What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Supervisor position at Riverview School?
Residential Supervisor
Riverview School is an independent, coeducational boarding/day school, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Riverview is a leader in educating students with complex language and learning challenges.
We have an immediate opening for a Residential Supervisor. Position is 12-month, full-time, in-person role requiring maturity, leadership, trustworthiness, and a positive, proactive, student-oriented style. The Residential Supervisor will:
- Provide direct and ongoing supervision and training to all residential staff, with particular focus on those staff working in your assigned dormitories
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of your assigned dormitories (2-3 dormitories) with an emphasis on professional rapport, communication, and responsiveness amongst all members of the Riverview community.
- Contribute to the teamwork needed to develop and implement a highly-structured and therapeutic environment designed to promote adolescent normalization while stressing the tenets of preventive discipline and positive reinforcement conducive to meeting the individual needs of students relative to their unique learning styles, social needs, and the fostering of independent living skills.
Desired qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in Human Services or 3 years experience in the field of special education, prior employment within a residential setting providing staff supervision and individualized or small-group instruction to adolescents with special education needs.
Requirements:
- Legal authorization to work in the US
- Valid driver's license
- Suitable background check (CORI, SORI, DCF and fingerprinting required).