Residential Manager

Residential Managers are responsible for ensuring their direct care teams deliver exceptional services under the direction of the Director, Enterprise Residential Programs and the therapeutic guidance of the resident’s active treatment plan. Residential Managers are essentially responsible for creating and maintaining an environment which supports a positive, therapeutic culture within the residential milieu.

Do you believe that every child deserves a healthy, happy, nurturing environment in which to grow? Are you an individual who desires to dedicate your career to enriching the lives of children and families? If so, we look forward to you joining Residing Hope (formerly the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home) where you can make a positive difference to children and families in need.

How We Help Children in Need

At Residing Hope, we believe that children and families should be empowered to experience the transforming love of Christ through evidence-based care and holistic services. This is reflected in our work as we care for children in crisis, including those abused, abandoned or neglected.

We give love, hope, and a place to live to more than 500 children through group homes, foster care, an independent living program, and specialized therapy.

Why Residing Hope?

• Competitive insurance plans, including health, dental, vision, life insurances, and more
• Work life balance, including flexible scheduling, generous paid time off plans and ten paid holidays per year
• Retirement benefits with up to a 5% contribution match
• Educational tuition reimbursement and certification incentives
• Incredible training opportunities
• Discounted tuition rates to our onsite Montessori school

What You Need

• Valid driver license with a clean driving record, required.
• Per DCF guidelines, this position shall have a bachelor’s degree in social work or in a related area of study from an accredited college or university and at least two (2) years of experience working with children; or two (2) years of college and three (3) years of experience working with children; or at least five (5) years of experience working in child welfare without a post-secondary degree.
• Ability to read, write and speak proficiently in English, required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the collaborative design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the program in line with the mission of Residing Hope.
• Ensure the provision of culturally sensitive and compassionate services.
• Ensures that residents are present an on time for all clinical activities. Any absence from a clinical activity must be preapproved by the Therapist responsible for the resident’s active treatment plan.
• Actively participate in clinical/multidisciplinary staffing and communicate fully regarding the delivery of treatment services to the residents, each resident’s progress and condition while in the house, staff adherence to the resident’s active treatment plan and internal clinical standards.
• Provide direction and supervision to the residential staff under their purview and perform the duties necessary to ensure a structured, cohesive team including hiring, budgeting, discipline, recruiting, and scheduling of staff.
• Work with the direct care staff to access training needs and assure its implementation.
• Serve as on-call in assigned programs. Also assist with on call when other Residential Managers are not available.
• Responsible for the oversight, program implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the various residential programs.
• Work cooperatively with the director in creating successful programs.
• Maintains professional growth by attending seminars and workshops.
• Obtain certification in any approved crisis intervention and model of care programs for the organization.
• Serve as a consultant for the Teaching Family Model of care in the residential cottages.
• Assist children with the day-to-day non-academic activities necessary to facilitate adjustment into campus life.
• Support direct care staff in implementing interventions when needed.
• Provide debriefing coaching for staff after crisis situations.
• Interpret and enforce all policy and procedures.
• Perform all other job duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

House Bill 531 (2025)

Requires that we provide the following link that we screen all applicants through

the Clearinghouse

As part of our commitment to safety and child protection, Residing Hope requires all candidates for positions with access to children and teens to complete the Diana Screen®. The Diana Screen is a scientifically validated online sexual risk screen designed to help identify individuals who may not recognize appropriate sexual boundaries between adults and children. It is not a test of intelligence, but a tool to measure attitudes and potential risk.