Residential manager

Albany, NY

Residential manager

POSITION OVERVIEW

Position Description
Residential manager
listing title: Residential manager
Program/Department: Residential
Member Agency: Parsons
Approved date: 5/13/2021
POSITION SUMMARY
Provide everyday therapeutic care and programming according to Agency and other governing bodies (LDSS, OCFS, CSE, etc.) standards and requirements for adolescent clients who are emotionally disturbed.
ESSENTIAL tasks AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other tasks may be assigned.
Maintain the physical order of the building and therapeutic environment of the units.
Develop and maintain schedules within the assigned campus residential unit, ensuring that there is adequate staff to meet regulatory requirements and safety requirements.
Responsible to ensure that youth in our care are being supervised according to regulatory and programmatic standards.
Design, implement and supervise program activity which will lead to the attainment of goals described within treatment plans.
Supervise and evaluate the work of residential staff assigned to residential programs.
Maintain records as directed by the Residential Program Manager.
Participate in the interviewing and selection of new staff members.
Participate in the training of residential staff.
Conduct residential staff meetings.
Participate in the evaluation of youth referred to the Agency for residential care.
Conduct the financial activity of the residential unit in conformity with guidelines established by the Residential Program Manager and the Director.
Responsible for managing program funds, purchasing food, clothing, household supplies, managing youth allowances
Participate/organize program and agency wide special events and services.
Provide for the physical and psychological needs of clients, including physical safety, hygiene, clothing, food (cooking when necessary), medical care, a reliable and nurturing environment.
Participate in program on call rotation
managerY RESPONSIBILITIES
Directly supervises non-exempt employees. Supervises and evaluates the work of individuals; has responsibility for subordinate performance and output.
leadership abilities
Supervises work assignments and performance development/appraisal. Responsible for selection, training, development, and performance management of personnel.
Position Description
Residential manager
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Direction: receives guidance with respect to general objectives; in the majority of tasks and projects assigned, determine methods, work sequence, scheduling, and how to achieve objectives of assignments; operate within specific policy guidelines. May require approval before proceeding with next steps.
QUALIFICATIONS
to execute this job prosperously, an individual must be able to execute each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the expertise, skill, and/or capability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to execute the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or practice
Requires minimum of HS diploma or equivalent and at least three to four years of significant practice.
CERTIFICATION / LICENSURE
None required. Clean valid driver license.
expertise
Thorough expertise of a specialized area or technical field such as Residential Care, Child Care, Nursing, Accounting, Industrial Arts/Maintenance/Electrical Technology, Medical, or Computer Science; areas which involve thorough expertise expertise plus the application of basic theory.
COMMUNICATION and CONTACT with OTHERS
Requires effective communication expertise. Communication involves interpersonal contacts with clients/families or programs/departments to coordinate service, treatment, or other work. Frequent telephone contact or written correspondence inside the program/department and/or outside the organization involving communication of standard procedures or discussions of non-controversial matters. Regularly training/teaching clients, customers, or new employees in standardized programs or procedures.
DECISION MAKING
Work is primarily performed independently and initiative is expected on specific aspects of the work except under unusual circumstances or conditions. Procedural guidance is available. Decisions on routine matters are appropriate at this level.
CONSEQUENCES of ERRORS
Image/Reputation: Errors could cause adverse effect to clients, could cause client related image/reputation concerns, inaccurate reports/records, and/or could result in dissemination of inaccurate or incomplete information. Such errors may be detected inside or outside the organization and could result in obligating the organization to take a risk or some financial obligation or loss.
LANGUAGE expertise
capability to read, understand and implement documents such as care instructions, procedure manuals, operating instructions, and safety rules. capability to write routine reports and
Position Description
Residential manager
correspondence. capability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
REASONING capability
capability to deal with practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. capability to interpret a variety of information/instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
ORGANIZATIONAL SCOPE and IMPACT
this job offer is not a functional head of a program or department.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Responsible for limited program financial transactions. May be responsible for petty cash, flex funds, or similar types of financial transactions.
MATHEMATICAL expertise
capability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. capability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
TECHNOLOGY expertise
Intermediate competency in Windows operating environment using MS Office applications, database, e-mail and internet programs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Work requires occasional travel by vehicle to alternate work locations.
Community travel/visits require visits to client-related non-agency service provision sites.
Community travel/visits require visits to client homes.
Direct care of clients; required to execute Therapeutic Crisis Intervention techniques.
Possible exposure to blood borne pathogens.
Possible exposure to verbal and/or physical aggression.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to prosperously perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to execute the essential functions.
Regular physical exertion is required such as climbing, crouching, crawling, lifting items up to 50 lbs. May be required to execute physical interventions.
EMPLOYER'S DISCLAIMER
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
Position Description
Residential manager
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only tasks to be performed by the employee occupying this job offer. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to execute any other job-related tasks requested by their manager. Furthermore, the agency reserves the right to add to or revise an employee's job tasks at any time at its sole discretion.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will employment relationship.
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