Assistant Program Manager / DDS Topping House (Temporary 90 days)

About the role

The position involves coordination and implementation of in-house programming, including assessments, goal planning, evaluation of daily progress, monthly resident reviews, monitoring recreational programs, seeking community resources, maintaining trip logs for van use, making independent judgments, ensuring high standards of services, following individual plans, and participating in interdisciplinary team meetings.

Responsibilities

• Making independent judgments using discretion for the benefit of the individual.
• Ensuring individuals receive the highest standard of services required and their day-to-day needs are met.
• Ensuring all services are being followed as written in the individual’s plans.
• Assessing the needs of the whole individual/family including their basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter.
• Making referrals to appropriate internal and external services as required to meet the individual’s families’ needs.
• Following up on referrals made on behalf of an individual’s family and responding to all referrals made to you/your program.
• Participating in cross-program service reviews that support the planning and coordination of service delivery and service closure.
• Organizing records and ensuring they are up to date.
• Completing and maintaining investigation certification as it relates to incidents within the DDS.
• Maintaining and submitting timely and accurate records and reports regarding the health and safety of the individuals and the quality of each program.
• Ensuring all safeguards of life safety situations with individuals are implemented and are being followed.
• Tracking appointments, communicating with the CMS, Nurse, relevant doctors and managers, ensuring accuracy of medication inventory, recording and ordering refills, when necessary.
• Completing medical referral forms, completing monthly medical book reviews.
• Ensuring coordination by supervisors of all transportation activities to assure maximum use of transportation services for day programming, recreation services, medical, and special requirements.
• Ensuring the transporting of individuals to and from programs, community inclusion activities, medical appointments, home visits and all other activities as needed.
• Ensuring the timely receipt and ongoing availability of all individual’s needs (toilet items, clothing, and personal effects).
• Distributing petty cash funds to the staff or collecting petty cash receipts and submitting them to the Program Manager.
• Conducting monthly fire evacuation drills including all staff members on all shifts.
• Participating in admission and discharge reviews and making recommendations to Program Manager.
• Developing monthly recreation schedule in consultation with Program Manager.
• Implementing and monitoring in-house and community recreational activities, providing hand-on assistance as needed.
• Directing care as necessary.
• Conducting frequent rounds on all shifts and submitting reports to Program Manager, to ensure that safety and health requirements are observed, that the physical environment is comfortable and stimulating, and that quality individual care and programming are provided.

Requirements

• A high school diploma with one (1) year experience in Human Services (Social Work, Psychology, Special Ed., etc.) or related field required, an associate’s degree preferred.
• Two (2) years minimum experience working with individuals diagnosed with intellectual disability (ID).
• AMAP, SCIP-R and First Aid/CPR certified.
• A valid driver’s license is required (must be able to drive large vehicles which consist of wheelchair or 15-seater van).