Assistant Home Support Leader

The CPH Assistant Home Support Leader is directly accountable to their CPH Home Support Leader and their Home Support Coordinator and indirectly to the Associate & Executive Director. He/she shall be directly accountable for providing high quality support to people, working together with their support team and Home Support Leader to ensure that goals and objectives are met. Specifically, the Assistant Home Support Leader is responsible to:

- Provide direct support in a manner that is consistent with CPH philosophy and personalized support plans.
- Follow through on team decisions, support plans and directions from their Home Supports Leader and/or Home Supports Coordinator.
- Participate in the development, support and delivery of personalized plans for the people they support, including attending meetings as requested.
- Develop strong, positive relationships with the people they support, their families, co-supports and external agencies involved with the people CPH serves.
- Participate in Person Centered Planning for people receiving support.
- Attend training, team meetings, etc.as requested/required
- Actively participates in biannual Leadership Meetings
- Provide assistance to the Home Support Leader in tasks as assigned.
- Is the first person on call for the home during approved Home Support Leader absences.
- Assisting to ensure that home is maintained in a clean and healthy manner.
- Maintains ongoing communication with the Home Support Leader & Home Support Coordinator.
- The ability to manage and respond to crisis situations that may arise
- Ensuring the support provided is of high quality, person centered, and in harmony with planning CPH philosophy and Gentle Teaching;
Leadership responsibilities include:

- The Assistant Home Support Leader will be orientated in all aspects of the Senior Home Support Leader duties such as scheduling, Petty Cash, budgeting, some parts of month end, etc..., in order to be equipped to perform these duties if required.
- The Assistant Home Support Leader will assume responsibility for the following tasks:

- Planning part of the recreation calendar, some special in
- house events such as Christmas party, Thanksgiving, Easter, individual's birthdays, etc.
- Delegating seasonal, monthly and quarterly tasks to Direct Support Workers
- Ensure Proper Record Keeping, is being done, i.e. PRN reports, making sure the MARS are up to date and highlighted, updating MARS for the At-A-Glance Books monthly, Monthly emergency checks, fire drills, etc.
- Presence and ongoing monitoring and stocking of safety equipment (i.e. ensuring the First Aid Kit is up kept to date, and properly maintained, medical gloves are fully stocked, etc.
- The Assistant Home Support Leader may also provide assistance, as requested, to the Senior Home Support Leader in the completion of requested day to day tasks such as ordering medication, booking medical appointments, etc.
- Working with the Senior Home Support Leader, as requested, in evaluation of quality of service, providing training/mentoring to

PRINCIPLE FUNCTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY:
1. Provides direct support and life style planning consistent with CPH beliefs and values and Gentle Teaching;
2. Provides direct support to people relevant to their personal plan and contract expectations;
3. Provides direct support that reflects the Gentle Teaching Principles, in that:
**a. Intent is not in changing others behavior but in changing ourselves**
**b. Support is always focused on teaching the person to feel safe and loved and become more loving and engaged**
**c. Positive use of the 4 tools in everyday support (hands, eyes, words, presence)**

**Support will include**:

- **Providing support to someone who experiences intellectual disability, in conjunction with mental illness**:

- **Providing support to someone who may experience physical and verbal aggression**:

- **Providing support to someone who engages in self-harm and suicidal ideation**:

- **Assisting someone in problem solving or decision making**:

- **Providing assistance to someone in completing daily tasks (i.e. cooking, cleaning, etc...)**:

- **Sharing and/or developing options for community involvement or recreation**:

- **Participating in team meetings and providing input, suggestions or ideas**:

- **Medication administration in a manner consistent with the CPH medication policies and procedures**:

- **Liaising with health care professionals as needed regarding people’s needs**:

- **Maintaining valid First Aid and CPR (Level C) certification and be willing to provide First Aid assistance if necessary**

The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all work assignments that may be inherent in the job.

A working knowledge of the following is considered and asset:

- Crisis Prevention and Intervention techniques
- Alternative communications
- Intel