Bilingual Weekend Supervisor

Description

Mission: The Mission of St. PJ's Children's Home is to be a safe and loving refuge for children in crisis and to accompany them on their journey to healing and wholeness, breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect one child at a time.

Summary:

The Weekend Supervisor, under the general direction of the Lead Supervisor, is responsible for the coordination and implementation of direct care operations in a manner that promotes best practices and facilitates the optimum delivery of quality trauma informed care and services to UC. The Weekend Supervisor is responsible for the hiring, training and supervision of direct care staff, and the direct supervision of the direct care staff and leads for the weekend shifts. The Weekend Supervisor must maintain adequate direct care staffing levels at all times to ensure that UC’s physical, social, emotional, educational, and recreational needs are met in accordance with agency policy, TDFPS Minimum Standards and ORR Policy.

Position Responsibilities:

• *Communicating expectations to  direct care staff as it relates to trauma informed care and accomplishing program goals;
• *Scheduling direct care staff in a manner that meets licensing requirements and ensures the safety of UAC;
• *Ensuring completion of documentation in accordance with agency policy, TDFPS Minimum Standards and ORR Policy; 
• *Conducting on the floor observations to monitor interactions and model trauma informed care values;
• *Providing direct care staff with timely verbal and  written feedback as it relates to job performance;
• *Ensuring direct care staff meet training requirements;
• *Maintaining the safety and well-being of      children through supervision, adherence to program policies, and appropriate interventions. This may include the use of approved crisis management techniques, such as physical containment, when necessary to protect the child or others from harm.”
• Reviewing work schedules and assignments;
• Ensuring direct care staff are actively working with UC in an array of areas to include: social skills, emotion regulation, academics, problem solving, personal hygiene, life skill development;
• Ensuring a safe, clean and organized living environment for the UC; 
• Ensuring adherence to medication administration procedures;
• Completing other duties as assigned in absence of the Evening and Lead Supervisors;
• Assuming on-call duties after regular business hours, including nights, weekends and holidays;
• Actively participating in the enhancement and/or improvement of the living and working environment for residents and employees;
• Responsible for protecting the confidentiality of any information or material obtained in the service      with the organization to include but not limited to client names and      information, services rendered to clients, donors names and gifts, internal and external investigations or results of any investigations, and      financial information;
• Adherence to the Code of Conduct and the Faith and Moral Policy is mandatory;
• Every employee is required to take a solution-oriented approach in their interactions and undertakings,      as well as being a team member that promotes collaboration and commitment to the Mission and Vision of the organization.
• Attendance and successful completion of a 10-day New Employee Orientation is mandated for the      position. The inability to meet this requirement will conclude employment with the Agency
• Other duties as assigned by the Shelter Supervisor, Program Director and Assistant Program Director.

Competency

Adaptability

Building Collaboration

Developing Others

Leadership

Performance Management

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in the behavioral sciences, human services or social service fields; or
  • Minimum high school diploma or equivalent plus one year of supervisory experience in the aforementioned fields. 
• Experience
  • Minimum one- year experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting;
  • Experience working with children in a residential setting preferred. 
• License and Credentials
  • Reliable transportation;
  • Valid driver license;
  • Valid vehicle insurance.

Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children;

• Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a re