Yai

Special education school with integrated therapies

Assistant Supervisor - Resource Center

Residential & Direct SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeKingston, NY, USA$23.10 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, or another human-service-related field is required.
At least two years of experience working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavioral health needs are required.
Exceptional interpersonal, problem-solving, communication, and creativity skills are preferred.
Knowledge of using creative arts for therapeutic purposes is preferred.
Exceptional time-management skills are preferred.
Willingness to take initiative is preferred.
A highly flexible personality is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide the therapeutically documented level of consumer supervision needed to protect consumer health and safety, providing maximum supervision whenever the required level is unclear or unknown.
Use the administrative call list at any time to report concerns about consumer health and safety.
Provide direct care, including counseling, implementation of individual treatment plans, activities of daily living training, personal care, and assistance with medical, dietary, social, sexual, recreational, financial, habilitative, and other program needs.
Know and provide each consumer's required supervision while eating, and prepare food in accordance with individualized dietary and feeding instructions.
Plan, prepare, and implement recreational and leisure activities inside and outside the residence.
Ensure consumer health and safety in the community, provide required supervision, prevent consumers from wandering away, and assist them in navigating community surroundings.
Ensure consumers receive ongoing medical care as needed and respond to medical emergencies by helping consumers obtain appropriate treatment.
Complete and maintain consumer-treatment documentation, including medical and treatment records, progress reports, data collection, behavior and incident reports, billing records, log notes, and written communications.
Notify the supervisor or administrative call list when late or unable to work a shift, with notice before the shift starts to maintain minimum program coverage.
Maintain the residence through cleaning, upkeep, and general household care.
Communicate relevant consumer, family, staff, and facility information among team members and shifts using in-house communication systems.
Sign in upon arrival and sign out upon leaving, remain at work until relieved by the next scheduled shift, maintain minimum program coverage, and report any coverage shortfall to the supervisor or administrative call list.
Provide required supervision to consumers while they sleep, conduct consumer and facility checks on overnight shifts at frequencies determined by individual and program needs, and document checks when needed.
Provide leadership during the shift and ensure staff follow the Ten Performance Standards.
Train new staff on Level 1 competencies using the EMOE training system and New Staff Training Flow Sheet, and ensure staff are van certified.
Plan recreational activities for evening and weekend shifts and coordinate weekend logistics, coverage, and information handoffs for weekend staff.
Oversee weekend, overnight, and ancillary staff; provide regular supervision, required training, ongoing feedback, and written annual evaluations.
Assist the residence supervisor with facility maintenance, including supervising the cook/housekeeper, conducting monthly facility checks, submitting monthly maintenance requests, and ensuring staff follow a preventative maintenance schedule.
Assist the residence supervisor in maintaining program budgets, particularly recreation, food, household, and maintenance budget lines.
Oversee fire-safety and emergency procedures, including training new and veteran staff, checking safety equipment at required monthly and quarterly intervals, scheduling and conducting required fire drills, and maintaining documentation.
Review, monitor, and maintain records.
Assist the residence supervisor in maintaining consumer and program financial records, including petty cash and financial ledgers.
Ensure adequate program staffing schedules and maintain the personnel budget.
Attend the monthly Assistant Supervisor Meeting.
Lead work with families and community members and participate in team meetings, team-building, fundraising, and special events, including parties, holiday planning, Dinner Dance, CPC, and family events.
Act as supervisor when the residence supervisor is absent and make responsible decisions in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
Perform responsibilities as they currently exist or may change to meet departmental needs, under supervisor or manager direction.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of using creative arts for therapeutic purposes.

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Program

Region 3 CSIDD/START

Location

Kingston - 1111 Flatbush Road

Schedule

Full-time

YAI is a network of agencies offering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities a comprehensive range of services across all ages. YAI empowers people with disabilities to reach their goals every day. Our enthusiastic staff of 4,000 professionals believes that everyone has a fundamental right to live, love, work, and learn.

The START (Systemic, Therapeutic, Assessment, Resources, and Treatment) model serves people diagnosed with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral health conditions. This comprehensive model of service supports and optimizes independence, treatment, and community living for individuals with I/DD and behavioral health needs.

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of the Assistant Supervisor is to provide the appropriate therapeutically documented level of consumer supervision to ensure and protect the consumer health and safety. Whenever this level is unclear or unknown, the Assistant Supervisor is to provide the maximum level of supervision to assure and protect the consumer health and safety.
To utilize the administrative call list at anytime to report any concerns about consumer health and safety.
To provide direct care services to the consumers. This includes, but is not limited to, the provision of direct counseling, implementation of each individual’s treatment plan, training in ADL skills, assistance with personal care, medical, dietary, social, sexual, recreational, financial, habilitative and other needs within the program.
To know what level of supervision each consumer requires while eating, and ensure that this level of supervision is provided to ensure the health and safety of the consumer. It is also imperative that all food be prepared for consumers in a manner that is consistent with their individualized dietary and feeding instructions.
To plan, prepare and implement recreational and leisure activities both inside and outside of the residence.
To also be responsible to ensure the consumer health and safety when in the community. To is responsible to know what level of supervision each consumer requires in the community. This may include taking action to ensure that consumers do not wander away, as well as assisting consumers in negotiating their surroundings in the community.
To ensure that the consumers receive ongoing medical care as needed as well as to respond to all medical emergencies, assisting the consumer to obtain the appropriate medical treatment.
To complete and maintain all paperwork and written records related to the consumer treatment. This includes, but is not limited to medical records, treatment records, progress reports, data collection, behavior reports, incident reports, billing records, log notes, and all written communication systems.
To report to their supervisor (or report to the administrative call list) in the event that they are late, or unable to work their shift. Appropriate notice of absence must be given before the start of the shift in order to ensure that minimum coverage is maintained in the program.
To care for the maintenance of the residence, including cleaning, upkeep, and general household care.
To ensure that all pertinent consumer, family, staff and facility related information is communicated effectively between members of the team and between shifts, utilizing the in house communication systems.
To be required to sign in the log when arriving and sign out when leaving and to remain in the program, and continue working until relieved by the next scheduled shift. It is the responsibility of every Assistant Supervisor to ensure that there is minimum coverage in the program at all times, but particularly before they leave at the end of their shift. It is the responsibility of the Assistant Supervisor to report to their supervisor (or report to the administrative call list) anytime there is not minimum coverage in the program.
To know what level of supervision each consumer requires while sleeping, and ensure that this level of supervision is provided to ensure the health and safety of the consumer. Individual and consumer needs will determine the frequency in which the Assistant Supervisor, working the overnight shift, should conduct consumer and or facility checks. Documentation of these checks, when needed, will also be based on individual and program needs.
To provide leadership during their shift, setting the tone and ensuring that the Ten Performance Standards are followed by all staff.
To train all new staff on the Leve1 competencies, using the EMOE training system and the New Staff Training Flow Sheet, as well as to ensure that they are van certified.
To plan the recreational activities for the evening and weekend shifts, as well as to plan out all of the logistics for the weekend, ensuring that there is adequate coverage, and that the weekend staff have all pertinent information needed.
To oversee the weekend, overnight and ancillary staff and is responsible to ensure that they receive regular supervision, all required trainings, ongoing feedback, and written annual evaluations.
To assist the residence supervisor to ensure that the facility is properly maintained. This includes, but is not limited to providing supervision to the cook/housekeeper, conducting a monthly maintenance check of the facility, submitting monthly requests to the maintenance team, and ensuring that all staff implement a preventative maintenance schedule to ensure the cleanliness of the facility.
To assist the residence supervisor in maintaining the budget for the program, particularly as it pertains to the recreation, food, household and maintenance lines of the budget.
To oversee the fire/safety and emergency procedures system, which includes but is not limited to: training all new staff, conducting ongoing training for the veteran staff, ensuring that the fire/safety equipment in the facility is checked at regular monthly and quarterly intervals, ensure that fire drills are scheduled and run as prescribed by regulation, and to ensure that all of the documentation is properly maintained.
To review, monitor and maintain all records.
To assist the residence supervisor in maintaining all financial records for the consumers and for the program. This includes petty cash, financial ledgers, etc.
To ensure that there is a schedule of adequate coverage for the program, and that the personnel budget is maintained.
To attend the monthly Assistant Supervisor Meeting.
To play a leadership role in working with families, and members of the community as well as at all team meetings, team building efforts, fundraising efforts, and special events, such as parties, holiday planning, Dinner Dance, CPC, and family events.
To be the acting supervisor whenever the residence supervisor is not present in the program, and ensure responsible decision making according to the agency policies and procedures.
You are required to perform your responsibilities as they currently exist or may change in meeting the needs of the department, under the supervision of your supervisor/manager.

Minimum Qualification Requirements (including education, experience, licensure/certification, etc. and essential physical capabilities (e.g. lifting, assisting lifting, standing, etc.) Minimum requirements of specific positions may vary by assigned function and/or contract. Please refer to applicable regulations/contracts for all position requirements):

All job title must meet the following minimum requirements:

Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work or other human service-related field
Minimum of 2 years' experience working with individuals with IDD and behavioral health needs

Preferred Qualification Requirements (desired requirements beyond MQRs above):

Exceptional interpersonal, problem solving, communication and creativity skills
Knowledge of using creative arts for therapeutic purposes a plus.
Exceptional time management skills
Willing to take initiative
Highly flexible personality type

Compensation:

$23.10/hour to $23.10/hour

If you share our vision and want to help support people to live the fullest lives possible, YAI will be the right place for you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

About the Company

Yai

Special education school with integrated therapies

Manhattan Star Academy is a private, non-profit day school serving ages 3–21 with developmental needs, offering preschool through upper school under the YAI Network. It combines academics with comprehensive therapies (occupational, physical, speech-language, counseling) delivered during the school day, using a developmentally based, Montessori-inspired approach in small classes. The campus uses sensory-friendly facilities and technology such as smart boards and iPads to support learning and track progress, and it runs a transition program with vocational training and internships. Its differentiators are the integrated therapy model, a specialized environment for neuro-developmental disabilities, and a clear path from early education to post-secondary readiness with individualized support.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Seed
Total funding: $330K
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 2023

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