Direct Support Lead

Res Care Community Living, a part of the Sevita family, provides quality services that empower individuals, enhance independence, and help people live well. Since 1974, we’ve supported individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live more independently at home and in their community. With our dedicated team and experienced staff, we provide person-centered services that help people build skills, overcome challenges, and reach their full potential.

The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve. Therefore, to deliver on our mission, The Network expects every employee to perform his or her job first and foremost in accordance with the Company’s mission.

Provides leadership to Life Skills Trainers (LST) in the residence and in the community and provides direct services to program participants.

• 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

Leads assigned staff, including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and trainings, as required. Resolves employee problems within position responsibilities.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

• 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.

• N/A

• Travel required as needed

• Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the…