Day Program Director

Responsibilities

• Purchase, store and maintain supply of educational materials.
• Purchase and stock materials for craft activities and instruct/assist in their use.
• Schedule activities/outings and follow through with all advance planning.
• Assume responsibility for disbursing petty cash and maintaining record of expenditures.
• Provide supervision for employees who meet consumers at day program to work with them one-on-one.
• Provide supervision for group home staff while they are working with consumers in the day program.
• Communicate with appropriate supervisor regarding any problems that arise.
• Prepare monthly supervision notes on all Day Program employees.
• Report on progress/problems in the Day Program to Chief Operations Officer on regular basis.
• Assume responsibility of finding someone to replace an absent direct care staff member or be prepared to work in his/her place.
• Prepare and post monthly calendar of activities and outings.
• Communicate with Case Managers regularly regarding concerns/needs of consumers.
• Review consumers’ goals and documentation weekly.
• Accompany staff and consumers on all outings.
• Monitor appearance of consumers daily.
• Attend to any consumer health issues that arise.
• Assure that all service-ordered hours are being worked.
• Check appearance of all work areas and lunchroom daily to assure cleanliness.
• Complete privileging/annual supervision forms on Day Program only employees.
• Report to Chief Operations Officer any suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation of consumers.
• Learn and comply with all HIPAA rules and regulations.
• Attend training classes required by position and renew as necessary to keep current.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Must be at least 25 years old.
• Two years of hands-on experience with adults with developmental disabilities and prior supervisory experience.
• No substantiated findings on the NC Personnel Registry/Health Care Program or be listed on the HHS/OIG List of Excluded Individual/Entities.
• SBI and DMV records must meet the requirements of area mental health contracts.