Community Living Supervisor

ASPIRE INC•Aberdeen, SD

1d•$23 - $23•Onsite

About The Position

The Community Living Supervisor position is responsible for administering agency policies, programs and practices, which includes planning, organizing, developing, implementing, coordination, and directing supports provided by employees in the residential environment.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age
Minimum of 2 years of college education in human services or closely related field, OR Minimum four (4) years of experience in the human services field, OR Any combination of education, experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Basic fluency in oral and written English and fine finger dexterity
Pass qualifying criminal background checks which includes motor vehicle driving records.
Pass a pre-employment drug screening.
A valid driver’s license and evidence of insurability is required upon hire.
Must have a safe driving record, have at least 3 years of driving experience, and be insurable under our insurance.
Employees must successfully complete all required agency training in the required time allotted, and recertify annually.
Ability to perform CPR and Non-Violent Crisis Intervention(NVCI).

Nice To Haves

Upon hire, employees are subject to random and reasonable suspicion testing per Aspire Inc.’s Drug Free Workplace Policy

Responsibilities

Administering agency policies, programs and practices.
Planning, organizing, developing, implementing, coordinating, and directing supports provided by employees in the residential environment.
Conducting interviews of applicants seeking employment.
Facilitating difficult conversations and having authority to hire or discharge employees.
Overseeing/developing scheduling of open shifts and current employees.
Providing general agency and job specific orientation and training for new employees.
Supporting and scheduling on-going employee development.
Coordinating and conducting employee performance evaluations with department staff.
Facilitating staff meetings and promoting teamwork and delegating tasks and responsibilities.
Coordinating and implementing employee retention strategies.
Being available to consult/direct employees via the phone/email at all hours.
Coaching and directing employees by demonstrating and teaching the skills needed to perform required tasks.
Performing the tasks that the direct support staff is given.
Documenting when skills have been taught.
Anticipating staff needs and providing the required tools to do the job well.
Building teams and mentoring employees.
Exhibiting a customer service orientation.
Effectively communicating with employees and people supported and maintaining a professional demeanor, especially when dealing with challenging people or situations.
Responding appropriately to the needs of others.
Approaching problems systematically and creating workable solutions that incorporate agency principals into everyday activities.
Determining specific goals and objectives for people supported, and the methods by which these goals and objectives can be accomplished.
Utilizing needed resources and staffing levels to meet expectations.
Meeting deadlines without sacrificing supports or quality.
Applying sound time management principles to own activities and those of employees.
Scheduling employees and resources effectively-ensuring sufficient staffing to provide effective supports.
Forecasting staffing, budget and resources requirements.
Reacting appropriately to changes in schedules or forecasted plans.
Utilizing community resources in the development of programs and services.
Focusing on quality continuously in the performance of daily activities.
Conducting ongoing formal quality reviews to facilitate an environment of excellent support where employees perform at their best.
Addressing performance issues in a timely and professional manner.
Adhering to quality assurance plans and communicating with quality assurance representatives to resolve quality concerns.
Coaching employees to support quality outcomes and fixing problems quickly to ensure consistency of supports.
Reviewing and approving leave requests, time sheets/time cards, activity logs and CTS units, etc.
Being responsible for equipment and supply requisition and maintaining inventory as required.
Being responsible for food and supply purchasing; including fiscal responsibility/management.
Providing direct support to people with disabilities as dictated by the service plan and role modeling such supports to staff.
Assisting with teaching of life skills and promoting people’s rights.
Assisting with lifts and transfers.
Coordinating, monitoring, and documenting medical supports needed.
Assisting with personal care supports, dietary needs and concerns.
Communicating and interacting with people supported.
Monitoring and maintaining a safe physical environment, practicing appropriate emergency procedures (fire and tornado drills).
Providing financial assistance and education.
Developing and demonstrating positive behavior supports.
Demonstrating the importance of people being active in their community and facilitating community inclusion ensuring employees understand their role in the process.
Maintaining a working environment that reduces risk for employees and people supported.
Maintaining cleanliness of the residential environment.
Conducting monthly inspections and preventative maintenance.
Intervening with immediate medical, behavior or emergency situations.
Safely using and maintaining on-the-jobs tools (for example, chemicals, equipment, hoyers) and communicating their safe use to employees.
Training employees on safety requirements.
Performing safety plan reviews with employees.
Maintaining Material Safety Data Sheets.
Responding to employee incident and worker’s compensation reports appropriately and timely.
Monitoring interpersonal dynamics among employees to ensure a team atmosphere and to prevent workplace violence.
Providing supports to people supported including, but not limited to budgeting, paying bills, and other financial supports developing and managing household budgets, providing input on materials or services to be purchased and completing ledgers and audits of finances for the household and for people supported.
Embodying the mission and vision of the agency.
Treating all employees, colleagues, and people supported with respect and dignity.
Understanding and applying fair practices in all personnel issues.
Making ethical decisions at all times.
Complying with and implementing current state regulations as applicable, agency policies and procedures, accreditation standards, and protection of rights for people supported.
Co-planning, conducting, and attending extracurricular activities, workshops, in-services, classes, ISP’s and meetings as necessary.
Serving on and/or chairing agency committees, focus groups, etc as necessary.
Providing agency tours and presentations as necessary.
Transporting people supported throughout the community and picking up/delivering supplies and accompanying people supported to appointments when needed.
Serving as an on-call supervisor when needed or assigned.