Direct Care Supervisor - Girls Empowerment Zone

WALKER INC•Roxbury, ME

7d•$25 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

As a Direct Care Supervisor at Walker, you'll work directly with children and youth who are navigating social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. You'll be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team that helps youth feel safe, connected, and ready to grow. Under the guidance of the Director of The Girls’ Empowerment Zone, the Supervisor will be responsible for supervising and providing a therapeutic milieu within the Drop-in Center of the Empowerment Zone, including managing the daily schedule for clients and ensuring therapeutic recreational programming occurs, as well as directly managing the performance of assigned staff, including individual/group supervision and staff evaluations. The Supervisor is expected to provide crisis management within the program.

Requirements

Must be able to successfully pass and apply Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) training
Must be able to successfully complete First Aid/CPR training
Must be able to successfully complete medication training
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to remain calm and make safe decisions in high-pressure situations
Capacity to work effectively in a stressful and fast-paced environment
Ability to learn, retain, and apply principles taught in training and supervision
Physical stamina to participate in activities with children
Ability to stand, walk, and run for extended periods, perform frequent bending, stooping, stretching, lifting, sitting, stairs, typing, and looking at a computer screen
Strong written and verbal communication skills and computer experience is required
Ability to meet deadlines and follow through with multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively as part of a team, including during times of high stress
Successfully complete all background check suitability requirements
Must have reliable transportation
High School diploma or GED required

Nice To Haves

Candidates with relevant lived experience, including experience navigating systems of care, overcoming adversity, or supporting survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking, are strongly encouraged to apply.
Valid MA driver’s license preferred
Associate degree or higher

Responsibilities

Perform in a way that is aligned with the agency mission and core values. This includes but is not limited to services that are trauma informed, relationship based, family involved, developmentally focused, competence centered, and ecologically oriented.
Work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team to further the emotional, behavioral and educational development of children in the Drop-in Center.
In collaboration with Empowerment Zone leadership, assess the structure and schedule and develop plans for supporting and training staff in planning and carrying out different parts of the schedule (meals, activities, homework, etc.).
Understand and adhere to licensing standards within the unit.
In collaboration with Empowerment Zone Directors and clinicians, increase the staff’s understanding of and ability to develop, implement, and evaluate individual support plans for kids.
Work with leadership to increase the use of TCI philosophy and language including early intervention and de-escalation techniques in the day-to-day running of the program.
In collaboration with direct leadership, identify the strengths and areas of growth for individual staff members and teams of staff. The areas to be evaluated should include individual work with children, group management techniques, understanding of child development, work with families, completion of tasks, and teamwork.
Attend Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings, and treatment meetings as needed, to discuss youth’s progress.
Manage the activities schedule when on shift.
Work with the leadership team to identify issues in need of discussion for supervisor meetings.
Assist with communication across shifts (i.e. leadership, staff, and DCF teams).
Participate in staff interviewing and hiring process as assigned.
Assist with conducting training for staff as assigned.
Supervise direct care staff as assigned.
Additional duties as assigned.