What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Director position at Nia Association?
Description
Main Function: The primary function of the Home Director/Team Leader is to lead a team of Direct Support Professionals in providing, coordinating, and assisting direct care support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a residential setting. The Home Director/Team Leaderis responsible for scheduling assignments, training, and staff development. Enforce and monitor compliance with organizational policies, procedures, Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) compliance, and Tennessee State Department regulations for training and care support.
Requirements
• Manage all aspects of the home(s) assigned. Ensure that all staffing, household functions and financial affairs are in order.
• Address and resolve all urgent issues that are brought to your attention that are related to the individual supported and the home. Protect the rights of the individual(s) served.
• Responsible for maintaining a cell phone 24/7 to ensure accessibility. Required to respond to all calls/pages within 15 minutes from staff /Program Coordinators/Management.
• Ability to cover shifts when absences occur with other team members. Provides emergency coverage when requested by management. Provide on-call support as needed.
• Ensure the training and scheduling of an adequate number of direct support professionals to meet the supervision needs of individuals supported.
• Provide direct and ongoing supervision of Direct Support Professionals that work in your assigned homes. Must be able to provide both positive and corrective feedback in a professional manner. Administer appropriate disciplinary action forms as needed. Ensure timeliness and completion of all 30, 90, and annual evaluations on your assigned staff.
• Monitor/supervise continuous training of employees to ensure employees maintain certification along with core training. Complete all mandatory training.
• Provide formal training to all Direct Support Professionals that work in your assigned homes. Make sure training is documented appropriately and documentation is provided to PC. This training will include all individual specific training, all therapy plans, proper use of Integrated Technology Database reporting systems, and home orientation.
• Ensure that all documentation related to direct care, finance, home repair, staffing and state guidelines is completed correctly.
• Become well versed on the actions/outcomes pertaining to the individuals supported in your assigned home. Ensure the action steps are being implemented and documented. Maintains confidentiality of records/information according to HIPAA, State, Federal laws, and guidelines.
• Once a month ensure all documentation (clothing inventory, home meeting agendas, visitors log, preventive maintenance, fire drills, etc) is verified for accuracy.
• Meet deadlines for turning in all necessary and required paperwork/documentation to include special projects to your PC.
• Attend scheduled appointments as necessary to include but not limited to medical, dental, psychiatric, and psychological appointments.
• Encourage high productivity, commitment and cooperation by sharing information through candid, clear and timely communication. Participates in management staff meetings and attends other meetings as required.
• Provide Status report for the individual(s) served, via daily notes and ongoing communications.
• Provide and/or assist with personal care and basic needs for individual(s) served.
• Perform First Aid/CPR/CPI as required: maintain current training status, complete re-training/re-certification as required.
• Administers prescription and over the counter medications after successful completion of Medication Administration Training.