Direct Care Supervisor - Adult Care

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary: Direct Care Supervisors and the House Manager supervise a supportive adult apartment program by supervising staff and facilitating individuals receiving services to acquire independence skills and self-esteem needed to establish and achieve personal goals. Full-time, awake position.  

Primary Duties & Essential Functions:

• Develops, maintains, and utilizes a sound working knowledge of regulations of the governing agency.
• Sound working knowledge of Vanderheyden policies, practices, and systems.
• Knowledge of Vanderheyden mission.
• Working knowledge of management practice.
• Adheres to the DSP Code of Ethics.
• Demonstrates the ability to meet the OPWDD Core Competency standards and ability to observe and provide feedback to others on performance of OPWDD Core Competency standards within OPWDD programs.
• Maintains current with all required trainings.
• Safely transports individuals as assigned per level of supervision required.
• Provides direct support to individuals as needed and necessary.
• Completes all assignments thoroughly and in a timely manner.
• Maintains confidentiality of staff, individuals served, and their families.
• Ensures supervision is completed according to agency standards.
• Completes assignments as assigned by supervisor or designee.
• Reflects a positive approach towards individuals receiving services, their families, the job, and other service providers.
• Can plan effectively and take action without ongoing prompts.
• Keeps supervisor informed of program status and potential issues.
• Makes sound decisions within the realm of responsibility.

Required Education, Knowledge and Skills:

• 1 year of experience as a Direct Support Professional.
• High school diploma/GED or associate's degree, preferably in the Human Service field, preferably with a similar population.

Abilities and Working Conditions:

• Must be available to work a minimum 40-hour work week.
• Must be able to lift 25 pounds.
• Must be able to stand and run for moderate periods of time.
• Must have a valid NYS driver's license with clean MVR.
• Must be able to perform physical interventions and maintain SCIP certification
• Willingness to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.
• Maintains medication administration certification per program standards.
• Work weekend and evening hours as outlined in schedule.
• Can adequately communicate orally and in writing.
• Basic computer literacy
• Promotes and supports cultural diversity and is sensitive to those served.

Pay: $24.00 - $25.75 an hour based on education and experience.

Vanderheyden is committed to the Sanctuary Model - a blueprint for clinical and organizational change which, at its core, promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community.  The Sanctuary Model's focus is not only on the people who seek services, but equally on the people and systems that provide those services.

  Vanderheyden Hall Inc., as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, military or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, prior arrest or conviction record or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.