Adult Day Services Team Lead

Adult Day Services Team Lead

At Easterseals Redwood, we empower children and adults with disabilities, military veterans, and people facing disadvantages in our region to live full and meaningful lives. Our programs are designed to enrich education, expand employment, enhance health, and elevate our communities. By 2030, 10,000 people each year will say Easterseals Redwood makes their lives better.

Why join Easterseals Redwood as an Adult Day Services Team Lead:

• Starting at $17.50/hour commensurate with experience and education
• PTO and Extended Illness Time
• Health Insurance options
• 401 K Retirement Plan with a company match
• Dental and Vision Insurance options
• Disability Insurance options
• Education and Professional Development Assistance
• Free daily lunch (Kentucky campus)
• Humana Employee Assistance Plan
• 10 Paid holidays
• Growth Opportunities

Position Summary:

This position is oversight of a life skill area/staff supervision and adult training/mentoring and personal care.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leads the delivery of best-practice services in a Life Skill program through planning, scheduling, and staff supervision.
• Plans, provides, and documents programs to support life-long learning, social interaction, purposeful activity, and leisure experiences, including daily activities that support adult learning objectives.
• Daily care services to address basic life needs, including physical handling of adults for wheelchair transfers, positioning, personal hygiene, toileting, dressing, emergency response, and other such tasks depending on the ability of the adults.
• Leads are responsible for the daily operations of their assigned program room and will be held accountable for ensuring that all staff are properly trained and complete the necessary job duties.
• Serves in a dual role to provide direction and supervision for DSPs while sharing all duties related to mentoring, training, and caring for adults in the assigned life skill area.
• Researches age-appropriate curriculum activities and supports DSPs in the activity planning process.
• Leads efforts to create age-appropriate learning centers and room arrangements to support adult learning needs.
• Assures that adult mentors implement planned daily activities across the program day.
• Orients, trains, and mentors DSPs through instruction/modeling of appropriate techniques.
• Assigns tasks. Completes staffing schedule for breaks and vacations to assure effective daily operations.
• Prepares schedules for personal care, community outings, and program activities.
• Implements and manages operational changes in the assigned life skill area to comply with revised regulations.
• Reports staff disciplinary issues that need attention to the assistant director/assigned supervisor or to the division director.
• Provides input to the program manager/director for staff performance evaluations.
• Directs the work of volunteers assigned to the classroom.
• Provides oversight for the accurate and timely completion of all required documentation by DSPs, including attendance records, individualized goals, service notes, reports for the family, incident reports, and food forms.
• Leads team meetings.
• Attends meetings as assigned. Reviews all service plans in order to assure appropriate implementation. Distributes plan information to relevant parties.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Provides and documents programs to support life-long learning, social interaction, purposeful activity, and leisure experiences, including daily activities that support adult learning objectives.
• Demonstrates knowledge of assigned adult's condition. Reads individual files. Reviews assessments, individualized objectives, and performance data. Identifies preferences, means of participation, method of problem-solving, and proficiency of adults in performing various tasks.
• Plans and provides active learning programs for individuals/small groups to support the development of new skills and achievement of learning objectives.
• Uses an integrated teaching approach that embeds opportunities to improve social, communication, cognitive, and motor skills (developmental functions) during practical life activities and routines.
• Expands the range of experience for…