Telos Residential

Description

Job Description: SHIFT SUPERVISOR - NIGHT WATCH

Time commitment: 40 HOURS PER WEEK

FTE: 1.0, SALARY, EXEMPT FROM OVERTIME

Reports to: RESIDENTIAL DIRECTOR

The Night Watch Shift Supervisor is responsible for the direction of the night-watch mentors as well as the

physical safety and security of each student during nighttime hours. They complete direct-care duties as

well as train night-watch mentors to meet the needs of the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Orientates and trains new mentors
• Attends weekly training meetings on Telos' policies or procedures with his/her staff
• Creates rewards and discipline for mentors on shift
• Generates night watch mentor shift assignments
• Coordinates scheduled activities/appointments
• Is trained in medication administration as per Telos' policies and procedures
• Administers medications as ordered by the doctor
• Charts in each student's medical record under mentor
• Assists/Leads AWOL procedures
• Supervises mentors and students in emergencies
• Performs and assists in searches of students upon admission, after off-campus passes, and when AWOL students return
• Enforces the Telos security and visitation policies and procedures
• Provides training to night watch mentors as needed, but at least once a month
• Communicates and reports to the Residential Director
• Performs all the responsibilities of a mentor
• Monitors and maintains boundaries surrounding lights-out and bedtime protocols
• Enforces student rules as needed
• Supports and assists all other Telos departments in various job descriptions (i.e., nursing, general cleaning and maintenance, answering telephones) as allowed by staffing ratios
• Participates in assigned committees or special assignments

Restrictions/Prohibitions:

• No sleeping
• No apartment abandonment
• Must provide your own food or eat snacks set aside for Night Watch
• Only one headphone in at a time while on shift

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Timely
• Dependable and reliable
• Minimum of six months of experience in a behavioral health-related field
• Ability to hold appropriate boundaries
• Ability to receive feedback
• Ability to receive and carry out instruction
• Genuine care and concern for others
• Ability to stay awake and perform duties through the night
• Exceptional relationship skills
• Capacity to train staff