Terms of Employment:

Length of position: 10.5 months

Hours: Sunday 8:00 PM-12:00 PM & Monday-Thursday 3:00-12:00 PM

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Teaches students social, leisure, daily living, and other life skills, and supervises daily living activities.

Evaluates student progress in attaining instructional and optimum levels of independent living and/or vocational goals. Counsels students by offering them advice and guidance. Supervises youth activities and behaviors on a group and individual basis. Works under moderate supervision with limited latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Bachelor Degree in related field (psychology, child development, education, social worker, etc) or Two years of experience working with child population, k-12 school settings or any residential facility. 
• One year of experience in child or special needs population care OR two years of coursework related to child growth, development, psychology, care education or similar area; OR Bachelor’s degree
• Sign Language: INTERMEDIATE at hire but will be required to participate in sign language classes offered at TSD until reaching a level of ADVANCED as evaluated on the Signed Communication Proficiency Interview.

QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED

• Experience working with deaf, special needs, and/or behavioral challenging youth population
• Obtain certificate related to any type of Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI, MANDT, etc)
• Experience at a residential school for the deaf or another residential childcare facility
• Experience in teaching and caring for children and youth with and without disabilities
• Sign Language level - Advanced

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES/ATTRIBUTES

• Problem solving—the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Effective Communication—the individual must be able to appropriately communicate with colleagues, students, parents, families, administrators, supervisors, and the public.
• Planning/organizing—the individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently, and develops realistic action plans.
• Quality control—the individual demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Dependability—the individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Safety and security—the individual actively promotes and personally observes safety and security procedures, and uses equipment and materials properly.
• Interpersonal Skills—the individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Teaches basic self-help and self-care skills related to independent living and social skill development
• Manages student behavior in accordance with the code of conduct or individual behavior plans. This includes intervening in crisis situations and physical intervention of students as necessary according to IEP and TSD’ s preferred method of managing aggressive behavior, the MANDT System
• Develops, implements, and monitors student activities
• Acts as a chaperone of students for off-campus activities and as needed for home goings
• Responds appropriately to emergencies, and notifies appropriate staff and parents
• Makes parental//guardian contact 1 time a week or as required by supervisor
• May enter students’ rooms and restrooms to check on the safety and personal hygiene of students.
• Assumes responsibility for students at all times.
• Ensures safe environment for students and staff by taking appropriate action
• Provide Personal Care as identified in applicable student IEP's
• Other SHARS duties as assigned

SUPERVISOR

Residential Supervisor

Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) Code:

Resident Specialist II to IV; None equivalent