Community Area Manager

Georgia Community Support And Solut; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

InCommunity is a provider of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, seeking a Community Area Manager to oversee two group homes in the Atlanta area. You will supervise staff, coordinate operations, and support people in community integration.

Responsibilities include staff development, scheduling, ensuring medical needs are met, and maintaining logs and documentation, while modelling person-centered practices and collaboration with families and agencies.

Qualifications

• Education, Certifications & Experience Requirements
• Three (3) or more years of progressive experience in human services, residential services, healthcare, or IDD support.
• At least one (1) year of supervisory or lead experience, including scheduling, coaching, training coordination, and progressive discipline.
• Experience coordinating or overseeing individual support services (medical follow-up, documentation, family/agency communication).
• Ability to work on-site in residential/program locations, including evenings and weekends.
• Valid Georgia driver's license with reliable transportation; travel between program locations.
• Commitment to person-centered practices, community inclusion, and self-advocacy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advocates for individuals' involvement in self-advocacy, employment, and community participation.
• Fosters open communication with individuals, families, staff, and stakeholders.
• Coordinates processes to ensure medical needs are met and documented properly.
• Verifies and audits medical documentation logs and sharing with correct departments.
• Manages staff scheduling and conducts regular staff meetings and trainings.
• Acts as a role model by coaching staff on person-centered practices.
• Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Interviews potential new hires and participates in employee terminations as needed.
• Adheres to group home budgets and monitors expenditures.
• Travel between two group homes and frequent travel in the Metro Atlanta area.

Skills

Staff supervision

Communication

Community outreach

Time management

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate or Bachelor in human services or related field

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: 3301 BUCKEYE ROAD SUITE 700 - ATLANTA, GA 30341, Position Type: Full Time,

InCommunity is committed to supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live safe, healthy and joyful lives in their communities. We offer a culture of integrity, service, and respect for the dignity of every individual. All employees, including the Community Area Manager are expected to model and promote the organization’s mission and values in every aspect of their work.

Position Summary:

The Community Area Manager manages two (2) group home locations, coordinates all operations and activities of each location, which includes staff supervision and training, acting as a liaison for the individuals and families we support, and community integration for the individuals.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advocates for individuals' involvement in self-advocacy, employment, social interaction in the community and learning independent living skills.
• Fosters open communication with individuals, families, staff, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinates the process for ensuring individuals’ medical needs are met.
• Verifies and audits communication of medical documentation is in the appropriate logs and given to the correct departments.
• Follow up and implement as needed on all support services recommendations
• Manage staff performance by evaluating and issuing progressive discipline as needed.
• Coordinates all staff training with each location to ensure training is completed in a timely manner.
• Acts as a role model by developing staff on how to work with individuals, families, and other staff.
• Ensures staff is operating within the company’s policies and procedures.
• Interviews potential new hires timely and participates in the termination of employees.
• Coordinates staff schedules based on the staffing model for each group home.
• Requires responding to calls in the evenings and on weekends and may require covering shifts in the group homes.
• Conducts job duties at the group homes or other work locations. This is not a work-from-home position.
• Conduct staff meetings to ensure dissemination of all company information.
• Ensure timely completion of all reports and information requested.
• Adhering to the budget of each group home location.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Education, Certifications & Experience Requirements

• High school diploma or GED; Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in human services,social work, psychology, healthcare administration, or a related field preferred.
• Three (3) or more years of progressive experience working in human services, residential services, healthcare, or a related field supporting individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD).
• At least one (1) year of supervisory or lead experience, which may include responsibility for:

• Staff scheduling and coverage
• Performance feedback and coaching
• Training coordination and/or oversight
• Progressive discipline or corrective action

• Demonstratedexperiencecoordinatingoroverseeingindividualsupport services, such as:

• Medical or healthcare follow-up
• Documentation and compliance logs
• Communication with families, providers, or interdisciplinary teams

• Demonstrated ability to work on-site in residential or program locations, including evenings, weekends, and responding to urgent operational needs.
• Valid Georgia driver’s license with reliable transportation and ability to travelbetween program locations.

• Demonstrated commitment to person-centered practices, community inclusion, and self-advocacy for individuals served, preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Manages the staff of two (2) group homes

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the individual is frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The individual is occasionally required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Travel Required

Frequent travel throughout the Metro Atlanta area.