Program Director- Group Home Residential Services

At CareSense we are only as good as our team members. Our extraordinary team provides quality services, bringing quality of life for our consumers and their families.

We are seeking a dynamic group home Director who demonstrates an understanding of and belief in positive approaches as a guiding philosophy, along with a strong commitment to community integration for people with disabilities. He/she should be proactive and a motivated self-starter that engages well with his/her team and other community professionals. The Program Director is responsible for oversight and operations of a cluster of residential homes for individuals with intellectual disabilities, brain injury, and or autism, while ensuring a healthy emotional and physical environment for the individuals. This person is able to work independently and assists our agency grow by increasing referrals while retaining high consumer satisfaction and compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.

Responsibilities Include:

Grow agency census by establishing beneficial relationships with referral sources and increasing referrals

Maintain involvement in the community to bring awareness of agency services

Identify, acquire, set up, license, open, and efficiently operate new homes

Ensure all ODP Chapter 6400 applicable laws and regulations are followed

Hire, train, retain, and supervise managers, program specialists, and home leads

Participate in state monitoring and compliance surveys and complete requests for qualification and related paperwork

Develop and update policies and procedures

Ensure all client and staff paperwork is accurate, complete, maintained, and kept updated

Ensure all homes are kept up to code in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations, safe and well kept

Ensure home expenses are in line with budget by establishing expense guidelines, monitoring expenditures, and tracking financial operations

Ensure efficient and effective operations

Ensure high level client satisfaction

Work closely with staff to ensure proper scheduling of caregivers and solve issues that arise.

Ensure accurate staffing of clients with caregivers based on location, time, skills/needs, and requests.

Utilize our web-based care management system to monitor operations including clinical documentation, monitor care logs, and to maintain client and caregiver records

Effectively and accurately communicate with caregivers, clients, and case managers.

Ensure effective recruiting of staff, retention, and training

Perform home visits and as necessary

Complete incident reporting as necessary

Other projects/duties as assigned by administration

Requirements:

Good relationships and contacts in the relevant industry

Masters degree

At least 3 years of relevant and related supervisory work experience

Excellent phone skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, to effectively communicate with nurses, physicians, case managers and patients

Fast paced

Self-directing and very independent with the ability to work with little direct supervision

Advanced knowledge of computers

Very comfortable with technology applications including personnel recruiting systems, staffing and scheduling systems, electronic medical records systems, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point

Very organized and detailed, able to handle extensive amounts of paperwork/documentation

Reliable car, valid State driver's license and car insurance

Background check will be required