Provide leadership, supervision, and expertise to staff who support clients with intellectual disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder seek and maintain competitively paid employment.
Responsibilities:
- Develops, implements and monitors systems and procedures to ensure effective delivery of services
- Recruits, trains, and supervises staff
- Administrative tasks like data collection, client documentation, incident reporting, performance evaluations, quarterly reports, community referrals, etc.
- Liaison to community partners; provides training and education; participation on internal or external committees or teams
- Direct service with clients as needed
- Rotation in on call supervisor coverage and shift coverage as needed
- Other duties assigned within scope of practice
Requirements:
- Five years’ combination of skills, experience and/or education in human services or related field
- Developmental Services experience is essential to this position
- Supervisory and management experience
- Valid drivers license, acceptable driving record and use of a personal vehicle
- Transporting clients
Structure:
- Full time (37.5 hours)
- Exempt
- Starting at $48,609 an hour
- We offer a competitive salary commensurate to experience
Benefits:
- Generous time off starting at 36 days of combined time off per year for full-time employees (and increasing with years of service); pro-rated for positions 16 hours or more
- Comprehensive Health Insurance with 80% agency-paid premium support for individuals, couples, and families (pro-rated for part time). This Point of Service Plan features no deductible.
- Two Dental options
- Vision Insurance
- Employer 401(k) contributions
- Employer Paid Life, AD&D, Short Term and Long Term insurance
- Medical & Childcare Flexible Spending Account
- Childcare Stipend
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee referral program with financial payment
- Discounted online undergraduate/graduate courses through Champlain College truED
- Award-winning workplace wellness program including physical fitness groups for staff, financial wellness incentives, and ongoing workplace wellness advocacy and education
- Voluntary benefits from local/international businesses: discounted gym memberships, mobile phone service, ski/snowboard passes, auto/home insurance, and more!
- Employee referral bonus is subject to Howard Center policy.
Our Values: Clients are at the heart of our decision making. We are committed to individual and collective well-being and success. We are responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us. We are steadfast in our practice and pursuit of excellence.
Howard Center is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The agency’s culture and service delivery is strengthened by the diversity of its workforce. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. Visit “About Us” to review Howard Center’s EOE policy.
Qualifications
Behaviors
Preferred
Team Player
: Works well as a member of a group
Leader
: Inspires teammates to follow them
Dedicated
: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Motivations
Preferred
Peer Recognition
: Inspired to perform well by the praise of coworkers
Growth Opportunities
: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
Ability to Make an Impact
: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
Howard Center established the Diversity Coordinator position in 2006. In 2015, Howard Center contracted with Abundant Sun to help collect and analyze demographic data. The same year, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) was integrated into the overall Strategic Plan and became accountable to the Board of Directors. In 2017, DEI was formally recognized as a department. In 2022 the organization hired its first DEI director and now runs a department comprising the director, manager, and coordinator of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Today, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Department implements key initiatives both within and beyond the Howard Center community:
• Bi-monthly Roundtable discussions open to all Howard Center employees, including: neurodiversity, psychiatric survivors, destigmatizing houselessness, trans affirming care and cultural compassion.
• Bi-monthly toolkits on topics such as: Juneteenth, intersectionality, microaggressions.
• Mandatory staff training on unconscious bias, inclusive language, and racial and cultural competence.
• Contributions to our free and open to the public Community Education Series.
• Participation in the local Pride Parade and regional conferences.
• Collaborative work with community partners.
• Policy and systemic advocacy within the agency.
• Collaborations with HR to ensure inclusive hiring, retention, and accommodation support for staff.
