550-08 Assistant Residential House Manager

Description

Venture Community Services provides support to individuals facing diverse challenges through a compassionate and dedicated workforce using innovative practices that encourage independence, empowerment, and opportunity.

The opportunity to enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities has untold rewards. At Venture, we are committed to empowering our employees through ongoing education and innovative training opportunities that cultivate talents. Venture Community Services offers an excellent benefits package, values work-life balance and promotes a culture of inclusion and equity where employees’ opinions matter.

Assistant Residential House Manager – Sign on Bonus! Paid Training!

Schedule:  Wed 2p-10p, Thurs 1p-11p, Fri 2p-11p, Sat 9a-11p

Full Time: 40 Hours

Pay rate: $17.15 per hour - paid training provided by Venture!

Sign on Bonus: $2,000 for full-time employees

The Assistant Residential House Manager reports to the Residential House Manager. The assistant is responsible for the general daily care of program individual/service recipients and for primary program service delivery. Essential skills include empathy, compassion, teamwork, striving for excellence, willingness to learn, and a desire for a challenging growth opportunity. The Assistant Residential House Manager will assume the responsibility of the Residential House Manager in their absence. This position will be compensated on an hourly basis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Development and implementation of ISP's, behavior plans and assessments to insure individual input, relevance to program goals, feasibility and capabilities of individuals. To include participation in creating, developing and implementing behavior plans.
• Serve as programmatic supervisor to Direct Support Professionals.
• Consistently communicate information to Direct Support Professionals, parents, guardians and day programs as designated by Residential House Manager.
• Oversee handling of individual accounts, and the house budget as directed by the Residential House Manager.
• Ensure monthly fire drills are completed in accordance with DDS regulations.
• Identify renovation/repair needs of the program.
• Identify and follow through on maintenance needs of vehicle.
• Attend meetings with management personnel from other agencies and the Department of Developmental Services as requested by Residential House Manager.
• Attend annual and semi-annual reviews as assigned by Residential House Manager.
• Prepare weekly staff meeting agenda specific to individual centered issues and programmatic issues.
• Coordinate and assist with planning of individual leisure/recreation time.
• In the absence of the Residential House Manager perform all functions of that position.
• In the absence of the Residential House Manager communicate with Administrative personnel on the day-to-day operation of the program.
• Insure the program maintains the standard outlined in the Department of Developmental Services Mission Statement, the Survey and Certification Tool, as well as requirements of Performance Based Objectives.
• Maintain records and document daily data.
• Educate, supervise and monitor individual self-medication programs.
• Educate and train individuals in goals and objectives specified in ISP.
• Educate and assist individuals with meal preparation and food shopping.
• Educate and assist individuals with finances, banking, receipts, purchasing and maintain records.
• Educate, transport, accompany and provide supervision to individuals in/to their place of worship.
• Physically assist individuals in transfer and carries, both ambulatory and non-ambulatory.
• Physically escort/restrain individual during emergency situations or behavioral episodes, physically assist individuals in bathing and personal hygiene tasks which may include lifts and supports to individuals with body weights of 150-250 pounds.
• Implement Agency policies and procedures as defined in the Agency Policy and Procedure Manual.
• Maintain confidentiality and positive demeanor while successfully juggling multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Promote cost effectiveness by monitoring electric and telephone usage, etc.
• Complete Supervisors Training.

Assistant Residential House Manager will be assigned specific responsibilities which may include but are not limited to:

Advocate: All full time staff will have advocate responsibilities for one of the people living in the home.

• Responsible for preparation of Advocate Agenda for staff meetings and lead discussion concerni