RESIDENTIAL MANAGER

Residential Manager

Be the reason someone has a better day. We are looking for a Residential Manager in Woodland Park, NJ. This is a full-time position with a competitive pay of $24.50 per hour, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The schedule may vary based on program coverage, shift coverage, and hospital coverage needs. Paid training and DailyPay are available.

At Advancing Opportunities, Inc., we are not just hiring employees. We are building a team of compassionate professionals who believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live a fulfilling and independent life. Whether you are advancing your career, changing professions, or bringing years of leadership experience, we provide the training, support, and opportunities you need to succeed while making a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

For more than 76 years, Advancing Opportunities, Inc. has empowered individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live meaningful, independent, and fulfilling lives. We provide person-centered services to people with disabilities and their families so they can live as independently as possible. Recognized as one of New Jersey's leading disability service providers, the agency offers residential and community-based support, advocacy, career development, and family support.

Advancing Opportunities, Inc. also operates the Assistive Technology Center, an online resource that helps people with disabilities, their families, educators, and employers identify and learn about assistive information and technology that can support their goals. At Advancing Opportunities, Inc., our team members are more than employees. They are advocates, mentors, leaders, and difference-makers. When you join our team, you become part of an organization that values compassion, teamwork, professional growth, and the belief that every person deserves the opportunity to thrive.

Competitive pay and outstanding benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, employee assistance program, wellness programs, employee referral bonus, and company-paid training.

Career growth and development opportunities include paid training programs, professional development opportunities, certification opportunities, leadership development programs, career advancement opportunities, and opportunities across multiple service lines.

Meaningful work that matters includes leading a team that makes a difference every day, building relationships that positively change lives, helping individuals achieve their personal goals, supporting independence, dignity, and self-confidence, strengthening the quality and consistency of residential services, and joining a mission-driven organization dedicated to serving others.

As a Residential Manager, you will oversee the daily operation of an assigned residential site and help create a safe, healthy, and supportive environment that promotes communication, well-being, empowerment, and independence. You will supervise site employees, including Direct Support Professionals, and serve as a role model for the performance of job responsibilities, professional conduct, workplace attitude, and appropriate interactions with individuals receiving services and other professionals. The Residential Manager is included in required staffing ratios and may provide direct support and program coverage when needed.

Staff supervision and leadership includes providing frontline supervision to all employees assigned to the residential site, meeting regularly with each site employee to provide supervision, skill development, coaching, and mentoring, identifying, documenting, and addressing employee training or performance improvement needs, modeling professional conduct and reinforcing expectations for the delivery of person-centered support, managing site scheduling, including callouts, no-shows, time-off requests, and coverage needs, providing direct coverage when necessary to maintain required staffing levels and continuity of services, interviewing Direct Support Professional candidates and providing hiring recommendations, participating in planning meetings and interdisciplinary team meetings for each individual supported, promoting teamwork, accountability, communication, and consistent implementation of program requirements.

Program management includes overseeing the daily operation of the residential site in accordance with each individual's Individualized Service Plan or treatment plan, helping maintain a safe, healthy, respectful, and person-centered living environment, ensuring that individuals receive the supervision, assistance, and support outlined in their plans, responding appropriately to emergencies and crisis situations, notifying appropriate leadership and clinical personnel of incidents or concerns, completing and submitting incident reports accurately and within required timeframes, immediately reporting medical concerns to program leadership and the agency nurse, as appropriate, developing and coordinating monthly activities for individuals supported, ensuring planned activities are implemented and that required funds and resources are available, encouraging community participation, personal choice, independence, and achievement of individual goals, coordinating and providing hospital coverage when required.

Administrative and site oversight includes managing, monitoring, documenting, and reconciling site-related and individual-related expenditures, overseeing the maintenance, cleanliness, upkeep, and safety of the residence, monitoring the condition and safe operation of site vehicles, reporting needed repairs, maintenance issues, and safety concerns to the Unit Director, monitoring the completion, accuracy, and timeliness of required site documentation, reviewing logs, medication records, inventories, incident reports, assessments, progress notes, vehicle logs, and other required records, communicating documentation concerns, compliance issues, and operational problems directly to the Program Director, ensuring the residence is prepared for state licensing visits and other inspections, maintaining readiness of individual files, medication records, program documentation, and the physical site, supporting compliance with applicable regulations, agency policies, program procedures, and quality standards.

You may be a great fit if you are compassionate and caring, dependable and responsible, patient and positive, professional and team-oriented, an effective communicator, comfortable supervising and developing employees, organized and attentive to detail, able to respond calmly and effectively during emergencies, committed to person-centered services, interested in building a meaningful career in human services, and ready to make a difference in the lives of others.

Required qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent, 2 years managerial experience in the IDD field, 2 years experience in State Licensing non-provisional, 100% scheduling flexibility, at least 21 years of age, strong working knowledge of applicable regulations, Advancing Opportunities, Inc. values, and program policies and procedures, basic computer and internet literacy, ability to use email, electronic timekeeping systems, and other applications required to enter and retrieve job-related information, valid driver's license, access to a personal vehicle with at least the minimum automobile liability insurance coverage required by the state, ability to successfully complete all required pre-employment screenings, including FBI clearance when applicable, ability to successfully complete a physical examination and tuberculosis screening, and ability to work a flexible schedule when required to support program operations, staffing coverage, shift coverage, emergencies, and hospital coverage, and to be in ratio at least 3 days/week.

Start a career with purpose. Some jobs pay the bills. Some jobs build careers. This job changes lives. If you are looking for meaningful work where your leadership, compassion, dedication, and hard work can make a real difference every day, we encourage you to apply. Apply today and become the reason someone has a better day. "Creating a Better Tomorrow... Today."

Advancing Opportunities, Inc. is part of the Inperium family of companies. Employment for this position is administered through Apis Services, Inc.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Apis Services, Inc., Inperium Inc., and affiliates provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. This policy of nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.