What are the responsibilities and job description for the COTTAGE SUPERVISOR position at Apis Services Inc?
Job Title: Cottage Supervisor (Residential)
Location: California, KY
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role:
Do you have a passion for making a difference in others’ lives? Do you believe in the importance of child wellbeing and want to make a difference in their lives? Join our team at Holly Hill Child and Family Solutions! We are a mission-driven organization committed to providing quality services to the children we serve. Holly Hill Child and Family Solutions is seeking a Residential Cottage Supervisor to join our growing team.
The Residential Cottage Supervisor position is responsible for overseeing the daily operations within the cottage setting and assisting the Residential Director with admissions, scheduling and on-boarding of Adolescent Treatment Workers (ATW). The Cottage Supervisor oversees the direct care for residents and performs all duties expected of Adolescent Treatment Workers (ATW). They are charged with training and provide regularly scheduled supervision of assigned ATW’s across all shifts. Provides oversight of employee relations and performance. Ensures regular and updated communications toward program effectiveness. This responsibility includes ensuring compliance with all federal, state and local government regulations as they relate to the department functions. Cottage Supervisors are a collaborative team member and is responsible for meeting regularly with case managers and therapists to ensure a shared understanding and communication of ongoing physical, mental, social, educational, spiritual, and behavioral needs of the youth are being met.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure a safe, trauma informed therapeutic milieu by maintaining an active presence, providing support, role modeling, coaching, supervision and guidance, through behaviors, regular supervision, coaching and corrective action, and completing reviews for all assigned staff.
- Foster team development by overseeing and maintaining staff cohesiveness and functioning through appropriate implementation of the orientation and continued team development.
- Monitor and ensure staff is providing continuous supervision of clients by providing face-to-face contact and support and ensure adequate staff ratios are maintained. Ensure adequate staffing at all times according to licensing requirements (i.e. ratio’s) and accreditation standards.
- Ensure that staff interactions and evidenced based interventions with clients are professional and promote recovery.
- Enforce rules, policies, and regulations of the therapeutic milieu.
- Utilize and oversee the proper use of crisis de-escalation interventions and physical restraint interventions in accordance with agency policy. Comply with emergency and crisis intervention procedures and implements them in a calm and expedient manner.
- Participate in program development and implementation of programmatic changes, improvements, and work procedures.
- Provide guidance to ATW’s in resolving conflicts in the cottages.
- Assist with planning and supervising activities for residents; manage and maintain receipts for activities.
- Keep information about youth and her family confidential; share information only with others who are involved with the child and family on a professional basis, in a professional manner, and only when it serves the best interest of the child. Maintain confidential information in compliance with HIPPA.
- Flexible schedule is required (may include nights, weekends, holidays) and floating on-call responsibilities to support ATWs.
Requirements:
- At least two (2) years of college or a high school diploma/GED.
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Services or related field, preferred.
- One year of work experience with vulnerable at-risk youth.
- Three (3) years plus experience working in a youth treatment setting and two (2) years supervisory experience.
Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies.
Apis Services provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment.
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.
