Program Specialist

Description

The Program Specialist provides direct support to the individuals served by the agency and is responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of agency policies and procedures by qualified, knowledgeable staff. Designation assigned to Program Specialist within a specific Community-Based home(s), who demonstrates the strongest leadership skills and responsibility in working with the rest of the home's Direct Support Professionals to ensure that daily routines, assignments, etc.,

are carried out efficiently. This position entails special skills and responsibilities and is a supervisory position of limited nature and scope. Demonstrates and practices New Avenues values. Responsible to promptly report to supervisor any circumstances that negatively affect the health, safety, or well-being of clients, staff, the agency or its property and equipment.

• Progress notes/HPC documentation/Site documentation
• MAR – monitoring of documentation and implements change over
• Weekly Med QA’s
• Arranges and attends medical appointments and ensures written documentation/physicians orders are relayed timely to appropriate staff
• Communicate all recommendations from medical appointments to Program Developers and Health Services Manager
• Submit completed bi-weekly schedules in Data plus for the site to Program Developers for approval and publish.
• Review bi-weekly payroll for managed staff hours and make adjustments as necessary.

5. Maintain effective relationships with team members to ensure the following:

• Orienting new staff to the household routines and documenting on-site and individual specific training of new employees.
• Ensuring smooth daily transition between working varying shifts (at main site or in cluster) in order to facilitate supports for individuals.
• Schedules community errands/trips appropriate to individual’s interests and needs.
• Ensuring all incident reporting procedures are followed including incident reports being reported and written immediately after incident occurs; then sent to the Program Developer in a timely manner.
• Maintain and secure all financial information and monies for the individuals as required by policy/procedure.

6. Securing the house and maintaining a healthy and safe environment by:

• Ensuring the house cleanliness on a daily basis.
• Monitoring proper diets, meal planning and food shopping.
• Communicating appropriate repairs and equipment needed to landlord.

7. On call responsibilities include maintaining appropriate staffing, being available to work direct shifts as needed, and maintaining timely communication with all team members for their homes.

8. Will follow New Avenues CBS on call procedures.

9. On call PS will maintain health and welfare by completing site visits.

10. Other duties as assigned.