Group Home Manager

Responsibilities

• Oversee the everyday functioning of the assigned Residential Group Home
• Responsible for employee support, achieving positive outcomes, consumer satisfaction, community care licensing compliance, and financial health
• The Group Home Manager will monitor and supervise Direct Care Staff along with having ongoing collaboration contacts with other public and private agencies
• Schedules staff and provides unit coverage as indicated by staffing needs
• Schedules and coordinates daily operations of clients and staff
• Creates initial and ongoing service plans for children in care
• Creates discharge summaries as needed
• Maintains awareness of client responses to treatment techniques
• Attends medication reviews, staffing, and any court hearings
• Maintains contact with caseworkers and others to keep them updated on client progress
• Communicates with school personnel and others regarding clients as needed
• Writes and/or reviews all incident reports before leaving shift and ensures incident reports are submitted to Administration on time
• Ensures that facilities are kept clean and organized and maintains compliance with Licensing and agency physical plant standards
• Directly supervises direct care staff providing care to children;
• Submits Census and other reports to Program Director as needed
• Trains new staff to the Group Home, program, and clients
• Performs new client intakes as needed
• Maintains good working relationships with outside contacts (i.e., case managers, supervisors, public schools, probation officers, neighbors, State Licensing staff, etc.)
• Responds to all telephone calls, emails, and other inquiries on time
• Maintains client, staff, and agency confidentiality
• Supervises daily living routine for children in care
• Transports clients as needed (school, visitation, recreation, church, court, appointments)
• Administers medications and accurately completes corresponding documentation
• Cook meals according to the posted menu
• Performs daily household cleaning and maintenance chores as needed
• Learns and follows all applicable policies and procedures
• Arranges appointments for children as needed (medical, dental, psych, vision, etc.)
• Writes and maintains accurate documentation (case notes, incident reports, medication schedules, client logs, facility logs, sleep patterns, client behaviors, interactions, etc.)
• Communicates timely and effectively with other Group Home staff regarding the children in care at the Group Home
• Participates in all management meetings, in-service training, and staff development activities as scheduled
• Maintains control and order in the program, including enforcement of rules and regulations
• Provides guidance and encouragement and acts as a resource for youth in care
• Demonstrates positive role model skills and appropriate ethical behavior
• Demonstrates an interest and sensitivity to working around abused, abandoned, and/or neglected children
• Ensures that there is an emergency on-call system that responds to after-hour?s crisis in a safe and timely manner
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned
• Sitting (Documenting in files & helping with homework, etc.)
• Bending Neck
• Stoop, kneel, crouch,1 or crawl (House cleaning)
• Reach with hands and arms