Residence Manager

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Make a bigger difference

Residence Manager (IDD/OPWDD)

At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

The Residence Manager is responsible for the smooth operation of the Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) or Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA) serving adults with developmental disabilities. Reporting to the Director of Residential Services, the Residence Manager oversees the day-to-day operations of the program in line with the OPWDD regulations and Director’s instructions and ensures consistent and appropriate program coverage.

Reasons you’ll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here . Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.
• We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.
• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.
• Generous vacation time and 15 paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.
• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.
• You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

The Mishkon Division provides supports and services in a healthy and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe environment that promotes person centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree in Human Services required.
• A minimum of three (3) years working with the IDD Population as well as one (1) year of supervisory experience.
• Familiarity with Orthodox Jewish Practices preferred.

Key Essential Functions:

• Provides on-going training, supervision, and direction to the direct support, clerical support, and maintenance staff.
• Ensures appropriate program coverage by staff, including the scheduling of necessary overtime and utilization of per-diem staff.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with all state and federally mandated requirements pertaining to the program (OPWDD, OSHA, COA, Medicaid, etc.)
• Oversees the program’s day-to-day work flow procedures, including tasks such as billing, recruitment, e-PAF processing, Requests to Hire (RTHs), petty cash, personal allowances, etc.
• Responsible for the programming and scheduling of daily activities, excursions and trips for individuals as well as ensuring that Sabbath programing and religious practices and customs are observed.
• Attend monthly managerial meetings, participating in monthly IDT meetings, covering for other managers/residencies as needed, conducting monthly staff meeting.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team e.g., behavior interventions specialist/qualified behavior specialist, nurse, day programs’ administrators and additional medical and clinical providers to monitor the wellbeing of residents and enhance their lives.
• Knowledge in Jewish culture and customs.

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to 15 agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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