Residential Manager
Lead with Purpose — and Make Every Home a Place of Growth and Care
At Grafton Integrated Health Network, we’re guided by a shared purpose: helping individuals with complex needs live meaningful, fulfilling lives. As a Residential Manager, your meaningful impact comes through leading and supporting a team of Direct Support Professionals who provide compassionate, person-centered care in our residential programs. You’ll foster a culture of teamwork and collaboration, ensuring that staff have the guidance, training, and encouragement they need to help residents achieve greater independence and well-being. And because we care for you so you can care for others, we provide the tools, resources, and professional development opportunities that empower you to grow as a leader while making a lasting difference.
Join us - and experience the deep fulfillment of knowing your work truly makes a difference!
Be part of a team that leads with heart and grit, the Grafton way—where leadership, compassion, and dedication come together to change lives.
The Residential Manager manages direct support professionals (DSPs) to enable them to provide well-rounded, quality services to individuals utilizing evidence-based best practices. Ensures that DSPs provide for the health, safety, welfare and progress of individuals. Guide DSPs in using effective interactions designed to improve well-being, promote progress toward goals, increase independence, and improve overall quality of life. Observe, document and provide meaningful feedback to DSPs to maintain or improve performance to achieve desired results established by the multi-disciplinary and management teams. Collaborate with the Clinical and Medical staff to provide the necessary development of DSPs and to support the goals of the program and organization. Ensure that staffing is adequate; manage PTO, and staffing schedule for assigned program. Manage budget for the assigned program. Reports to Operations Administrator.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Interviews and collaborates with Human Resources to hire new employees
Provides and ensures initial employee training, mentors new employees on-boarding experience and ensure on-going employee training and development.
Monitors employee performance and utilizes recognition and feedback models to improve / maintain performance, conducts performance reviews. Provides corrective feedback for employee performance problems that do not improve through coaching
Ensures employees understand their responsibilities to implement residents’ individual plans, and monitors this implementation;
Establishes and maintains positive employee relations
Oversees completion and audits of weekly/monthly paperwork in program
Oversees development and implementation of activity schedules
Manages staffing for assigned program
Manages employee transfers and resignations
In collaboration with nursing staff, monitors that residents receive medication and medical treatment, as prescribed, as well as maintain personal hygiene;
Manages the safety and rights of residents
Manages company vehicle use
Sets expectations and monitors how employees facilitate resident participation in the community
Manages on-call / on-duty responsibilities as assigned;
Participates in a weekly on-call rotation as assigned;
Supports the organization’s Continuous Quality Improvement and Trauma Informed Care approach.
Demonstrates knowledge of the programs current goals and future goals
Demonstrates willingness and ability to propel the program towards these goals
Demonstrates knowledge of overall program budget
Utilizes approved procedures for purchases and cash requests
Manages fiscal budget for the program in coordination with the Operations Administrator
Other duties as assigned by Operations Administrator
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology or related field; two (2) years of professional experience working with children; one (1) year of residential facility for children or internal equivalency and one (1) year prior supervisory experience preferred OR
High school diploma or a General Education Development Certificate (G.E.D.); minimum of five (5) years professional experience working with children and two (2) years in a residential facility for children or internal equivalency and one (1) year supervisory experience preferred.
Valid Driver’s license
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:
Caring for You, So You can Care for Others:
Medical, dental and vision
Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
Generous Paid Time Off plan & attendance incentives
Employer Paid Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Short-term disability (STD)
Long-term disability (LTD)
Stronger Together: Supporting Your Growth & Success:
Paid Career Development - we pay you while becoming certified in CPR, Ukeru, Mandt and other career training!
401(k), including an employer match up to $2,500 annually
Education Assistance up to $5,250 annually
As Grafton is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, you may be eligible for federal student loan forgiveness
If you have issues applying or have any questions about this position, please reach out to us at
Grafton is an equal employment opportunity employer and tobacco-free workplace.