Direct Support Lead _1254

Sevita
  • Kansas City, KS
    1 day ago

    Job Description

    REM Community Services, a part of the Sevita family, provides community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You’ll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived. 


    OUR MISSION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

    The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve.  Therefore, to deliver on our mission, The Network expects every employee to perform his or her job first and foremost in accordance with the Company’s mission.

    SUMMARY

    Provides leadership to Life Skills Trainers (LST) in the residence and in the community and provides direct services to program participants.
     

    ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

    The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

    • Participates in client training to assure client objectives and company goals are achieved.
    • Participates in community outings, house orientation to all new employees, serve as a role model to all house staff assuring that documentation is completed accurately and timely.
    • Replaces, reassigns, or cancels staffing assignments as needed.
    • Facilitates residential staff problem solving, provides direct residential staff supervision, and initiates residential staff corrective action interventions, as required.
    • Coordinates and completes participant and staff accident/injury/incident report investigation forms for incidents that occur during shift.
    • Assumes immediate leadership role in implementing personal intervention, active treatment, and crisis prevention as needs arise during shift/while on community outings.
    • Successfully completes mandatory training. Responsible for attending annual/Semi-annual refresher/re-certification courses prior to certification expiration.
    • Assists with house staffing needs and staff recruitment as required.
    • Reviews client progress, coordinating and implementing shift objectives and making recommendations to the supervisor.
    • Provides for the delivery of services such as skills training, job coaching, behavior management in accordance with the Individual Plan (IP) and/or treatment team.
    • Provides coaching and leadership to LST’s to ensure that the therapeutic goals are met and that programs are facilitated in a respectful manner.                                                          
    • Understands and ensures adherence to company policies and procedures; also ensure compliance with relevant external regulatory statutes and standards.
    • Performs other delegated duties as assigned

     

    SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

    Leads assigned staff, including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and trainings, as required. Resolves employee problems within position responsibilities.
     

    Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job

     

    The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

     

    Education and Experience:

    • High School Diploma or equivalent
    • Two years’ experience in providing direct services in the human services field. 

    Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations Required:

    • Current driver's license, car registration and auto insurance if providing transportation for individual receiving services.
    • Current CPR/First Aid Certification as required.

    Other Skills and Abilities:

    • N/A

    Other Requirements:

     

    •      Travel required as needed

     

    Physical Requirements:

    • Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

    AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT

    External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.



    Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

    We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.
     

    As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationKansas City, KS

    Skills

    • CPR Certificationunmatched
    • Career Counselingunmatched
    • Coachingunmatched
    • Crisis Interventionunmatched
    • Customer Trainingunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Driver's Licenseunmatched
    • First Aidunmatched
    • Geneticsunmatched
    • Healthcareunmatched
    • IP (Internet Protocol)unmatched
    • Investigative Reportsunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Performance Analysisunmatched
    • Performance Reviewsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • Service Deliveryunmatched
    • Staff Corrective Actionunmatched
    • Staff Requirementsunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched

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