
Social Development Manager
- Little Rock, AR
- $28.85 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Oversees all residential and recreation operations.
- Ensures all DOPs/SOPs meet PRH requirements, are updated and adhered to.
- Approves the hiring of all social development staff.
- Provides orientation and other job-related training to social development staff.
- Schedules staff to ensure supervision of all areas to assure safety, security, and accountability of students at all times.
- Delegates work assignments, supervises and evaluates staff performance.
- Develops mechanisms to ensure communication and feedback occurs with center staff, department staff, student leaders and students.
- Ensures student accountability procedures are adhered to on a daily basis.
- Maintains a safe, secure, clean, and attractive environment at all times and ensures students are involved in managing their areas and in maintaining cleanliness.
- Inspects dormitory/recreation areas to ensure cleanliness, safety, and attractiveness.
- Completes required reports timely and accurately.
- Ensures staff establishes a high degree of student rapport.
- Ensures staff confronts negative behavior and reinforces positive behavior.
- Ensures staff provides appropriate feedback to students through the ESP system.
- Follows the CDSS plan and Code of Conduct system daily.
- Develops and implements a comprehensive student leadership program in the residential and recreation areas.
- Ensures that a comprehensive recreation schedule is developed with input from students.
- Tracks participation of student recreation activities, ensuring a majority of students participate, and ensures the leisure time learning (LTL) program is implemented.
- Complies with all DOL guidelines, OFCCP regulation, Quality Assurance Plan (QAP), Serrato policies and procedures, Job Corps notices and bulletins, and Center policies and procedures.
- Reports to the Career Development Director on all aspects of residential living/recreation operations and Student Government Association.
- Adheres to required property control policies and procedures.
- Ensures that dormitory logs and files are accurately and completely maintained.
- Maintains and follows all non-health standing orders.
- Ensures that students receive prompt and appropriate assistance in the event of injury, illness, emotional trauma, arrest, trouble at home or other traumatic experiences.
- Administers first aid and emergency medical procedures as needed.
- Maintains a high degree of student discipline in order to maximize social development engagement, participation, and learning.
- Participates in and/or schedules student case conferences, as necessary.
- Tracks student retention by dormitory on a monthly basis.
- Ensures departments have adequate supplies and controls inventories.
- Tracks dormitory performance and uses results for dormitory incentives.
- Coordinates an independent living program that provides instruction in improving skills.
- Evaluates personnel under his/her management and makes recommendations regarding disciplinary actions, promotions, and/or merit increases.
- Holds regular staff meetings at least twice a month, document meetings, and submit documentation to Center Director.
- Develops plans to work towards meeting performance standards and goals.
- Maintains good housekeeping in all areas and complies with safety practices.
- Demonstrates and abides by Serrato Corporation's core values and operating principles.
- Models, mentors, monitors appropriate Career Success Standards.
- Helps students become more employable through continuous reinforcement.
- Participates in PRH mandated staff training. Failure to participate may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Proficiency with advanced Microsoft Office applications including Word, Power Point, Outlook, and Excel.
- Computer Literacy with basic computer functions, email, internet, and basic programs such as Adobe Acrobat.
- High level of leadership and management skills.
- Knowledge in developing students with lifelong social and independent living skills.
- Strong communication, organization, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Valid State Driver's License.
- Paid Short Term / Long Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance.
- Health care insurance available (medical, dental, vision, critical illness, accident, HSA, and FSA)