<p>What You'll Do:</p> <p>JOB DUTIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE: JOB DUTIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE: (These duties are illustrative only. Incumbents may perform some or all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.) In assigned developmental center (i.e., under Department of Developmental Disabilities) is responsible for overseeing all activities on all modules, cottages, houses, multiple living areas or residential buildings on all assigned shifts, supervises lower-level residential care supervisors & trains &/or orients staff (e.g., instructs regarding crisis situations; provides & clarifies work rules & procedures), makes rounds to ensure clients' needs are met, reviews & ensures appropriate charting & documentation, evaluates sanitation & safety of environment, reviews goals, ensures staff compliance with treatment/habilitation plans & developmental center policies, investigates client inquiries, escapes &/or other unusual incidences, completes & signs employee performance evaluations, oversees assigned staff's preparation for participation in interdisciplinary team meetings when applicable & ensures adequate staff coverage (i.e., staff schedules; recommends/authorizes requests for leaves). Prepares &/or maintains various area & patient related documentation (e.g., charts entries on consumer development; progress of habilitation plans; vital statistics; unusual behavior or incidents observed; keeps employee time & sick leave; prepares unusual incident reports of incidences observed; compiles supply orders & orders unit supplies; acquisitions equipment; reports deviations from established procedures to supervisor; maintains supply inventories; reviews restraints records to ensure proper procedures were followed; completes census reports; prepares repair requisitions; prepares monthly report for supervisor regarding employee use of time; reports safety hazards to appropriate department head for necessary action; reports apparent medical problems to registered nurse). Performs various client/consumer or area related miscellaneous tasks; attends &/or assigns staff to attend training meetings & programs; attends interdisciplinary team meetings to participate in habilitation plan development; conducts/attends staff meetings to communicate regarding unit operations; participates in group &/or family counseling sessions; communicates with community agencies; relieves supervisors of other units upon request; provides staff training & in servicing on new policies, procedures, work rules & regulations.</p> <p>24 mos. trg. or 24 mos. exp. in providing direct care to patients &/or in participating in development &/or carrying out of habilitation/treatment plans for patients who had either developmental disabilities or mental disability, 6 mos. of required training &/or experience should have been as ward charge or team leader with responsibility for ensuring other workers performed their duties & ensuring safety of sanitation of assigned work area.</p> <ul> <li>Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above. </li></ul> <p>Job Skills: direct support</p>