Residential Team Lead/F1, F2, Lakewood,Rockcreek/FT/40

About the role

We are hiring for: Residential Team Lead/F1, F2, Lakewood,Rockcreek/FT/40
Reports to: IDD Group Homes Program Manager
Supervisory responsibilities: Supervises Group Home Supervisors and Direct Support Professionals.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and coordinates activities of Direct Support employees and manages operations, staffing and budget of facilities assigned.
• Interviews and hires Direct Support Professionals.
• Prepares employee schedules ensuring that there is adequate staffing coverage at all times.
• Performs all personal care duties that Direct Support perform, such as personal hygiene tasks, meal preparation and goal implementation.
• Spend adequate amounts of time in the residential facility monitoring and providing feedback to staff on all three shifts in interactions and relationships with people supported, maintaining harmony between employees clients while serving as a positive role model.
• Seeks to understand the individuals in the context of their personal history, their social and family networks, and their hopes and dreams for the future.
• Resolves employee issues and conducts performance reviews.
• Maintains and monitors select budget items staying within guidelines.
• Maintains and provides feedback to employees during all three shifts in interactions and relationships with the people supported.
• Provides after-hours and on-call coverage as part of the direct care rotation.
• Ensures that people supported have a clean and maintained home and yard.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of experience working with people with developmental disabilities.
• Flexible schedule and availability to provide on-call coverage as needed.
• CPR, first aid, NCI and/or MedTech certification, a plus.
• Must be qualified as a Habilitation Technician II (med certified) or eligible to be so designated at the first available training after accepting the position.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Must be able to regularly lift and carry up to 20 lbs. and occasionally pull at least 40 lbs.
• Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop as part of regular job duties.
• Must be able to use hands and fingers to handle or operate objects, tools, or controls.
• Required to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from floor level, which requires working on hands and knees, bending, standing, and lifting.
• Vision requirements include close, distance, and peripheral vision.
• Must be able to talk and hear.
• Exception – Deaf and Hard of Hearing Programs: For these programs only, employees must be fluent in American Sign Language (ASL).

Benefits

• Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities