Senior Program Manager - Supportive Apartments
Full Time
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
$46,000 - $48,000 a year
Posted
Job description
Be the difference by making a difference. Advance your career in mental health today and change someone’s life tomorrow with Residential Transitions Inc., an award-winning organization that puts the people they serve and employ first.
POSITION: Senior Program Manager - Supportive Apartments
TYPE: Full-Time Exempt
LOCATION: Office Setting in Mendota Heights, MN, travel to sites in the program throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area required, with mileage reimbursement provided.
NUMBER OF OPENINGS: 1
BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR RTI:
- $46,000 - $48,000 / Year
- 4.2 Weeks of PTO
- 7 Company Paid Holidays + 1 Paid Floating Holiday
- Generous Matching 401k, we invest in your future
- Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Monthly Paid Training Sessions
- Advancement Opportunities, around 80% of our managers started at entry level
RTI offers FREE CEU Courses and Clinical Supervision towards Social Work and LPC/LPCC license!
POSITION PURPOSE: The Senior Program Manager will oversee community services provided at a designated program area (ILS, 24 Emergency Services and Homemaking services). This includes clinical evaluations of services at a programmatic level and with individual participants with a diagnosis of a mental illness, developmental disability and/or a brain injury.
ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS: The Senior Program Manager reports directly to the Area Director.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
1) Supervising, hiring and terminating Mental Health Practitioners who provide Independent Living Skills support and 24 HR Emergency Assistance to RTI’s participants.
2) Providing supervisory direction, annual reviews and clinical/professional feedback for Mental Health Practitioners to enhance RTI’s participant’s coping skills development, independent living skills development and personal development.
3) Providing tours to potential participants and their provider.
4) Developing and managing program budgets and creating.
5) Managing GRH amounts to applicable participants (scheduling and taking participants to purchase household items in timely manner each month, gathering client bills, oversee submission of appropriate paperwork to county monthly).
6) Assist with the decision-making processes related to selection of new participants to the program.
7) Document all significant events and follow-up on any incident reports.
8) Review participant progress notes daily.
9) Ensure program development and licensing compliance are met.
10) Schedule client ILS meetings weekly.
11) Facilitate team meetings and collaborative conversations with other programs and external Senior Program Manager
12) Providing independent living skills training directly to participants.
13) Providing 24 HR Emergency Support Services which requires evaluation of participants in mental health crisis and implementing crisis intervention plans. RTI participant's may exhibit verbal and/or physical aggressive behavior directed toward Staff. RTI practices non-violent interventions to crises, including de-escalation techniques and motivational interviewing techniques to de-escalate a person’s behavior before it poses an imminent risk of physical harm to self or others.
14) Completing the necessary purchases for designated programs.
15) Completing the necessary requirements for 245D licensure. Tracking, implementing and developing required staff training.
16) Implementing and maintaining person centered programming.
REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: The designated coordinator must minimally have:
(1) a bachelors 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 age 65 and older
OR
(2) an associate degree in a field related to human services, and two years of full-time work experience providing direct care services to persons with disabilities or persons age 65 and older
OR
(3) a diploma in a field related to human services from an accredited postsecondary institution and three years of full-time work experience providing direct care services to persons with disabilities or persons age 65 and older
OR
(4) a minimum of 50 hours of education and training related to human services and disabilities
AND
(5) four years of full-time work experience providing direct care services to persons with disabilities or persons age 65 and older under the supervision of a staff person who meets the qualifications identified in clauses (1) to (3).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be able to pass a Department of Human Services background check.
- Must be orientated in a person-centered approach.
- Must be able to organize and work independently.
- Must have strong written and oral communications skills and must be able to document in an objective and effective manner.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and have a satisfactory driving record.
- Must have a working vehicle with auto insurance which is valid. agencies
- Knowledge of the effects of mental illness and willingness to stay abreast of state of the art knowledge from a wide variety of disciplines applicable to the treatment of persons with mental illness.
- Philosophical approach consistent with that of the program and RTI.
- Current driver’s license.
- Good driving record, a working vehicle and active car insurance.
- Ability to pass the BCA Criminal Background Check and the "Sexual Exploitation of Patients by Psychotherapists" screen required by the Department of Human Services.
- Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal direction.
- Must possess a telephone or system that allows 2-way communication with the program.
- Ability to pass the screening required by Federal Human Services Office of Inspector General to assure that person has not been excluded from working in the Health Care Programs. Which receive federal funding.
- Demonstrates an understanding of and sensitivity to serving culturally diverse populations.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
• Ability to write reports, contracts and other correspondence, to communicate pertinent observations and formulate the development of policies and procedures as deemed necessary. • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from medical professionals, management, staff, clients and regulatory authorities.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general human services periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
REASONING SKILLS:
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables
MATHEMATICAL ABILITY: • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, run, stand, climb stairs, bend, kneel or crouch, and use hands to write, dispense medications and perform physical crisis prevention/intervention techniques.
- Employee in this position may need to lift at least 40 lbs. and may need to exert him or herself while performing their duties.
- Successful performance requires vision abilities to read client charts, staff files and to drive a car.
OTHER SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES: The work environment conditions described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. There are no unusual environmental conditions. Typically, the noise level in the work environment is moderate.
RTI is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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I understand that neither the completion of this application nor any other part of my consideration of employment establishes any obligation for Residential Transitions, Inc. to hire me. If I am hired, I understand that either RTI or I can terminate employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause and without prior notice. I understand that no representative of Residential Transitions, Inc. has the authority to make any assurance to the contrary. I attest by submitting this application that I understand the above and have given to Residential Transitions, Inc. true and complete information on this application. No requested information has been concealed or falsified. I authorize Residential Transitions, Inc. to contact references provided for employment reference checks, and to contact past employment for work history verification. If any information I provided is untrue, or if I have concealed material information, I understand that this will constitute cause for the denial of employment or immediate dismissal.
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