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Posted 1 week ago
Direct Support Lead _1254
Sevita
📍 Mesa
Full-time
Job description
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">ResCare Community Living, a part of the Sevita family, provides quality services that empower individuals, enhance independence, and help people live well. Since 1974, we’ve supported individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live more independently at home and in their community. With our dedicated team and experienced staff, we provide person-centered services that help people build skills, overcome challenges, and reach their full potential.</p><br/><br/><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><strong>OUR MISSION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS </strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>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.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">SUMMARY </span></h1>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Provides leadership to Life Skills Trainers (LST) in the residence and in the community and provides direct services to program participants. <br> </p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><strong>ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job: </span></span></em></p>
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<li>Participates in client training to assure client objectives and company goals are achieved.</li>
<li>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.</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: normal;">Replaces, reassigns, or cancels staffing assignments as needed. </span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: normal;">Facilitates residential staff problem solving, provides direct residential staff supervision, and initiates residential staff corrective action interventions, as required. </span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: normal;">Coordinates and completes participant and staff accident/injury/incident report investigation forms for incidents that occur during shift. </span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: normal;">Assumes immediate leadership role in implementing personal intervention, active treatment, and crisis prevention as needs arise during shift/while on community outings. </span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: normal;">Successfully completes mandatory training. Responsible for attending annual/Semi-annual refresher/re-certification courses prior to certification expiration. </span> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Assists with house staffing needs and staff recruitment as required. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Reviews client progress, coordinating and implementing shift objectives and making recommendations to the supervisor. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">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. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: normal;">Provides coaching and leadership to LST’s to ensure that the therapeutic goals are met and that programs are facilitated in a respectful manner.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span> </span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: normal;">Understands and ensures adherence to company policies and procedures; also ensure compliance with relevant external regulatory statutes and standards. </span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Performs other delegated duties as assigned</span></li>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: normal;"> </span> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Leads assigned staff, including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and trainings, as required. Resolves employee problems within position responsibilities. </span><br> </p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job </strong> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong> </strong> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job: </em> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong> </strong> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><em>Education and Experience:</em></strong> </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">High School Diploma or equivalent </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Two years’ experience in providing direct services in the human services field.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><em>Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations Required: </em></strong> </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Current driver's license, car registration and auto insurance if providing transportation for individual receiving services. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Current CPR/First Aid Certification as required. </span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><em>Other Skills and Abilities: </em></strong> </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: normal;">N/A<strong><em> </em></strong></span> </span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><em>Other Requirements: </em></strong> </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><em><span style="white-space: normal;"> </span></em></strong><span style="white-space: normal;">Travel required as needed</span></span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><em>Physical Requirements: </em></strong> </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Medium work</strong><em>.</em> 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. </span></li>
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<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT </strong> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">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</span>.<strong> </strong></p><br/><br/><p style="margin: 0px 0in;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space: normal;">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. <br><br>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. <br> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0in;"><em>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.</em><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;"> </span></p>