Lead Direct Support Professional - Valparaiso Indiana

Company: ResCare Community Living
Location: Valparaiso, Indiana
Posted On: 01/22/2025

Our Company

ResCare Community Living

Overview

Operations Management focuses on efficiently meeting the needs of our clients across various lines of business. If your passion is managing and developing staff to ensure quality care and to help our clients live their best life, we encourage you to apply today!

Responsibilities

• Coaches and mentors direct support staff
• Works to create a positive work environment and proper deployment of direct support staff
• Addresses and corrects health, safety, and environmental concerns and reports safety and maintenance concerns as needed
• Ensures clinical and behavioral support objectives and goals are implemented and documented
• Provides oversight of dietary supports, including menu planning and grocery shopping
• Ensures protocols for communicating medical concerns are being followed
• Ensures medication administration records are current and ensures medical appointments are scheduled and met
• Monitors the budgets and finances of the person(s) served
• Collects and reports management information to ensure continuous evaluation and improvement of operations
• Implements fiscal processes and loss control programs to ensure appropriate allocation of financial resources
• Monitors employee schedules, Teletime reports, and Punch Correction sheets
• Other duties as assigned
  
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  • High school diploma or GED required (Exceptions to educational requirements must comply with state law and regulations)
  • Experience in providing services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities or related disorders preferred
  • Minimum age requirement is 18 years
    
    
    
    About our Line of Business
    
    ResCare Community Living has four decades of experience in the disability services field, providing support to individuals who need assistance with daily living due to an intellectual, developmental or cognitive disability. Our community living services are provided in 27 states with several thousand programs and a comprehensive range of high-quality services, including: Community Living, Adult Host Homes for adults regardless of disability, Behavioral/Mental Health Support, In-home Pharmacy Solutions, Telecare and Remote Support, Supported Employment and Training Programs, and Day programs. For more information, please visit www.rescarecommunityliving.com . Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn .
    
    Salary Range
    
    USD $16.00 - $16.60 / Hour More...

        

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