Plans, designs, and implements a day service/treatment program.

• Develops an effective comprehensive program plan that includes philosophy, goals, description of persons served and services provided.

• Directs and evaluates programs to ensure compliance of psychosocial and/or intellectual disabilities accreditations standards.

• Develops and effective outcome based evaluation system to measure a variety of consumer factors

• Implements program policies and procedures as needed and routinely monitor for compliance.

Coordinates and participates in clinical services of the day services programs

• Interviews consumers and/or families, agency personnel or other health care providers to obtain background information necessary to develop the consumer’s day treatment plan.

• Ensures the treatment plan provides for the consumer’s choice, development of funds and family supports and the abilities and needs of persons served in accordance with agency guidelines.

• Provide clinical services as needed on-site

• Provides on-site clinical assessment and crisis intervention for consumers as needed.

• Determines consumer’s immediate services needs and refers to appropriate personnel for evaluation of medications and/or hospitalizations as necessary.

• Coordinates planning/linking conferences with referring staff to assess consumer’s day treatment needs and progress towards achieving goals on a regular basis.

• Participates in interagency team meetings to communicate progress on service goals, ensure continuity of care and develop discharge plans

• Monitors consumers’ progress in accordance with treatment plan goals and conveys information to family members and others as appropriate.

• Assists in documentation of attendance and progress on goals in the clinical records on accordance with accreditation requirements.

• Monitors and reviews program plans and charting by staff to ensure compliance of accreditation standards.

• Ensures that federal and state program guidelines are adhered to and documentation of compliance is followed in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Ensures that billing documentation is completed and submitted to business office within specified time frames.

• Ensures timely and accurate reporting of employee’s time records and reports.

Supervises human resource and employee relations functions of assigned program.

• Interviews and selects applicants or employee to fill vacancies or promotional positions with established rules, regulations and federal/state laws.

• Organizes and assigns work to staff with consideration to their skill level, current work load, etc.

• Regularly conducts staff meetings to communicate policy and procedure changes, promote team building and a productive work environment.

• Negotiates with staff and appropriate parties for successful resolution

• Identifies training needs and ensures that necessary job-related instruction is provided to staff.

• Provides follow-up to employees to reinforce/support skills learned from training courses attended within a timely manner.

• Recommends or initiates disciplinary actions according to applicable rules and policies.

• Prepares and/or assists in budget planning and preparations in accordance with established agency guidelines.

• Reviews and approves expenditures requests from petty cash in accordance with agency policies and procedures.

• Monitors expenditures for compliance within budgetary parameters.

• Ensures accurate reporting and accounting procedures of petty cash and cash funds.

• Maintains accurate inventory and replacement of all equipment and furnishings used in the program

• Maintains facility in accordance with local/state laws and established agency policies.

• Conducts facility maintenance reviews to ensure compliance to establish guidelines and take corrective action as needed.

Participates in and directs the activities of a Supported/Specialized Employment Program

• Recruits and trains hourly applicants for employment in assigned program area.

• Ensures that staff develops obtainable consumer employment goals and monitor their work evaluations.

• Provides community job development for consumer’s trough effective and ongoing interaction with providers.

• Monitors consumer placements for acceptability and takes appropriate action to remove consumer if necessary

• Procures or develops new employment sites in accordance with identified consumer needs.

• Defines and implements effective methods at assess employer’s and consumers’ satisfaction with job site, job coach staff and services provided by the program.

Participates as a member of a interdisciplinary/treatment team

• Recommends to administrative and team staff methods for improving treatment programs based on available data, professional judgment and in accordance with established guidelines.

• Supports interdepartmental and unit cooperation in implementing new programs

• Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with outside agencies.

Maintains a consistent, high quality, customer-focused orientation when conducting business and providing services or products to clients, the general public and other external customers.