Back End Residential Supervisor

Overview

Manages and coordinates a variety of activities and programs for students of unit team, supervises direct care staff, and oversees the operation of the campus under the supervision of the Assistant Residential Director

Responsibilities

Staff Development

• Provides formal supervision to Residential Counselors in accordance with Crotched Mountain School procedure and submits weekly tracking of this performance to the Assistant Residential Director.
• Oversees orientation of new Residential Counselors, including review of job description and completion of a 180-day evaluation, and checklist.
• Provides staff performance appraisals for assigned Residential Counselors as scheduled, in consultation with the Assistant Residential Director.
• Assesses development needs of the Residential Counselors and provides training when necessary.
• Constructs and provides development and / or corrective action plans for individual supervisees as necessary, and ensures the necessary teaching and tracking.
• Encourages educational and professional development of Residential Counselors.
• Actively seeks to enhance professional knowledge and skills, given the reasonable opportunity to do so.
• Initiates progressive discipline of staff in accordance with Crotched Mountain School procedure, and under the direction of the Assistant Residential Director.

Staffing and Schedule

Residential Programming

In Charge responsibilities

Campus In-Charge

Team In-Charge

Policy, procedures and oversight

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (continued)

Standards of Care

Health and Safety

Documentation

Milieu Leadership

Work Habits

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES :

This job has supervisory responsibilities for all direct care unit staff and all direct care and supervisory staff when acting as the campus in-charge.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE :

Bachelor’s Degree and One year’s experience in human services; or Associate’s Degree with 2 years of experience in human services; or four years of experience in human services with a minimum of Certificate of Achievement from public high school in Massachusetts, documentation of home schooling equivalent to a high school diploma, GED, or High School Diploma. Special training or specific skills; student intern experience or volunteer work may be credited toward experience.

PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES :

Ability to model comfortable and responsible attitudes.  Demonstrates tolerance for discussion of sexual abuse with appropriate terminology.  Models firm guidance without being abusive or aggressive.  Ability to work as a supportive and cooperative team member.  Ability to remain awake and alert while on duty.

LANGUAGE :

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure instructions.  Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students, team members, other employees of the organization, parents / guardians, and outside agency personnel.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS :

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY :

Able to extract the main ideas from instructions and carry them out in appropriate sequence.  Able to analyze the components of problem situations, to understand cause and effect, and to develop plans for solutions.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS :

Requires a current valid driver’s license from state of residence.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee is required to sit.  The employee must perform activities required to participate in physical restraint in relation to the appropriate size of staff and student.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision, and depth perception.  The employee is required to remain awake and alert while on duty.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.