Residential Specialist

• Mission-Driven Leadership: Support individuals in living safe, meaningful, and independent lives through high-quality residential care.
• Impactful Work: Lead and mentor Direct Support Professionals while ensuring homes meet state, accreditation, and agency standards.
• Professional Growth: Paid training, tuition assistance, mileage reimbursement, and full-time benefits.
• Supportive Team Environment: Join a collaborative team that values integrity, accountability, and compassion.
• Variety Every Day: Oversee staff, support medical needs, coordinate services, and ensure health, safety, and engagement across assigned homes.

• Oversee daily residential operations to maintain safe, clean, and person-centered home environments.
• Coordinate medical appointments, transportation, follow-up care, and communication with nurses and service coordinators.
• Ensure medication documentation (MAR/eMAR), physician orders, and Therap records are accurate and up to date.
• Train, mentor, and support DSP and Lead DSP staff; monitor training, delegations, and compliance requirements.
• Conduct weekly site visits to review medical documentation, safety checks, financial ledgers, and food inventory.
• Complete and submit required event reports, site-visit forms, and monthly directive follow-ups.
• Support ISP/Annual Plan processes, attend service monitoring meetings, and ensure staff review and acknowledge individual plans.
• Ensure emergency drills, safety procedures, and maintenance requests are completed and documented.
• Lead staffing efforts: schedule teams, approve timesheets, document attendance, manage occurrences, and support evaluations.
• Provide crisis intervention, behavioral support, companionship, and advocacy for individuals as needed.
• Oversee household budgets, petty cash, menu planning, food/supply purchasing, and spending according to guidelines.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and provide direct coverage when needed.

• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum 1 year of supervisory experience supporting individuals with developmental disabilities or a related field
• Valid MO Class E or KS Class C driver's license
• Strong leadership, communication, and documentation skills
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and work in group homes, ISLs, and community settings

• Bachelor's degree in social services, education, rehabilitation, or a related behavioral science field
• 2 years of supervisory experience in IDD services
• Experience with individualized program development, medication administration, and Therap documentation

• Pay: $57,000/year (Exempt)
• Schedule: Full-time | Core hours 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Includes after-hours and weekend support as needed
• Work Setting: Group homes & Independent Supported Living (ISL) settings across the Kansas City metro
• Training: Paid onboarding ongoing certification requirements
• Reports To: Program Specialist
• On-Call: Participates in rotating on-call responsibilities

Compensation details: 57000-57000 Yearly Salary