Community Area Manager

Job Details

Job Location: Cobb, Fulton, Dekalb, Gwinnett, Bartow, - GAPosition Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 2 Year DegreeJob Shift: Mid-Day

The Community Area Manager manages two (2) group home locations, coordinates all operations and activities of each location, which includes staff supervision and training, acting as a liaison for the individuals and families we support, and community integration for the individuals.

 Essential Roles and Responsibilities

• Advocates for individuals' involvement in self-advocacy, employment, social interaction in the community and learning independent living skills. 
• Fosters open communication with individuals, families, staff, and other stakeholders. 
• Coordinates the process for ensuring individuals’ medical needs are met. 
• Verifies and audits communication of medical documentation is in the appropriate logs and given to the correct departments. 
• Follow up and implement as needed on all support services recommendations. 
• Manage staff performance by evaluating and issuing progressive discipline as needed. 
• Coordinates all staff training with each location to ensure training is completed in a timely manner.   
• Acts as a role model by developing staff on how to work with individuals, families, and other staff. 
• Ensures staff is operating within the company’s policies and procedures. 
• Interviews potential new hires timely and participates in the termination of employees. 
• Coordinates staff schedules based on the staffing model for each group home. 
• Requires responding to calls in the evenings and on weekends and may require covering shifts in the group homes. 
• Conducts job duties at the group homes or other work locations. This is not a work-from-home position.   
• Conduct staff meetings to ensure dissemination of all company information.
• Ensure timely completion of all reports and information requested. 
• Adhering to the budget of each group home location. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Competencies

Delivery-related

Analytical Thinking: Develops conceptual frameworks that guide analysis; Draws sound conclusions based upon a mixture of analysis and experience.

Achievement Focus: Sets challenging goals for his/her area of responsibility in relation to business opportunities; Measures the risks involved while taking a course of action; Engages in action at the right time and to achieve results.

Drafting Skills: Transforms technical information to engage a non-specialist audience; Tailors communication to the readers and to the context to positively influence policies, reforms, and directions; Edits work delegated to others.

Flexible Thinking: Contributes to shaping business practices and policies; Shares new ideas and perspectives to adjust business strategies; Encourages others to see the positive outcome of doing things differently.

Managing Resources: Advises and/or develops practical solutions to address resource issues that impact the effectiveness of a team or project and the work to be delivered; Allocates and controls financial resources within own area consistent with goals, priorities, and budget; Organizes people and activities, separates, and combines tasks into an efficient workflow to deliver project outputs according to a clear timeframe.

Teamwork and Team Leadership: Provides clear directions and priorities to teams; Delegates responsibility to individuals to make them accountable for successful execution; Organizes teamwork to encourage cooperation and bring together complementary skills/expertise; Credits individual contributions and acknowledges team accomplishments; Facilitates the discussion and resolution of conflicts or disagreement; Encourages and values teams’ input.

Interpersonal

Client Focus: Acts as a seasoned advisor, providing independent opinions on complex client problems and novel initiatives, and assists with handling priority issues; Gives t