Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
Brief description
Employees in this job coordinate and direct the work of subordinate staff in their performance of the care of the assigned 6400 facilities. S/He is responsible for supervising, leading and directing the staff in the performance of a variety of programs individualized for clients and the performance of supportive record keeping functions. Work is performed under general supervision and requires knowledge of the policies, procedures and regulations concerning clients.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the therapeutic environment of the residence/site. Acts as a role model for consumers and staff in areas of speech, behavior, and appearance.
- Assists in instructing staff to guide and motivate consumers to develop to full potential in social skills, interpersonal relationships and moral responsibility.
- Assists in orientation, training, supervision, evaluation, and on-going in-services/workshops as needed for staff to ensure high quality of care.
- Conducts regular consumer meetings to ensure needs are being met and rights are honored. Participates in planning and implementing all on/off grounds daily activity and recreation programs.
- Maintain staffing ratio in the group home at all time
- Complete weekly progress notes tracker and ensure that all progress notes and timesheets match and reflect the master week schedule.
- Works in conjunction with Program specialist and Human Resource Department in decisions of hiring, firing, coaching, and other changes of status of staff.
- Drives his/her personal auto between assignments, and transport clients as required into community for medical, recreational, personal, vocational or social activities.
- Coordinates Medical appointments and ensures that all individuals make it for all medical appointments.
- Schedule shift and fill in shifts in the event of a call out.
- Receive and audit monthly medications for clients living in assigned homes and make sure they accurately reflect the 5 rights of medication: Right Individual, Right Medication, Right Dosage, Right Time, and Right Route.
- Routinely audit the MAR and make sure they are error free
- Attends and assists in coordination of ISP meetings, prepares and presents factual, observable and measurable data concerning consumers’ programs and behaviors.
- Attends all meetings as required by Coordinator, Residential Supervisor, Program Specialist and Director, including bi-weekly team meetings, staff meetings, orientations, and agency staff meetings.
- Participates in Overall Program on-call system.
- Oversees the daily operations of the staff and implements the principals of effective performance management on an on-going basis.
- Visit assigned sites and make sure that supervision notes are implemented properly and uninterrupted. May occasionally perform any task assigned to subordinate staff.
- Evaluates, with staff, the effects of interpersonal relationships and environments.
- Provides assistance in determining and implementing operational objectives and procedures; recommends changes in existing objectives and procedures when necessary and assists in their implementation.
- Upholds the high standards of resident care by monitoring and ensuring the conditions of health, comfort, safety, and well-being of our clients and, providing and maintaining a clean and attractive resident care area
- Make sure residential vehicles assigned to each site are clean and regularly maintained
- Keep records of mileage for each vehicle in assigned homes
- Generate weekly reports from progress notes and timesheet and make sure they are signed and accurately dated.
- Responsible for monthly evacuation/purging and replacement of progress notes at the end of each month. May assigned this duty to subordinate staff and make sure it is done.
- Performs other duties or special projects as required or as assigned.
Competencies (in order of importance)
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Concern for others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Self-Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.