Lead Direct Care Supervisor, NC

Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you have a passion for helping people, or you love to see youth and young adults work hard to reach their full potential?  We have a position for you!  Come work in a highly supportive family like rural setting and work with smaller student body sizes than traditional public schools as a Lead Direct Care Supervisor and contribute to the positive transformation of the at-risk teens in our adolescent residential academy program in Yanceyville, North Carolina!

Make more than a Living, Make a Difference

We are proud to offer:

• Low-Cost Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 19 days of Paid Time Off the first year
• 11 paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan with employer match up to 5%
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid short-term and long-term disability
• Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary term life insurance
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
• PTO Exchange

Extra Benefits

• Meals provided when on duty.

Salary: $54,813

Duties & Responsibilities

• The Lead Direct Care Supervisor is responsible for the supervision and training of Direct Care Supervisors within the program to ensure balanced therapeutic and educational programming occurs.
• Responsible for the awareness of the entire program operation and is ready to assume any duties or responsibilities necessary to ensure successful operation of the groups, direct care supervision, and program.
• The Lead Direct Care Supervisor will collaborate with JJ Case Managers to ensure that all in-house screenings and assessments necessary to formulate a thorough individual service plan are scheduled during the intake phase.  Oversee placement of youth in specific group.
• Participate and evaluate all re-assessments of youth with the Service Team when youth are not responding to completion of service plan goals.

Qualifications

• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Bachelor’s degree, from an accredited College or University, in a social or human service field or Course work in a social or human service field with at least 4 years’ experience working with youth is required.
• Experience with an at-risk youth population and 2 years of supervisory experience is required.
• Ability to travel about property, through wilderness terrain.  Must be able to pass evaluation of crisis intervention/physical restraint techniques and written certification exam, and use approved techniques as needed.  Must be able to participate in aquatic activities.  Ability to transport clients and staff. 

*This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified.

About our Residential Academy:

Eckerd Connects' Short-Term Juvenile Justice Residential program is a complete rehabilitative experience delivered in 4 to 6 months to 40 adjudicated male youth, ages 13 to 17, referred by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Division of Juvenile Justice.  This residential treatment concept combines promising and evidence-based practices with a strong family transition component and signifies a public-private partnership with the Division of Juvenile Justice which has produced an innovative shift in the way youth are served in North Carolina's juvenile justice system.   Intensive, short-term services include individualized treatment and academic plans that combine formal and experiential education, community service, behavioral health, and family counseling in a non-punitive environment designed to address the youth's behavioral challenges through a strength-based approach.  Youth also receive accredited education on-site and work together in small group settings with assigned counselors.

Boys Residential Academy at Boomer

4654 High Rock Road 
Boomer, NC 28606

About Us Video:  https://youtu.be/eL_LDuWsm80?si=q5123gR5vh_ppBCm