Milieu Supervisor
The Jewish Board

Make a bigger difference

Milieu Supervisor

At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you'll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population, you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.

• Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

The Mishkon Division provides supports and services in a healthy and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe environment that promotes person centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients.

The overnight and weekend supervisor is responsible for providing oversight of the Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) or Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA) serving adults with developmental disabilities. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Residential Services, the Residence Supervisor oversees weekend and overnight hours' operations of the program in line with the OPWDD regulations and Assistant Directors' instructions and ensures consistent and appropriate program coverage.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides weekend, overnight and Jewish Holiday residential supervisory coverage.
• Conduct overnight and weekend fire drills.
• On Shabbos and Jewish Holiday's ensure Jewish Customs and Laws are observed.
• Respond to Residential emergency while on duty.
• Review shift summary notes weekly.
• Enter informational notes to My Avatar as needed.
• Send daily email reports regarding observations, concerns, findings while on shift.
• Will be on-call to ensure appropriate coverage in the facility and to provide guidance in emergency. May be required to on-call to provide emergency coverage in the event of a serious staff shortage.
• Other duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Excellent written/oral communication skills; ability to communicate with staff at all levels.
• Cultural competence regarding Jewish religious, spiritual, cultural and communal practice.

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED:

• Minimum education level of an associate's degree in human services required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• A minimum of three (3) years working with the I/DD population as well as one (1) year of supervisory experience.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook); comfortable and proficient using audio video platforms (i.e., Zoom).

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• Must be able to review residence evacuation plans and fire safety plans and document fire drills via electronic or manual reports.
• Must be able to review summary shift notes and enter notes into EHR systems.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• Lifting requirements of 40-80 lbs.

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:

• Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

Other details

• Job Family Direct Care [200s]
• Pay Type Salary
• Employment Indicator 8833 - Hospital - Professional Employees
• Min Hiring Rate $30.00
• Travel Required Yes
• Required Education Associate Degree

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