What are the responsibilities and job description for the Adult Day Services Co-Team Lead (FT) position at Easterseals Redwood?
Who is Easterseals Redwood?
Here at Easterseals Redwood, we believe that uniqueness is power. We change the way the world views and defines disability by making profound and positive differences in people's lives every day. In Greater Cincinnati, we do this with a focus on building a more diverse and inclusive workforce and community. We break down barriers for people with disabilities, veterans, and people with economic disadvantages. Easterseals Redwood is an engine for opportunity. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive human services providers in the region.
Values: Courage, Tenacity, Growth, and Diversity
Why join Easterseals Redwood as an Adult Day Services Co-Lead:
Here at Easterseals Redwood, we believe that uniqueness is power. We change the way the world views and defines disability by making profound and positive differences in people's lives every day. In Greater Cincinnati, we do this with a focus on building a more diverse and inclusive workforce and community. We break down barriers for people with disabilities, veterans, and people with economic disadvantages. Easterseals Redwood is an engine for opportunity. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive human services providers in the region.
Values: Courage, Tenacity, Growth, and Diversity
Why join Easterseals Redwood as an Adult Day Services Co-Lead:
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- PTO and Extended Illness Time
- Health Insurance options
- 401 K Retirement Plan with a company match
- Dental and Vision Insurance options
- Disability Insurance options
- Education and Professional Development Assistance
- Free daily lunch (Kentucky campus)
- Humana Employee Assistance Plan
- 10 Paid holidays
- Growth Opportunities
About being an Adult Day Services Co-Lead at Easterseals Redwood:
- This position serves a dual role of supporting the Team Lead of life skills program room and providing direct support to the individuals served in that program room.
- Supports the Team Lead in the delivery of best-practice services in a Life Skills program room through planning, scheduling, and delegating work activities to direct support professionals.
- Assists Team Lead to ensure required documentation is completed in a timely manner per licensing requirements, including attendance, daily notes, and personal care logs.
- Assists Team Lead to provide programs to support life-long learning, social interaction, purposeful activity, and leisure experiences, including daily activities that support adult learning objectives.
- Provides daily care to individuals services to address basic life need, including physical handling of adults for wheelchair transfers, positioning, personal hygiene, dressing, emergency response, and other such tasks depending on the ability of individual served.
- Demonstrates knowledge of individuals served by reading individual files, reviewing assessments, individualized goals and performance data, identifies preferences, means of participation, method of problem solving, and proficiency in performing various tasks.
- Uses integrated teaching approaches that embed opportunities to improve social, communication, cognitive, and motor skills during practical life activities and routines.
- Uses appropriate prompting techniques to foster increased independence for functional tasks.
- Follows and supports DSPs to follow the daily training schedule.
- Shapes the development of appropriate behavior and social interaction skills by encouraging communication with others, modeling positive social skills, redirecting, and purposefully mentoring development of personal and social responsibility.
- Teaches and models conflict resolution and assertiveness. Guides adults in applying concepts in interaction with others.
- Implements and supports DSPs to implement behavior management programs as directed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What Easterseals Redwood needs from our an Adult Day Services Co-Lead::
- High School Diploma or GED
- Two-years’ experience working with individuals with disabilities
If you’re someone who is passionate about making a difference and would like the opportunity to do just that every day, a career at Easterseals Redwood may be for you. We are currently hiring and encouraging anyone interested in becoming part of an organization with a mission-driven, relationship-focused, joy-filled culture to apply.
- We are a drug-free workplace.
