Program Manager

Linke Resources; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel reimbursement

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

A community support organization is hiring a Program Manager in Scranton, PA. The role involves supervising and coordinating supports for individuals with developmental disabilities, ensuring compliance with state regulations, and overseeing staff performance. Candidates should have an associate's degree and 4 years of relevant experience. This position offers full-time employment with travel reimbursement within Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Wyoming counties.

Qualifications

• 4 years’ experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, organize, and coordinate supports for individuals.
• Ensure compliance with state regulations.
• Participate in the development of Individual Service Plans.
• Conduct unannounced program monitoring visits.

Skills

Understanding of regulations

Communication skills

Supervisory skills

Education

Associate's degree or 60 credit hours

Job description

Program Manager
Wilkes Barre, PA
Full-Time with Benefits

We are currently hiring a Program Manager to supervise, organize and coordinate supports for individuals in their own homes, in natural family homes and/or Lifesharing and/or in community-based licensed residential programs. This region would be for Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Wyoming counties. The Program Manager could oversee up to 5 homes or programs in a specific territory with travel reimbursement.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for comprehensive understanding of regulations.
• Ensures all programs assigned are in compliance with PA State Code, Title 55, Department of Public Welfare, CLA Programs Chapter 6400 regulations, Family Living Services Chapter 6500 regulations, and/or Unlicensed In Home & Community Support locations (compliant to Chapter 51 regulations) as well as in compliance with Agency policies and procedures.
• Participates and/or develops, if applicable, as the Plan Lead in the development of the Individual Service Plan, ISP Annual Update and all ISP revisions (fulfilling the role of Program Specialist).
• Attends the ISP, ISP Annual Update and all ISP revisions.
• Responsible for the coordination/completion of individual assessments for the development of the ISP, ISP Annual Update and all ISP revisions.
• Review the ISP, Annual ISP Update and all ISP revisions.
• Reviews all referrals by the county MH/ID program along with the Program Director and makes recommendations regarding individual admission to the program.
• Reviews all referrals by the county MH/ID program along with the Program Director and makes recommendations regarding individual admission to the program.
• Direct supervision of Direct Support Staff Supervisors or Lifesharing Direct Support Staff with regularly scheduled face-to-face contact.
• Completes Performance Evaluations for Direct Support Staff Supervisors or Lifesharing Direct Support Staff and reviews Performance Evaluations completed by Direct Support Staff Supervisors.
• Participates in facilitating supervisors’ meetings, inclusive of generating meeting agenda, directing the meeting, assigning tasks, and eliciting staff participation.
• Participates in facilitating supervisors’ meetings, inclusive of generating meeting agenda, directing the meeting, assigning tasks, and eliciting staff participation.
• Review records of Direct Support Staff Supervisor’s supervision with employees.
• Assists Direct Support Staff Supervisors with disciplinary actions.
• Conducts unannounced program monitoring visits on a regular basis to ensure areas of health, safety, and consumer welfare are compliant with Agency policies and procedures as well as regulatory requirements
• Facilitates the completion of orientation training for all new employees.
• Ensures staffing patterns reflect optimum opportunity for consumers to experience quality care and community integration.
• Ensures incidents are filed electronically in the PA EIM system
• Conduct quality investigations and complete quality investigation reports.
• Ensures the completion and documentation of monthly site inspections to ensure cleanliness and safety and monitors sites through direct observation of various hours of service

Minimum Qualification & Requirements

• An associate’s degree or 60 credit hours from an accredited college or university plus 4 years’ experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities

• Must possess and maintain a current, valid driver’s license from state of residency.