Assistant Manager

Bay Ridge, Canarsie, Dyker Heights, Flatbush, and Red Hook | NY

Posted:
November 13, 2025

Neu Spark PDS provides person-centered, community-based supports for individuals with developmental disabilities. Through a range of residential, day, and community services, we empower people to lead meaningful, self-directed lives with dignity and purpose. Our programs are built around each person’s unique strengths, goals, and needs promoting independence, inclusion, and active participation in community life. Neu Spark PDS’s supports foster choice, connection, and personal growth, while also addressing physical and medical needs with care and respect.

At Neu Spark PDS, we don’t just support individuals, we amplify their voices, celebrate their potential, and help spark brighter futures.

• Work in partnership with the people we support to ensure that the rights, health, safety and personal outcomes of the people living in the residence are being supported at all times
• Advocate with people we support in a variety of situations
• Work with the people we support to teach them new life skills
• Assist the people we support to overcome barriers and challenges to establish and maintain a network of relationships and valued social roles
• Supervise, train, evaluate, and observe assigned Direct Support Professionals (DSP)
• Ensure that all required documentation is completed appropriately and in a timely manner
• Prevent, recognize, and report abuse toward the people we support
• Provide ongoing protective oversight to individuals living in the residence
• Oversee and perform day-to-day administrative functions within the Residential program relative to implementation of Neu Spark PDS' policies and procedures as set forth by OPWDD.
• Coordinates and facilitates all monthly staff meetings.
• Initiate and follow through on the hiring process of all new residential staff as identified through Neu Spark PDS.
• Attend all program surveys and in conjunction with the Resident Manager, follow through on program audit written plan of corrective action.
• Works with Human Resources, Fiscal Department, Operations, Developmental and Facilities Maintenance to ensure staffing, equipment, materials and supplies are appropriate and sufficient to guarantee the therapeutic and well-being of the individuals.
• Implement and ensures applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures are made available to all staff.
• Ensures all staff training is done in a timely manner– while also conducting workshops/trainings on a monthly basis or as needed.
• Enforces progressive discipline based on Neu Spark PDS' policies and procedures for all residential staff.
• Oversees adequate implementation of the Individuals’ Habilitation plans, behavioral services and all health care needs.
• Providing oversight and monitoring of all financial resources.
• Read and monitor communication log.
• Daily monitoring, review and submission of billing documentation
• Organize and monitor medical needs including medication administration
• Managing Incidents while adhering to OPWDD 624 regulations
• Able to perform simple functions on the computer
• Ability to physically assist individuals (possible lifting involved) in an emergency or as needed
• Ensures physical plan complies with OPWDD standards through bi-weekly checks and reviews of monthly report submitted to the Resident Manager.
• Fulfills on-call responsibility and cover DSP responsibilities.
• Additional responsibilities as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Residence Manager

• Maintain ongoing communication and always communicate in a respectful manner with all people including the people we support, supervisors, other valued team members, and members of the community
• Provide emergency coverage and cover DSP responsibilities as needed
• Coordinate, support, attend and participate in all required events/ meetings/ reviews/ committees as required
• Maintain the confidentiality of any information relating to individuals and employees of
• the organization.
• Ensure that the residence, including the external property, is clean, safe and attractive at all times
• Complete all required trainings and stay in compliance
• Othe…