Senior Director of Community Life

Job DetailsJob Location: 3301 BUCKEYE ROAD SUITE 700 - ATLANTA, GA 30341Position Type: Full TimeInCommunity is committed to supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live safe, healthy and joyful lives in their communities.  We offer a culture of integrity, service, and respect for the dignity of every individual. All employees, including the Sr. Director of Community Life, are expected to model and promote the organization’s mission and values in every aspect of their work.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:


Providing effective and inspiring leadership and holding team members accountable for meeting the expectations of the organization
Ensuring that each of the organization’s Community Life programs and services operates consistently in alignment with the organization’s mission and values and in compliance with applicable rules and regulations
Building strong relationships with applicable stakeholders and serving as the organization’s spokesperson, internally and externally, on matters related to Community Life programs and services
Providing information to the Board of Directors regarding the performance and delivery of Community Life programs and services
Staying abreast of updates to rules, regulations and requirements, as well as industry best practices, that impact the Community Life programs and services provided by the organization
Ensuring that admissions, discharges and movements of individuals within Community Life services and programs of the organization are aligned with the organization’s mission and values, as well as applicable funding models and revenue sources
Creating strategies to enhance the organization’s Community Life programs and services, in alignment with applicable regulations, funding models, contractual obligations and budgetary restraints
Preparing budgets for each of the Community Life programs and services offered by the organization and ensuring the disciplined management of financial resources throughout Community Life programs and services
Developing long-term strategic goals for each of the Community Life programs and services offered by the organization
Fostering a transparent and safe environment for staff to report challenges and ask questions/seek guidance
Meet all requirements and serve as the lead DDP/Agency Director for the Community Life programs and services delivered by the organization, to include:

Overseeing the services and supports provided to individual for general guidance to the provider agency in areas of compliance and quality improvement;
Assuring that the supports provided are within the scope of the agency’s service enrollment and experience to ensure effective delivery;
Assuring that the services address the individual’s needs and adhere to the application of person- centered values, choice and individual’s rights;
Providing, arranging or overseeing curricula used in staff training and directed to service delivery in the context of the individual’s goal(s) and objectives;
Recommending other needed services/supports or changes to the delivery model using a continuous quality improvement approach;
Providing consultation to the provider agency in ISP implementation strategies that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, realistic and time limited in order to meet the needs and personal goal(s) of the individual;
Assessing areas of risks either individually or overall risks to persons supported through agency practice, policy or lack of policy or procedures/protocols. Providing risk mitigation strategies to the provider agency;
Reviewing that functional assessments are in place to support formulation of the individual’s plan for delivery of all waiver services that include:
The Health Risk Screening Tool;







The Supports Intensity Scale;
Functional Behavioral Evaluation;
Others (E.g., Nursing, OT, PT etc.) as needed or required.





Overseeing high intensity services if applicable that address health and safety risks for the individuals that includes:


The implementation and effectiveness of Behavior Support Plans;







The implementation and effectiveness of the Individual’s Crisis Plan; and
Identifying ongoing supports as needed (medical and /or behavioral) in collaboration with agency staff, staff of other agencies providing supports to the individuals mutually served or other members of the healthcare team.





Ensuring that all DDPs who are employed within the organization’s Community Life team meet the responsibilities and expectations of the DDP role
Ensuring that training delivered by the organization for Community Life team members satisfies not only all regulatory requirements but supports continuous improvement and is aligned with the mission and goals of the organization
Partnering with the CFO to ensure that the organization meets all fiduciary responsib