Direct Support Lead

Sevita•Benton, AR

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides leadership to Life Skills Trainers (LST) in the residence and in the community and provides direct services to program participants. This role involves ensuring client objectives and company goals are achieved, participating in community outings, orienting new employees, serving as a role model, and ensuring accurate and timely documentation. The position also requires managing staffing assignments, facilitating staff problem-solving, providing direct supervision, initiating corrective actions, investigating incidents, and implementing personal intervention, active treatment, and crisis prevention.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Two years’ experience in providing direct services in the human services field.
Current driver's license, car registration and auto insurance if providing transportation for individual receiving services.
Current CPR/First Aid Certification as required.

Responsibilities

Participates in client training to assure client objectives and company goals are achieved.
Participates in community outings, house orientation to all new employees, serve as a role model to all house staff assuring that documentation is completed accurately and timely.
Replaces, reassigns, or cancels staffing assignments as needed.
Facilitates residential staff problem solving, provides direct residential staff supervision, and initiates residential staff corrective action interventions, as required.
Coordinates and completes participant and staff accident/injury/incident report investigation forms for incidents that occur during shift.
Assumes immediate leadership role in implementing personal intervention, active treatment, and crisis prevention as needs arise during shift/while on community outings.
Successfully completes mandatory training.
Responsible for attending annual/Semi-annual refresher/re-certification courses prior to certification expiration.
Assists with house staffing needs and staff recruitment as required.
Reviews client progress, coordinating and implementing shift objectives and making recommendations to the supervisor.
Provides for the delivery of services such as skills training, job coaching, behavior management in accordance with the Individual Plan (IP) and/or treatment team.
Provides coaching and leadership to LST’s to ensure that the therapeutic goals are met and that programs are facilitated in a respectful manner.
Understands and ensures adherence to company policies and procedures; also ensure compliance with relevant external regulatory statutes and standards.
Performs other delegated duties as assigned.