Direct Care Supervisor
AEDD
- Little Rock, AR
- $35,658 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serve on Inter-disciplinary Admission Committee, duties include: attend Person Centered Service Plan meetings with individual and guardian, assist in completion of admission forms and assist in initial habilitation program and establishment of goals.
- Complete forms on all individuals as required by Arkansas Social Services, DDS, Social Security Administration, and any other agency providing service to the individual - Medicaid eligibility, Social Security, Representative Payee etc.
- Responsible for hiring appropriate number of staff to provide direct care to consumers on case load.
- Maintain records on all individuals served as required by DDS, including: initial application, permission forms, habilitation plan, staffing reports, progress reports, quarterly reports, behavior incident reports, and medical information
- Ensures services are provided to consumers as defined in the Plan of Care. Contacts consumers and guardians, as required to insure consistency in programming.
- Serve on Multi-Agency Team, which is responsible for staffing individuals progress in programs and insuring changes in program is made when necessary and be in constant communication with Case Management Agency.
- Be available and responsible to all individuals we serve as well as caregivers.
- Ensure Direct Support Professionals and following consumer plan of care and applicable company policy in order to ensure quality of care being given.
- Assist in serving as liaison with other services to insure coordination of services to individuals, such as: utility assistance, food stamps, HUD housing, etc.
- Monitor and maintain AEDD Owned and Operated Homes, ensuring routine maintenance needs are met timely by conducting monthly inspections and ensuring that the house manager turns in bi-weekly physical plant safety forms as well as taking any direct needs from the staff at each location.
- Make Quarterly visits to homes, announced and unannounced.
- Maintain and update files with tenant's leases with AEDD for the group homes.