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About the Role
A Team Lead trains and supervises Direct Support Professional staff, ensures individuals' health, safety, and welfare, enhances the quality of individuals' lives, and supports community inclusion.
Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for supervising all DSPs during shift.
- Organize duties to be completed during shift and delegate to staff according to ability and time.
- Make decisions on unanticipated occurrences during shift.
- Assist in determining when to contact nurse or administrator on call.
- Schedule breaks for staff.
- Provide on-site onboarding, training, and support.
- Assist residents with all aspects of personal care using appropriate level of privacy.
- Provide first aid and nursing assistance as necessary or as requested by nurse or supervisor, reporting nursing and medical needs to a supervisor as needed.
- Provide individual assessment and instruction to residents in daily living skills.
- Lift, transfer and position as prescribed.
- Monitor and dispense medications and adhere to physician’s orders.
- Provide programming as written by Program Coordinator.
- Demonstrate cultural beliefs in daily interactions.
- Communicate programming information to Program Coordinator and Residence Manager as needed.
- Ensure staffing ratios are met at all times.
- Utilize the least restrictive prompting at all times.
- Follow behaviors plans and crisis management plans as written.
- Participate in staff, team, and residence meetings.
- Attend appropriate training in accordance with the agency's personnel policies and maintain required certifications.
- Perform any related duties as assigned.
- Complete timely and accurate documentation as required.
- Contemporaneously and accurately document programming as per policy and procedure manual.
- Accurately document client care and medical information as prescribed.
- Assist with residence cleanliness and upkeep as instructed.
- Follow universal precautions protocols.
- Demonstrate flexibility with scheduling.
- Protect client confidentiality.
- Participate in required trainings.
- Professionally represent Citizen Advocates, Inc. with families, other organizations and the community.
- Follow program policy and procedure manual as written.
- Demonstrate Citizen Advocates cultural beliefs and encourage a supportive workplace environment.
Requirements
- Must be able to lift fifty (50) pounds.
- Must be able to move intermittently throughout the day.
- Must be able to provide personal care to clients.
- Must be able to work in stressful situations.
- Must be able to work in a team environment.
- Travel as needed; mostly for hospital visits.
- Travel as far as Albany, NY.
Skills
- Confidentiality
- Putting individuals first
- Building and maintaining positive relationships
- Professionalism
- Ethical conduct
- Organization
- Patience
Location
- Saranac Lake, NY
Work Type
- Full Time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Three years’ experience working with people with developmental disabilities/mental heath needs
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED
Salary/Compensations
- $18.00 - $23.00 Hourly
About the Company
- Community Living is a 24-hour operation 7 days per week.
- Employment at Citizen Advocates is “at will”.
- We do not guarantee continued or permanent employment.