What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Manager position at Living Well Disability Services?
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Locations:
32nd Ave - Plymouth, MN
Casey Court - Inver Grove Heights, MN
Elgin Court - Apple Valley, MN
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Make Lives Better. Including Your Own.
What’s the difference between a job and a meaningful, rewarding career? The people you serve. When you work at Living Well Disability Services, you’re able to assist people with disabilities to live their best life.
Working with people with disabilities is both fun and rewarding.
Who we are: Living Well Disability Services delivers exceptional services that transform the lives of people impacted by intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities. Services are available to people in their own home, their family’s home or in one of our 37 group homes throughout the 10-county region. We offer a broad spectrum of people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, multiple sclerosis, autism, and brain injury. These may be complicated by a variety of chronic health conditions. Innovation in service, accessibility, wellness, and technology help people pursue their goals and live as independently as possible.
Major Position Responsibilities
- Lead and support to a diverse team of direct support professionals by providing effective hiring, training, supervision, mentorship and job performance evaluation to ensure successful implementation of services.
- Assess for design and assure implementation of individualized services that are responsive to directives from people receiving services, their legal representatives and interdisciplinary teams.
- Provide, monitor and evaluate services to assure quality standards are maintained and effective through the use of quality improvement tools.
- Manage service location to assure that contractual, financial and human resource outcomes are met by leading effective communication with staff, co-workers and people receiving services and their interdisciplinary team members, managing the purchase process to ensure adequate supplies are available and budget targets are met, and setting staff work schedules that meet the needs of people receiving services.
- Complete all tasks and responsibilities necessary to comply with all licensing requirements, including analyzing, preparing and submitting reports and communicating other information to the appropriate person, department or agency.
- Provide an environment conducive to the effective functioning of people’s interdisciplinary teams to support and assure growth and development for people receiving services, including coordinating annual planning cycles as directed by people and as required by external and internal regulations and policies.
- Participate in organizational management and training efforts by serving as a trainer (CPR, Mandt, Advocacy, etc.) and/or participating in internal and/or external committees and task forces.
- Perform responsibilities in a professional manner, establish and maintain professional boundaries in all interactions and communications between team members, families, co-workers, individuals, and support staff.
- Complete required trainings as scheduled, attend staff meetings, and maintain certifications for essential job functions (CPR, First Aid, Med Administrations, and/or Mandt).
- Complete other tasks and responsibilities as assigned and/or needed to ensure the agency meets its mission.
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform the Program Manager job effectively.
- Have the passion, willingness and courage to make a difference in the lives of persons who have disabilities.
- Four-year post-secondary degree and QIDP credential; or Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to human services and one year of full-time work experience providing direct care services to persons with disabilities or persons 65 and older; or an Associate Degree in a field related to human services and four years full-time work experience providing direct care services.
- Have the commitment to be part of an effective team that is accountable, supportive and responsible to one another as well as the willingness and confidence to learn to work independently.
- As a learning and evolving organization, each team member should have the willingness to embrace change in order to meet the needs of those we serve.
We care deeply for our employees and the people we serve and therefore require new employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for the health and safety of all (while following all applicable laws).
Benefits Information:
Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits:
- Generous Paid time off (PTO)
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Short Term / Long-term Disability
- Life Insurance
We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
