Unit Supervisor

Why Join Everstand?

Find joy and purpose in your career. Join an inspired team of professionals who are transforming the lives of youth and enriching communities, one family at a time. Everstand is not a federal or state agency. It is an independent, not-for-profit organization that serves over 1,000 children annually across 12 locations. You will join about 500 teammates across DC, MD, PA, and WV who empower youth and their families to flourish within their community.

The Unit Supervisor provides leadership that embodies Everstand core values and works to maintain a Trauma Responsive Environment. The Unit Supervisor is versed in Everstand’s Theory of Change and implements Everstand policies and procedures to support a safe and nurturing treatment environment. The Unit Supervisor effectively works as a leader on the interdisciplinary team and provides coaching and support to Youth Care Professionals.

• Model and act in accordance with Everstand’s core values: safety, empathy, relationships, and impact.
• Honor differences, acknowledge uniqueness, and amplify all voices.
• Demonstrate and practice Everstand’s leadership mindset, “Choose kindness. Solve problems and learn together. Make it happen.”
• Learn and implement evidence-based practices selected by the organization, which may include attending on- or off-site training, committing to delivery of the practice as expected by Everstand, following practice guidelines with fidelity, and engaging in fidelity monitoring.
• Contributes to the prevention and management of challenging behaviors by implementing the Everstand’s behavior management and therapeutic crisis intervention techniques.
• Promotes effective communication through the timely submission of documentation and weekly team meetings.
• Serve on the Interdisciplinary Care Team for each youth served and working collaboratively with various internal and external partners.
• On a rotating basis, provides effective campus supervision by fulfilling campus supervisory responsibilities at least once per week; this can include overnight and/or weekend shifts.
• Develop daily individualized structure that is tailored to meet the unique needs of a high acuity population, consistent with the age and level of functioning of each resident.
• Promote life skills programming to assist youth towards stabilization and self-regulation as a primary outcome.
• Incorporate a menu of evidence supported group modalities aimed at teaching youth the relational, stress tolerance and impulse control skills needed to be successful in a lesser restrictive environment will be embedded into the daily programming for the unit.
• Ensures that the staff to resident ratio is adequate and consistent with Everstand policy and unit needs. Provide coverage / be part of ratio as necessary to maintain the stated ratio.
• Ensures accurate medication administration, documentation, and safe storage of medication in accordance with the guidelines of the State of Maryland’s Medication Administration.
• Provides support and accountability to Youth Care Professionals through modeling and coaching, frequent guidance sessions and progressive discipline as needed.

• Provides effective supervision to Youth Care Professionals to ensure that childcare direct care services are consistently provided based upon Everstand’s treatment philosophy, mission, practices and policies.

This job operates both in a treatment environment, as well as a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, and filing cabinets.

In the nature of being at a residential and school living environment, there may be times you experience conditions in which challenging behavior can be exhibited from our youth to include but not limited to, physical agitation, physical violence and/or emotional outburst.

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are dependent on the operational need and confirmed by the program supervisor. Each supervisor is expected to work 2 later evening shifts per week and 2…