<p>Job location: Norfolk, MA</p> <p>Mission: The mission of The Guild for Human Services is to educate, encourage and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities so they may achieve their full potential to lead high-quality lives and participate meaningfully in the community.</p> <p>At The Guild you can join a workforce of creative, dedicated, and passionate employees working every day to enhance the lives of youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and other challenges.</p> <p>Primary Job Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Directly schedule, monitor, supervise, and evaluate all staff within the assigned residence. </li><li>Participate in the hiring, interviewing and disciplinary action processes. </li><li>Provide the individuals who reside in the home an enriched quality of life in their community. </li><li>Ensure that all residential data collection systems, logs and records are up to date. </li><li>Ensure the upkeep of the home by overseeing day to day cleanliness and identifying repairs. </li><li>Oversee the homes food, supply and community activity expenditures, (DCF) clothing and personal needs expenditures and/or individuals' personal household accounts. </li><li>Oversee usage, ordering and purchasing of individual household and health related supplies. </li><li>Complete all required reports and assessments using HCSIS (DDS) and E-SPED (DEEC.) </li><li>Ensure all incident reports, restraint reports and other documentation is completed related to all residential events and follow up on per Guild policy and the appropriate regulations. </li><li>Administer and record individuals' medications in compliance with MAP. </li><li>Ensure all staff in the home administer and record individuals' medications in compliance with MAP. </li><li>Ensure the development of the residential portion of ISP/IEP and subsequent reports designed to best meet the needs of each individual and ensure that they are turned in on schedule. </li><li>Ensure the implementation of all ISP/IEP objectives and related residential services for individuals who reside in the home. </li><li>Monitor individual's progress to ensure that goals are appropriate on at least a quarterly basis. </li><li>Ensure that data sheets for ISP/IEP objectives are completed according to schedule and are updated as needed. </li><li>Coordinate and take individuals to Doctors' appointments in collaboration with nursing. </li><li>Monitor all the individuals' medications and coordinate with the pharmacy (or nursing in school aged programs) if orders are needed. </li><li>Facilitate communication between the home and day program(s) Facilitate communication within the home among staff persons working different shifts. </li><li>Communicate with parents/guardians, family members, stakeholder agency representatives (DCF, DDS) on at least a weekly basis regarding individuals, their progress and their needs including sharing staffing information about the home and a schedule of both house and individual activities. </li><li>Be flexible; available to assist other residences. </li><li>Perform other related duties as assigned. </li><li>Bachelor's degree in special education, psychology, human services or related field required; </li><li>A high degree of effective oral and written communications skills in English </li><li>At least one year of residential management experience and two years direct support experience with developmental disabilities population required. </li><li>Excellent organization and time management skills. </li><li>Reliable transportation to multiple residential locations in Massachusetts </li><li>Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite </li><li>Ability to demonstrate supervisor and administrative skills </li><li>A valid driver's license </li><li>Must undergo background record check requirements. </li><li>MAP certification or ability to pass MAP within first 90 days. </li><li>Physical and mental capacity to work in stressful situations and de-escalate individuals who have limited cognition and complex needs. </li></ul>