Residential Program Leader

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Regular Full Time Drexel Hill, PA, US

13 days ago Requisition

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For 50 years, Life Path has been providing a variety of community and residential services to individuals of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout 7 counties in Pennsylvania. Life Path's programs and services are guided by the principal of everyday lives, an environment of respect and dignity and opportunities to make decisions and choices about one's own life.

• Demonstrates leadership and management skills.
• Valid Driver's license
• Must be 18 years of age or older

General Responsibilities:Responsible for the total management of a community group home. In a group home setting, which operates on a 24 hour, 7 day/week yearly schedule, provide quality care to consumers; implement specific procedures and programs; coordinate work within the home; report pertinent information to the Associate Director; respond to inquiries or requests for information from the various departments within Life Path.

Responsibilities:

• Provide quality care to consumers in an environment that fosters a high standard of professional excellence, creativity, flexibility, which promotes their rights, dignity, freedom of choice, and their individuality as illustrated by the following:
• Assures consumer health and safety is the number one priority. This includes timely and thorough care of all health issues, appointments, and follow-up. Also ensures that appropriate personnel are notified and completes all necessary paperwork.
• Provide individualized attention, which encourages each consumer’s ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
• Knowledgeable of the individualized care plan for each consumer and provide support to the consumer according to the care plan. Contribute to the care planning process by providing the appropriate personnel with specific information and observations of the consumers’ needs and preferences.
• Attend to the individual needs of the consumers, which may include assistance with personal hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating, or other needs in keeping with the individuals’ care requirements.
• Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of each consumer in the delivery of services to them. Interact with consumers in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment.
• Fully understand all aspects of consumers’ rights, including the right to be free of restraints and free from abuse. Responsible for reporting to the Associate Director and/or appropriate personnel any incidents or evidence of consumer abuse or violation of consumers’ rights.
• Maintain a safe, neat and clean environment; report environmental deficiencies to the Associate Director, such as lighting or equipment problems.
• Protect the personal belongings of each consumer, including furnishings, jewelry, clothing, memorabilia, etc. Promptly report missing items according to the established policy and participate in efforts to locate missing items.
• Observe consumers for changes in condition or behavior and promptly report these changes to appropriate personnel.
• Provide care that maintains each consumers’ skin integrity to prevent pressure ulcers, skin tears, and other damage by changing incontinent consumers, turning, repositioning immobile consumers, and applying moisturizers to fragile skin, etc.
• Orient consumers and their families to the program upon admission and/or transfer.
• Lift, move, and transport consumers…