Community Living Supervisor

Community Home Supervisor

ProBerco is recruiting for Community Home Supervisors to join our team! ProBerco is excited to offer a $2,000.00 new hire sign-on bonus.

Salary starting at $43,888. Now offering shift differentials! Please be advised that pay is dependent upon qualifications and experience.

Competitive benefits

• Paid holidays for full-time employees upon hire
• Health and prescription benefits after 30 days
• Company paid dental and vision benefits after 30 days
• Company paid life insurance after 60 days
• 401k enrollment after 90 days
• PTO and sick time available after 90 days

About ProBerco

ProBerco's employees have been making a difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities for 47 years. Our mission is to enrich the lives of people with disabilities and their families by providing innovative community participation, community living, and employment supports. Our corporate culture is based on the principles of accountability, communication, and trust. The values of compassion, dignity and respect, responsibility, integrity, fairness and justice, innovation, inspiration, aspiration, and teamwork form the foundation for our code of conduct. Our program activities are carried out on-site at multiple locations throughout Berks County.

Position Summary

The supervisor in community living department supervises all employees assigned to one residential site. Supervision of employees includes the training, appraisal, and assigning of duties as well as the coordination of all aspects of care of the residents. The supervisor assumes fiscal responsibility for both the house budget and the petty cash of the residents. The supervisor is responsible for incident prevention, incident management, and incident response. The supervisor uses creativity and flexibility in managing staff and resources. Excellent interpersonal skills and a high level of compassion are necessary as this position works with a diverse population.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications: 1. Bachelor's degree and one year's experience working with people with intellectual disabilities; high school diploma and 4 years' experience. 2. Demonstrated leadership ability. 3. Experience designing outcomes. 4. Experience with assessment instruments. 5. Valid PA driver's license.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide a supportive, caring, safe, and home-like environment by attending to individual needs, respecting differences, and supporting growth and independence. 2. Supervise and assist each program participant with day-to-day activities. 3. Assist with the referral process including visitations and pre-admission meetings; orientation of residents and family/guardian; and completion of initial assessments and recommendations for initial outcomes. 4. Implement individual program planning: including completion of annual and quarterly review forms; establishing, developing, and writing outcomes; implementation and monitoring of outcomes; including the training of staff, and assist in development of specialized programs. 5. Monitor health needs of residents including scheduling and attending annual and occasional appointments, insuring that all required paperwork is accurately completed and submitted in a timely manner. 6. Coordinate supportive services, including initiating referrals, attending meetings with specialists, reviewing documentation, and reporting concerns to specialists. 7. Address immediate problems of the residents in collaboration with program staff, referring concerns to the director. 8. Assist with completion of in-house orientation of new employees. 9. Supervise all personnel assigned to the residential site, including establishing expectations, monitoring of performance with on-the-spot feedback and annual appraisals. 10. Conduct regular staff meetings to disseminate agency and resident information. 11. Schedule staff. Assume responsibility for covering staff shortages and for finding replacement staff in the event of call-offs. 12. Review electronic timecards and ensure timely submission for payroll processing. 13. Ensure compliance with corporate policies and procedures and regulatory compliance. 14. Complete or ensure completion of all required reports and forms, including medical reports, household budgets and resident expenditures, maintenance and repair requests, incident reporting, programmatic reports, meeting minutes, menus, fire safety compliance, and inventory report forms. 15. Complete internal licensing inspections and make preparations for annual state licensing. 16. Host visitors. 17. Communicate all relevant program and personnel information to the director. 18. Attend meetings and professional development programs as required, with a minimum of 24 training hours each training year. 19. Provide transportation to residents as needed. 20. In the event of an emergency or extreme staff shortage, the supervisor may be required to serve as sleepover staff. 21. Regular attendance at work. 22. Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Maintain confidentiality. • Speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, listen and get clarification, and participate in meetings. • Write clearly and informatively and be able to read and interpret written information. • Exhibit objectivity and openness to others' views, provide feedback, contribute to building a positive team spirit, put success of team above own interests, and support everyone's efforts to succeed. • Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness. Look for new ways to improve and promote quality, and apply feedback to improve performance. • Follow safety and security procedures, and report potentially unsafe conditions. • Adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands, change approach or method to best fit the situation, and deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. • Reliability and dependability. • Follow instructions, take responsibility for actions, complete tasks on time.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the supervisor position. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position. • Safety precautions are observed in order to reduce incidents of risk factors for a typical residential setting that is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. Example: avoiding trips and falls, providing back care measures, and observing fire prevention measures. • Frequently required to sit. • May be required to walk on a level surface, an uneven surface, and/or to climb stairs periodically throughout the day. • May be required to reach above the shoulder, below the waist, lift materials to waist height or above throughout the day. Proper lifting techniques are required. • Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 35 lbs. • Required to use close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

ProBerco is an equal opportunity employer.