Site Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Summary/Objective

This supervisor person is responsible to the Residential Manager to provide direct programming and support services to individuals with developmental disabilities and to supervise residential staff assigned to the individual’s home.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Performs in-home training with the Direct Support Professional and is responsible for related household chores (supplements individuals training and incompetency); transports individuals as needed; operates vehicles safely; ensures the proper ordering and dispensing of medication as ordered by the physician; ensures the implementation of medical treatments as ordered by the physician; attends in-service training programs and staff meetings as scheduled.

• Ensures and supervises the safety, health and well-being of all individuals; ensures preparation of nutritious meals; reports unusual incidents and communicates unusual medical situations as requested; performs first aid and other nursing procedures as trained and designated; ensures that individual's personal and household possessions are maintained and in good repair; maintains household files for compliance with applicable state and federal standards as needed.

• Oversees and participates in the provision of direct care; Supervises assigned employees; recommends assignments; transfers, promotions, disciplinary actions and other personnel actions; evaluates employee performance; implements and supervises Individual Service Plans with the assistance of the interdisciplinary team; supervises and implements the service checklist. Ensures that documentation of services is thorough and accurate. Coordinates, implements and insures proper medical treatment as directed by physicians and nursing staff. Maintain the implementation of CQL.

• Maintains accurate accounting of resident funds and expenditures; performs in-service training to employees within the home as assigned as identified in the ISP.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: Must be at least 18 years of age; High School Diploma or equivalent; Associate’s Degree preferred

Licensure/Certification: Multimedia First Aid, CPR—adult, child & infant; delegated nursing;

valid Ohio Driver’s License – Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Experience: Two years experience working with developmentally disabled individuals; supervisory experience preferred.

SPECIAL SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to communicate in English – including spoken (either face-to-face or over the phone) and in writing

• Must be detail oriented and have competent literacy and writing, documentation, communications and interpersonal abilities.

• Must be able to use tools and equipment as required – including pushing/pulling wheelchairs, lifting consumers with hoyer lifts

• Will be responsible for on-call for groups as assigned.

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical activities for this position involve:

• Balancing

• Stooping

• Pulling

• Pushing

• Standing

• Kneeling

• Reaching

• Lifting(up to 50 lbs)

• Carrying(up to 50 lbs)

• Crouching

• Crawling

The essential sensory and communicative activities include:

• Feeling

• Seeing

• Speaking

• Hearing

An individual in this position will be exposed to the following environmental conditions when performing duties:

• Inside Environmental Conditions

• Outside Environmental Conditions

• Exposure to Blood

• Exposure to Bodily Fluids

• Combative Residents