TRC - Community Services Manager

Community Services Manager

The Resource Center has been providing services to persons with disabilities in the Chautauqua County area since 1958. From our humble beginnings as a gathering of parents and concerned citizens who wanted to provide educational and training opportunities for persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities, The Resource Center has grown into a comprehensive agency providing services to thousands of persons with all types and levels of disabilities. The Resource Center is the largest non-governmental employer in Chautauqua County with more than 1,300 employees on its payroll. The mission of The Resource Center is to support individuals with disabilities and other challenges in achieving maximum independence, contributing to their community, experiencing lifelong growth, and enjoying quality of life.

Responsible for the day-to-day operation and management of Community Based Services. Provides supervision and assistance to Coaching staff and ensures implementation of individualized programming for each individual who is supported in Community Based Services. Assists the Habilitation Specialists in the development, monitoring and updates of Staff Action plans.

Must demonstrate strong leadership and teambuilding skills, including but not limited to effective hiring and staffing, directing others, developing direct reports and relevant others, motivating others and confronting direct reports as the need arises. Must possess and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills including compassion, integrity and trust, ethics and values that are consistent with the mission of The Resource Center, fairness to direct reports, listening and keep others informed. Must be action oriented and committed to customer satisfaction. Must possess strong and effective time management, organizational, and problem solving skills, including the ability to establish and adhere to identified priorities, timely decision making and planning. Reliability, adaptability, flexibility and a willingness and availability to work non-traditional hours in order to ensure coverage and to assume on-call responsibilities as needed or assigned. Ability to oversee the delivery of services and manage and oversee staff working multiple shifts, 7 days/week. Working knowledge of educational/training techniques for individuals with a developmental disability. Good written and verbal communication skills. Good recordkeeping skills and the ability to develop and implement written Staff Action plans. Physical condition or reasonable accommodation(s) commensurate with the demands of the job.

Community Based Services Manager I: Associates degree plus five (5) years' work experience with favorable work history, preferably in a field of human services; Minimum of one (1) year of which was management/supervisory/administrative capacity. Experience serving individuals with disabilities, including treatment/service planning strongly preferred. Or Bachelor's degree plus three (3) years' work experience with favorable work history, preferably in a field of human services; Minimum of one (1) year of which was management/supervisory/administrative capacity. Experience serving individuals with disabilities, including treatment/service planning strongly preferred.

The Resource Center is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, citizenship status, military status, domestic violence status, predisposing genetic characteristics or genetic information, physical or mental disability, any other category protected by law, or any other non-job related characteristic. As needed, The Resource Center will provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities to employees and applicants whenever such accommodation would not create an undue hardship or a safety concern in the conduct of TRC's operations.

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