Position Title:	Lead Autism Program Technician	Job Location:	SML TN
Program/Department:	Clinical	Travel:	10%
Reports To:	Program Director	FLSA Class:	Non-Exempt
Position Status:	Full Time	Hours/Week:	40

Position Summary

The Lead Autism Program Technician (LAPT) provides supervision and coordination for the Autism Program Technicians (APT) at Pasadena Villas Smoky Mountain Lodge, Stables location. Position provides orientation, training, coaching and guidance to all APT in an engaging and therapeutic milieu. Position coordinates staff schedules, to include client transportation.

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization: Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with peers, immediate supervisor, and leadership throughout the organization.

Outside the organization: Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with clients and families, clinical providers, referral partners and vendors, as needed.

Position Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities

Supervision and Staffing
1. Hire, train and supervise all APT on shift.
2. Oversight of payroll; approve timecards for processing, address punch change requests, missing punch requests, vacation/sick/floating holiday requests.
3. Creates 90 day and annual reviews for all associates APT. Must submit all reviews before scheduled deadline for Director approval.

Client interactions and engagement
1. Selects appropriate interventions to meet the clinical needs of individual residents.
2. Implement interventions to address resident/family concerns
3. Actively participates and engages clients in the milieu and outside activities throughout the workday, often in a variety of group settings.
4. Prompts clients to complete ADLs, including clean room, hygiene, laundry, etc., and completes regular room hygiene checks.
5. Prompts clients to attend all meals in a timely manner and provides supervision and structure at mealtimes as appropriate.
6. Models effective table manners and small talk during mealtimes, focusing on engaging all residents.

Therapeutically interacts with the resident in one-to-one situations, community, and group meetings, maintaining appropriate boundaries and modeling appropriate social behavior.

Recognizes residents level of psychosocial and psychosexual development and modifies approaches accordingly to include recognizing mood changes and developing coping skills.

Documents in accordance with policies and procedures services provided, incident reports, shift reports, or department reports in a timely and accurate manner.

Demonstrates effective verbal intervention skills in managing escalating residents and involving other staff as needed. Adheres to CPI criteria.

Follows through with clinical precautions effectively, including Q15s and visuals.

Transport residents to appointments, supporting resident while regulating in community.

Identifies and recognizes triggers for escalation with each resident, and utilize de-escalation techniques, focusing on prevention of crisis.

Supports medication compliance and management.

Schedule resident medical appointments, as needed.

Order and maintain office supplies.

Ensure the milieu is managed efficiently and effectively.

Facilitate after hours admissions, as needed.

Provide on-call leadership for APT, as needed.

Additional Responsibilities

Complies with the facility safety procedures as outlined in the policy and procedure manual. Assumes assigned role in fire drills, evacuation procedures, and internal/external disaster plan.

Can be relied upon to be at work as scheduled and is rarely absent from work, notifying the supervisor if absent.

Reads, understands, and adheres to all company policy statements on ethics, conduct, and conflict of interests.

Adheres to facility policies, procedures, rules, and regulations, implementing regularly.

Attends all supervisory trainings within assigned time frames as required by the facility.

Facilitates monthly APT meetings.

Other duties as assigned.