Community Living Supervisor

Job Details:
Level: Management,

Job Location:

1124 - Aberdeen, SD 57401, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: High School, Salary Range: $23.00 - $23.01 Hourly, Job Shift: Day, 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.

Position accountable to:
Director of Community Living Services

Position supervises:
Team Leaders, Direct Support Professionals

FLSA:
Exempt

• 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.

• Performs the tasks that the direct support staff is given.
• Documents when skills have been taught.
• Anticipates staff needs and provides the required tools to do the job well.
• Builds teams and is prepared to mentor employees.

• Effectively communicates with employees and people supported and maintains a professional demeanor, especially when dealing with challenging people or situations.
• Responds appropriately to the needs of others.
• Approaches problems systematically and creates workable solutions that incorporate agency principals into everyday activities.
• In conjunction with other members of the service team, determines specific goals and objectives for people supported, and the methods by which these goals and objectives can be accomplished.

• Meets deadlines without sacrificing supports or quality.
• Applies sound time management principles to own activities and those of employees.
• Schedules employees and resources effectively-ensuring sufficient staffing to provide effective supports.
• Forecasts staffing, budget and resources requirements.
• Reacts appropriately to changes in schedules or forecasted plans.
• Utilizes community resources in the development of programs and services.

• Conducts ongoing formal quality reviews to facilitate an environment of excellent support where employees perform at their best.
• Addresses performance issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Adheres to quality assurance plans and communicates with quality assurance representatives to resolve quality concerns.
• Coaches employees to support quality outcomes and fixes problems quickly to ensure consistency of supports.

Reviews and approves leave requests, time sheets/time cards, activity logs and CTS units, etc.

Responsible for equipment and supply requisition and maintains inventory as required.

Responsible for food and supply purchasing; including fiscal responsibility/management.

• Assisting with teaching of life skills and promoting people’s rights.
• Assisting with lifts and transfers.
• Coordinating, monitoring, and documenting medical…