Assistant Supervisor - Resource Center

Assistant Supervisor

YAI is a network of agencies offering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities a comprehensive range of services across all ages. YAI empowers people with disabilities to reach their goals every day. Our enthusiastic staff of 4,000 professionals believes that everyone has a fundamental right to live, love, work, and learn.

The START (Systemic, Therapeutic, Assessment, Resources, and Treatment) model serves people diagnosed with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral health conditions. This comprehensive model of service supports and optimizes independence, treatment, and community living for individuals with I/DD and behavioral health needs.

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Provide the appropriate therapeutically documented level of consumer supervision to ensure and protect the consumer health and safety.
• Utilize the administrative call list to report any concerns about consumer health and safety.
• Provide direct care services to the consumers, including direct counseling, implementation of each individual's treatment plan, training in ADL skills, assistance with personal care, medical, dietary, social, sexual, recreational, financial, habilitative and other needs within the program.
• Know what level of supervision each consumer requires while eating, and ensure that this level of supervision is provided to ensure the health and safety of the consumer.
• Plan, prepare and implement recreational and leisure activities both inside and outside of the residence.
• Ensure the consumer health and safety when in the community. Know what level of supervision each consumer requires in the community.
• Ensure that the consumers receive ongoing medical care as needed as well as to respond to all medical emergencies, assisting the consumer to obtain the appropriate medical treatment.
• Complete and maintain all paperwork and written records related to the consumer treatment.
• Report to their supervisor (or report to the administrative call list) in the event that they are late, or unable to work their shift.
• Care for the maintenance of the residence, including cleaning, upkeep, and general household care.
• Ensure that all pertinent consumer, family, staff and facility related information is communicated effectively between members of the team and between shifts.
• Sign in the log when arriving and sign out when leaving and to remain in the program, and continue working until relieved by the next scheduled shift.
• Know what level of supervision each consumer requires while sleeping, and ensure that this level of supervision is provided to ensure the health and safety of the consumer.
• Provide leadership during their shift, setting the tone and ensuring that the Ten Performance Standards are followed by all staff.
• Train all new staff on the Leve1 competencies, using the EMOE training system and the New Staff Training Flow Sheet, as well as to ensure that they are van certified.
• Plan the recreational activities for the evening and weekend shifts, as well as to plan out all of the logistics for the weekend, ensuring that there is adequate coverage, and that the weekend staff have all pertinent information needed.
• Oversee the weekend, overnight and ancillary staff and is responsible to ensure that they receive regular supervision, all required trainings, ongoing feedback, and written annual evaluations.
• Assist the residence supervisor to ensure that the facility is properly maintained.
• Assist the residence supervisor in maintaining the budget for the program, particularly as it pertains to the recreation, food, household and maintenance lines of the budget.
• Oversee the fire/safety and emergency procedures system.
• Review, monitor and maintain all records.
• Assist the residence supervisor in maintaining all financial records for the consumers and for the program.
• Ensure that there is a schedule of adequate coverage for the program, and that the personnel budget is maintained.
• Attend the monthly Assistant Supervisor Meeting.
• Play a leadership role in working with families, and members of the community as well as at all team meetings, team building efforts, fundraising efforts,…