AFH/CBRF Assistant Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Starting Pay: $17.50/hour and up based on experience!
Location: Opportunity Inc. in Wausau, WI
Position Summary: As an Assistant Manager, this position is responsible for setting a good example for co-workers, maintaining good attendance, responsible and possessing a positive attitude. Assists developmentally, physically, and cognitively disabled adult individuals by providing personal cares, self-care training, implementation of behavior management plans, and accompanying support during social/recreational opportunities, either in the resident’s home, the Connections Program, or the community at large by performing the following duties. This position is responsible for the quality assurance of residents which includes but is not limited to treating residents with respect, assuring them of their rights, and providing them a safe environment to live in.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
· Assists with activities such as bathing, dressing, changing bed linens, cleaning, and personal hygiene.
· Assists with activities involving food purchases, preparation, and portion determination along with following special prescribed diets.
· Assists resident/participants in and out of bed, automobile, or wheelchair, to lavatory, and up and down stairs.
· Accompanies residents on shopping trips and guides and assists residents in purchase of personal items. Accountable for resident and participant’s funds.
· Assists in following and administrating therapeutic plans and activities, such as physical exercises, occupational arts and crafts, recreational games, and educational opportunities.
· Performs verbal and non-violent physical crisis intervention with agitated or disruptive resident/participants to prevent injury to themselves and others.
· Administers prescribed medications under written direction of Physician or as directed by the Supported Living Manager.
· Observes and documents behaviors, such as speech production, emotional responses, feeding patterns, and toileting habits.
· Attends to and monitors routine health care needs of residents and participants under supervision of medical personnel.
o Transports residents to/from appointments.
o Reports signs, symptoms and/or needs of residents to appropriate medical personnel.
o Takes prescriptions to pharmacy for filling and communicates new orders to staff and agency RN.
o Reviews medication administration records and reports discrepancies to agency RN.
· Accompanies ambulatory and non-ambulatory residents/participants outside home, serving as guide, companion and aide.
· Engages residents/participants in recreational, educational, social, or spiritual experiences of choice through activities such as reading aloud, writing, making crafts, word processing, or playing games with resident/participant.
· Maintains records of services performed and of apparent condition of resident/participant.
Works with Supported Living Manager to develop and coordinate behavior plans and outcome measurements for residents/participants.
· Maintains a cooperative relationship with families and guardians of residents/participants, as well as with team-members within your department and other agency departments, and with all collaborating community agencies and service providers.
· Works with RN to determine needs for appointments, communicate outcomes, completes documentation, assist with maintaining files.
· Maintains residents rights by assuring quality cares, monitoring of others, health, safety and welfare, client behaviors, reporting necessary changes, following behavior plans, care plans, and reporting violations to management.
· Quality Assurance through DQA by familiarizing self with HFS 88, resident rights, grievance procedures, fire safety, and state licenses.
· Responsible for compliance documentation which includes emergency procedures, fire evacuation plans, monthly fire extinguisher testing/inspection, changing furnace filters, thermostat batteries, water temperatures, emergency phone numbers.
· Assures all charting is up-to-date and signed off on in resident’s binders. (Charting includes progress notes, activity logs, goal sheets, behavior tracking, medical records, range of motion, weight charts, menus, blood pressure tracking)
· Responsible for all end of the month paperwork (pulled and copied, progress notes, goal sheets, behavior tracking, med records, etc)
· Responsible for residents medications by assuring all medications are in stock and administered without error, reorders meds, checks-in meds, monitors state books for active scripts, monitors expiration dates, ensures meds are locked and stored per DQA standards.
· Assures each resident has an adequate supply of clothes for the season, marks clothing with resident’s initials, and maintains personal inventory of resident’s items.
· Responsible for resident’s money and assuring an accurate accounting of all resident’s monies by:
o Ensuring grocery budget is managed and groceries last for the month
o Ensures residents always have access to their money
o Tracks all receipts for money spent by a resident
o Ensures resident’s accounts are ready and accurate for monthly audit
· Responsible for creating and maintaining cleaning checklist for resident’s home. Responsible for assuring that house is clean and orderly every day.
· Maintain a cooperative relationship with families and guardians of residents/participants, as well as with team-members within your department and other agency departments, and with all collaborating community agencies and service providers.
· Work with Opportunity Inc.’s RN to determines appointment needs, communicates outcomes, completes documentation, assists with maintaining files, and assists with paperwork.
· Represent Opportunity Inc. in a professional manner at all times.
· Support your supervisor and leadership to be successful at all times
· Maintain a positive attitude at all times.
· Adhere to and support the “Core Values” of the organization while performing essential job duties, functions, and representing Opportunity Inc.

Qualifications :
· Must be able to pass an essential function evaluation
· The employee must frequently lift, support, and/or move up to 75 pounds and occasionally lift, support, and/or move up to 100 pounds
· Must be caring and compassionate, and want to make a difference in the lives of our residents/participants.

Certificates and Licenses : 
· PCW certification
· Transportation Department Drivers Training
o Valid driver’s license with a good driving record may be required based on the current needs of the agency at the time
· Opportunity Inc. will provide all necessary training
· Previous PCW certification, CNA license, or other required training certificates are transferrable
 
Acknowledgement:
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by the employee assigned to this position. It does not state or imply that these are the only essential functions and responsibilities assigned to the job. The employee may be required to perform other job duties as requested by management. All requirements are subject to change. Modifications may be made to reasonably accommodate employees with a disability.

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