Day Program Director

About the role

Assist with adults with I/DD disability in a day program setting.

Responsibilities

• Implement individual Person Centered Plan involving skills that promote independence
• Instruct, model, assist the consumer in daily living skills, socialization, leisure and/or recreational activities, educational and vocational skills
• 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
• Absorb 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
• Maintain consumer health issues that arise
• Absorb responsibility of ensuring 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
• Understand that failure to renew training by date will result in immediate removal from the schedule until training is brought up-to-date
• Perform other duties as required by circumstances

Requirements

• 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