/or procedures & other rules & regulations
• monitors implementation of Individual Habilitation Plans for persons with developmental disabilities to ensure they are followed & carried out
• completes & signs employee performance evaluations
• assures attendance of direct care staff at team meetings to develop/revise Individual Habilitation Plans for their assigned residents & ensures adequate staff coverage
• schedules & assigns available relief staff, parttime staff & overtime staff; maintains required minimum staff coverage; aligns relief staff in order of seniority; fills out payroll, overtime & daily employee work schedules
• reviews written documentation regarding resident behavior response & progress as they relate to Individual Habilitation Plan for each assigned resident
• reviews requests for clothing purchases & actual purchases or assigns to direct care staff
• reviews & processes staff incident reports & determines whether additional action is needed
• checks staff log books to ensure completeness
• is responsible for written documentation regarding assigned residents & checks staff's time & attendance
• participates in Individual Habilitation Program/Plans meetings & attends unit managers' meetings
• reviews restraint records to assure proper procedures have been followed
• completes census reports
• investigates & reports all major incidents
• ensures staff compliance with treatment habilitation plans
• relieves supervisors of other units upon request
• maintains supplies & acquisitions of necessary equipment

Qualifications

• 24 mos. trg. or 24 mos. exp. in providing care to patients &/or in participating in development &/or carrying out of patients' habilitation plans & preferably for those who had developmental disabilities or mental disability
• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above