Shift supervisor, Social Work

Shift Supervisor

The Shift Supervisor supervises Dorm Coordinators and Residential Advisors. Directs and controls all assigned group living area phases, including the center's dormitory career preparatory program. Demonstrates ongoing commitment to preparing young people for the workforce by modeling, mentoring, and monitoring excellence in the eight Career Success Standards of workplace relations and ethics; information management; communications; multicultural awareness; personal growth and development;

career and personal planning; interpersonal skills and independent living.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates and abides by Aleut Core Values and operating principles.
• Supervise and control group living conditions, evaluate situations and conditions within the dormitory, make decisions or recommendations, and ensure a safe, clean, sanitary, orderly, comfortable, attractive, and productive student living environment.
• Perform administrative duties, such as student Passes, leaves, evaluations, progress, emergencies, termination, etc. Attend meetings and all required training sessions.
• Assists students in adjusting to Center life and making necessary behavior changes to help build social development skills to enhance their ability to obtain employment and maintain a career.
• Communicates with students' families as required to solve problems and ensure students' well-being.
• Coordinates dormitory activities, such as recreation and entertainment on and off-center, dorm competitions, and dorm court, which are vital to student social development and career preparation/orientation.
• Schedule residential staff and substitute staff always to ensure adequate coverage.
• Train, direct, and evaluation of assigned staff. Provides input to the Independent Living Manager regarding staff performance for appraisal.
• Serves as a communication channel between Supervisors, Dorm Coordinators, and Residential staff members.
• Ensure clean-up and always maintain the dormitory. Requisition supplies as necessary to ensure the dormitory is "inspection ready" at all times.
• Coordinate the student dormitory government activities.
• Determine, recommend, and arrange student visits to counselors. Review problems related to assigned students with counselors.
• Assist the Recreation Department with activities and coverage as needed.
• Coordinates career preparation (orientation) program goals with dormitory staff.
• Helps foster the center's behavioral management system, including Job Corps' zero-tolerance policy.
• Maintains student accountability during assigned shifts, including preparing a running log of significant events on the computer.
• Provides cafeteria monitoring coverage, as necessary.
• Identifies facility maintenance needs and initiates appropriate work requests as needed.
• Plans, organizes, and supervises all dormitory career preparation activities. Maintains a published schedule of all organized activities and ensures activities are carried out on a continuous basis.
• Trains and supervises student leaders to assist newer students in adjusting to center life.
• Meets all new arriving students and begins the student career preparation period through formal and informal lessons.
• Works closely with all other departments, including leisure time employment program, leadership training school, and work areas.
• Facilitates small group training sessions on social, life, independent living, and employability skills.
• Provides individual and group guidance on both an informal and formal basis in close coordination with other staff.
• Provides weekly written progress reviews for all students during their first 60 days.
• Cultivate and maintain a climate in the center that is free of harassment, intimidation, bullying, and disrespect to provide a safe place for staff and students to work and learn.
• Clearly communicates and consistently models appropriate CSS and employability skills, including personal responsibility and computer fluency.
• Promote the development of positive social skills through modeling appropriate behaviors and addressing inappropriate behaviors.
• Maintains accountability of staff, students, and property and adheres to safety practices in all areas of responsibility.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent and one year experience working with youth and young adults.
• Prefer one year of experience in dormitory management or work-related field working with at-risk youth.
• Prefer Job Corps experience and one year of…