Description

Summary:

Oversee the day-to-day operations of a residential home to ensure a healthy, safe and high quality of life for home’s residents.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Directly schedule, monitor, supervise, and evaluate all staff within the assigned residence.
• Participate in the hiring, interviewing and disciplinary action processes.
• Provide the individuals who reside in the home an enriched quality of life in their community.
• Ensure that all residential data collection systems, logs and records are up to date.
• Ensure the upkeep of the home by overseeing day to day cleanliness and identifying repairs.
• Oversee the homes food, supply and community activity expenditures, (DCF) clothing and personal needs expenditures and/or individuals’ personal household accounts.
• Oversee usage, ordering and purchasing of individual household and health related supplies.
• Complete all required reports and assessments using HCSIS (DDS) and E-SPED (DEEC.)
• Ensure all incident reports, restraint reports and other documentation is completed related to all residential events and follow up on per Guild policy and the appropriate regulations.
• Administer and record individuals’ medications in compliance with MAP.
• Ensure all staff in the home administer and record individuals’ medications in compliance with MAP.
• Ensure the development of the residential portion of ISP/IEP and subsequent reports designed to best meet the needs of each individual and ensure that they are turned in on schedule.
• Ensure the implementation of all ISP/IEP objectives and related residential services for individuals who reside in the home.
• Monitor individual’s progress to ensure that goals are appropriate on at least a quarterly basis.
• Ensure that data sheets for ISP/IEP objectives are completed according to schedule and are updated as needed.
• Coordinate and take individuals to Doctors’ appointments in collaboration with nursing.
• Monitor all the individuals’ medications and coordinate with the pharmacy (or nursing in school aged programs) if orders are needed.
• Facilitate communication between the home and day program(s) Facilitate communication within the home among staff persons working different shifts.
• Communicate with parents/guardians, family members, stakeholder agency representatives
• (DCF, DDS) on at least a weekly basis regarding individuals, their progress and their needs including sharing staffing information about the home and a schedule of both house and individual activities.
• Be flexible; available to assist other residences.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Essential Job Functions:

• Regular attendance at work is an essential function of the job including weekends, holidays and inclement weather situations.
• Demonstrated evidence of mature judgment, good interpersonal skills, a desire to enrich individuals' lives and a willingness to learn from skilled professionals.
• Physical and mental capacity to work in stressful situations and de-escalate individuals who have limited cognition and complex needs
• Proficiency in written and spoken English is an essential function of the job.
• Pass Guild Driving test to access Guild vehicles for transportations of individuals
• The ability to implement crisis intervention techniques as necessary, including Nonviolent
• Crisis Intervention (via certification through CPI)
• The ability to assist individuals in evacuation from the residence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in special education, psychology, human services or related field required;
• A high degree of effective oral and written communications skills in English
• At least one year of residential management experience and two years direct support experience with developmental disabilities population required.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to demonstrate supervisor and administrative skills
• Must meet Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) background check requirements.
• MAP certification or ability to pass MAP within first 90 days.
• Physical and mental capacity to work in stressful situations and de-escalate individuals who have limited cognition and complex needs.