Evening Supervisor

Positively impact the lives of individuals with disabilities.

The Evening Supervisor utilizes a company van to visit homes and provide supervision presence in the evenings and early night hours. This position is responsible to ensure staff are present at the site, engaging with the persons served, and that our Direct Support Professionals understand the routine of the home and the support plans. The Evening Supervisor ensures compliance with all aspects of the program related to the persons served, the Organization, the employees, and property. Schedule includes the majority of work hours being later than 2p and includes shifts every other weekend.

At Opportunity Matters, we encourage the persons served to be as independent as possible, by teaching independent living skills. Depending on the needs of the person, the work may include performing the tasks completely for others, or it may be assisting in the completion of the tasks. Supervisors at OMI have a strong desire to create positive impacts on the individuals’ lives and enjoy encouraging, mentoring, and coaching others to achieve their goals.

Evening Supervision is a fulfilling career with a sense of purpose and the ability to witness the tangible results of your work. Foster meaningful relationships and advocate for the needs of those you support within the community.

Essential Duties 

• Maintain knowledge of the Direct Support Professional job description. Perform, train, and oversee all of the duties of that position. Ensure that new staff know how to do the duties of their position, and ensure that all staff are completing their job tasks.
• Teach and retrain as needed, role model the expectations by working beside others.  
• Ensure staff engagement with the persons served. Phones are put away and staff are working. If staff need direction, ask what the persons served are currently doing and help the staff determine what they should be doing in accordance with the routine and support plans.
• Communicate with and assist other staff positively and professionally.  
• Act as an appropriate role model for persons served and staff.
• Communicate info to the PC/PM/PD of persons served and staff situations, discipline, retraining, and coaching to ensure needs of the Organization are met.
• Train and certify new employees on Medication Administration procedures, observe and perform the passing of medications, check MARs to ensure process is being followed and coach employees regarding the process. 
• Foster a positive living environment for persons served and a positive working environment for staff. Teach new staff how to do this, ensure long term staff are doing this.
• Build and maintain rapport with personss served, their support teams, staff, co-workers and Org leadership.
• Actively supervise staff to ensure programs are implemented and the tasks at the site are being completed. Deliver disciplinary action if needed. Provide on-the-spot feedback.
• Maintain records, documents, charts, and persons served information, legibly. Ensure staff are recording information in an accurate and timely manner. Check the records and coach staff that need improvements and suggestions.
• Ensure meal plans are being followed. Teach and model cooking to staff during mealtimes. Ensure that the staff are supporting the persons served to prepare meals if they are able to do so.
• Assist with and complete duties that need to be done at the home, following Organization policies and procedures.
• Be able to pivot and move to different sites as needed and start working/coaching.
• Help fill shifts when on duty and assist with calling/texts to fill openings. 
• Immediately respond and address emergency situations.
• Ensure there is adequate shift coverage at all times. This may include, but is not limited to, staying beyond a scheduled shift or covering/splitting open shifts with DSPFT and/or other Direct Support Staff.
• Complete and submit reports in a timely manner, including but not limited to Incident Reports, First Reports of Injury, Vehicle Accident or Incident Reports. Teach new staff how to do this, ensure long term staff are doing this, and provide direct feedback to all staff.
• Provide input to Program Coordinators, Program Managers, and/or Program Directors for performance evaluations, documented discussions, and/or disciplinary actions in a timely manner.

Required Qualifications and Education (must-haves)

1. High School Diploma or Equivalent.
2. Obtain and maintain acceptable clearance of the DHS Background Study.
3. Obtain and maintain OMI Medication Administration certificate within 60 days of hire.
4. Valid U.S. Class D Driver’s License with acceptable record under insurance guidelines.
5. Ability to lead individuals we serve and display appropriate behavior as a role model, work without immediate supervision, multi-task, effectively communicate, make decisions, accept and follow change, and interact with others at all levels of the organization.
6. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Supervisors, Directors, clients, customers, and the general public. Read, Write, and Speak English fluently.
7. Reasoning ability to solve practical problems, deal with a variety of variables in situations, interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, or schedule form.  
8. Ability to prepare food/meals: Understanding of ingredients, measuring sizes, following a recipe, and preparing all types of foods.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The work environment may be slow or fast paced, depending on what is happening at the client home. This is an environment of constantly working with others. The noise level is generally moderate but can be loud.

• Regularly lift up to 20 lbs and occasionally lift and move up to 50 lbs to waist height unaccompanied.
• Alternate sitting and standing and walking for duration of shift.
• Frequently required to walk, stand, bend, twist, or stoop.  
• Frequently apply coordinated use of hands and fingers to grasp, feel objects, transfer small items from one hand to another, fine manipulation, and bilateral reach with arms.
• Use of close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Pay and Benefits

Starting pay range for this position is $25.00-26.00/hr. Overnight sleep shifts paid at minimum wage (can sleep at work on designated sleep shifts only). Benefits are Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, Healthiest You Teledoc, H.S.A., Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, 401k, 401k Match, employee assistance program, and pay differential for working holidays and weekends.

EEO/AAP Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, creed, disability, familial status, marital status, national origin, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission.

I understand the requirements, essential functions and duties of this position. I understand that the job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. Opportunity Matters, Inc. reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and experience required. I acknowledge and understand this job description is not all inclusive and other duties may be assigned.