Assistant Program Manager

Berkshire Meadows provides residential, special education, and day habilitation services for children, adolescents, and young adults who have developmental disabilities including significant cognitive, physical, and medical disabilities. Services are provided in an attractive campus setting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, as well as several community-based homes.

About the role

In this position, you will convey your passion for helping others by leading a dynamic team and bringing an energetic and positive approach while working with the individuals we serve.

Responsibilities

• Assist with managing and supervising staff, ensuring they adhere to company policies and procedures.
• Respond to and resolve unexpected situations or emergencies that might arise during shift.
• Complete necessary paperwork, reports and other administrative duties.
• Communicate and coordinate with other departments (e.g., Day Hab, Academic, Nursing, Maintenance) to ensure quality of care for clients and functioning of all supporting programs.
• Develop staff schedules, ensuring required coverage and program safety, interviewing and hiring program staff with administrative support.
• Support physical, social and communicative development of clients through carryover of recommended supports or interventions (aligned with speech, PT, nursing or other professionals) into the residential setting and increasing independence of clients across residential-based skills.
• Develop and implement recreational activities on and off campus with support from assistant program managers and other staff as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be 21 years or older.
• Bachelor’s degree in a human services field or at least 4 years of experience in the human services field.
• Supervisory experience; 2 years of experience with clients with intellectual disabilities.
• Must be MAP certified.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively and professionally.
• Must have a valid driver’s license (MA, NY or CT). Background and driving record checks will be performed.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $21.00 to $26.00 per hour. The listed range reflects what we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation an employee is offered may vary based on several factors such as experience, education, licensure, certifications and qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.

Benefits

• $2,000 bilingual bonus to new hires who speak a second language fluently, other than English, and will use it to serve our clients.
• Reimbursement for registration costs and annual fees for any professional license required for work (e.g., LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, RN).
• Access to Blue Cross medical and Delta Dental benefits.
• Retirement benefits including 401K matched up to $800 a year and pension after 5 years of employment.
• Professional development opportunities such as tuition reimbursement up to almost $4,000 per year and discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities.
• Wellness benefits including access to employee engagement groups, self-care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full-time employees in your first year.