Resident Treatment Supervisor

Full Job Description

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Woodward Resource Center (WRC) is seeking a Resident Treatment Supervisor (RTS) to join our team!

This is a full-time position with opportunity for advancement, growth, and development.

If you're passionate about making a difference and ready to take on a rewarding position, this could be the perfect job for you!

What You'll Do

As a Resident Treatment Supervisor, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our team in the Habilitation Services division is equipped with the knowledge and skills to deliver exceptional care and support. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervision of Assigned Staff: In collaboration with the home’s supervisory team, monitor, guide, coach, train, direct, evaluate, maintain timekeeping, complete supervisory investigations, recommend disciplinary action, and complete all supervisory activities and documentation consistent with statutes, rules, policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Performance Coaching: Ensure staff receive competency-based training related to ISPs, IPPs, BSP, and PNMPs. Monitor, coach, guide, and direct staff in providing care and active treatment to Individuals in the home related to all aspects of their lives.
• Ethical Conduct: Uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all aspects of your work, serving as a role model for our team members.
• Team Collaboration: Attend and participate in all interdisciplinary team and other assigned meetings to contribute toward a comprehensive treatment plan that supports the Individuals served to live safe, healthy, successful, self-determined lives in the community of their choice.

Key Competencies

Successful candidates for this position will demonstrate the following competencies:

• Assessment and Implementation: Read, understand, and implement detailed written and/or oral instructions, policies, methods, and procedures.
• Relationship Building: Build, foster, and maintain partnerships at a variety of levels.
• Instructional Design: Teach, instruct, and lead in the implementation of various therapeutic procedures and practices.

Applicants will be required to complete a background check to be considered for this position.

WRC prepares and supports individuals to live in the community of their choice.

This facility is a great place to develop or continue your healthcare career if you enjoy rewarding yet challenging work, supporting individuals by working as part of their interdisciplinary team, and helping to develop person-centered Individual Support Plans to meet specific support needs, preferences, and goals.

The facility provides a range of services that include being an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability (ICF/IID), daily supported community living, consultations/training, behavioral health services, physical nutrition management, and community residential-based guidance in learning prosocial behavior and personal accountability.

For more info about WRC: https://hhs.iowa.gov/family-community/specialty-care-facilities/woodward-resource-center

Benefits of Joining WRC

Working for the State of Iowa comes with its perks. In addition to a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and professional growth.

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Woodward Highlights

Woodward is a city of approximately 1,300 located in central Iowa.

The High Trestle Trail begins here and boasts 25 miles of paved surface running through five towns and four counties in the heart of Iowa.

The trail includes an iconic, 1/2-mile, 13-story high bridge across the Des Moines River valley, one of the largest trail bridges in the world.

The Iowa Arboretum & Gardens is just a quick drive away offering more trails, scenic overlooks and other amazing natural features.

Woodward is about 30 minutes away Ames, home of Iowa State University.

Des Moines, Iowa’s capitol city, is also about the same distance away and home to Casey’s Center (host site of NCAA Basketball and premier concerts) and Lauridsen Skatepark, the nation’s largest skatepark.

Additionally, Des Moines hosts one of the nation’s finest State Fairs and is home to professional sports teams the Iowa Cubs, Iowa Wolves, Iowa Barnstormers and Iowa Wild.

Check out these 10 Reasons to Move to Iowa.

The State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer

HHS values those with “lived experience” and encourages adults who were fostered as youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the HHS system to apply.

Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply (Hearing and Speech Impaired – Relay Iowa 1-800-735-2942 TDD).

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States.

The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Qualifications

Experience equal to two years of full-time work as a nursing or therapeutic assistant in a health care facility or other facility for the intellectually disabled, mentally ill, elderly, physically ill or disabled;an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of post high school education (thirty semester or equivalent hours) with an emphasis in nursing and/or the social or behavioral sciences for one year of experience to a maximum substitute of one year.

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Additional Information

Designated positions in this job class require applicants to obtain the required Commercial Drivers License and endorsements within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority at the time of hire.