Group Boys' Home Manager

Job Description

The house manager shall oversee the daily operations of the residential program, care of youths, and supervision of staff. House Managers shall assist in coordination of care, staffing patterns, budgets, and environments that support the treatment philosophy. The house manager shall work as part of the Sagamore Services Program Leadership Team to provide the best care possible for the youth in the program.

• Must adhere to the agency philosophy and mission statement.
• Develop specific unit treatment goals for each child in conjunction with the treatment team. Attend treatment team meetings and coordinate care with members of youth’s team.
• Develop, write, update, and implement treatment plans, monthly progress summaries, utilize assessment tools and oversee the implementation of the relationship‑based philosophy in collaboration with the assigned Clinician.
• Develop specific unit treatment objectives in relation to the overall treatment goals as it relates to the discharge plan and return to family, school, and community.
• Communicate with each client their goals and objectives in conjunction with their treatment plan.
• Ensure child’s needs for special services are addressed with the Tx Team, Program Clinician, Milieu Coordinator, and Case Manager.
• Observe children to detect indication of problems in physical and mental behavior.
• Assist in the coordination of all children visits with the client’s assigned Clinician.
• Participate in weekly treatment meetings.
• Represent assigned units in all appropriate meetings as basic treatment goals are developed with the child, family, referring agencies, and campus staff in order to re‑evaluate, revise, and/or update during the child’s time in residential care.
• Assist in the establishment of individual crisis management plans for each child in their unit with documented plan made available to all treatment team staff within four (4) days of admission.
• Work with Milieu Coordinator and Operations Director on annual budget to reduce costs and spending as appropriate.
• Collect, organize, and analyze information about children through records, tests, interviews, and professional resources to evaluate their interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality characteristics for vocational and educational planning.
• Responsible for revising plan of care and scheduling case conferences.
• Be accessible to children in crisis.
• Implement cottage group activities.
• Represent the cottage in all appropriate meetings as basic treatment goals are developed with the child/family and referring agencies.
• Responsible for scheduling the child’s admissions and discharge dates in conjunction with the case manager and assigned Clinician.
• Attend team meetings to keep staff informed of work with individual cases.
• Understand the cultural diversity of children and team members to better serve our children.
• Develop mutually respectful relationships with our children and their families.
• Appropriately intervene to meet the needs of our children and their families and help them gain the skills and confidence to address issues and problems as they take plan.
• Work as a partner with other team members.
• Review applications and participate in screening and writing reports.
• Employ and supervise both staff and supervisors, ensuring that supervision and training is appropriately documented to remain in compliance with state and mental health policy on competency requirements.
• Train and develop staff and other supervisors in the program philosophy including continuous expression of the value of structure, engagement, nurture, and challenge.
• Set staff goals and objectives and review and evaluate job performance.
• Determine work procedures and manage cottage schedules in conjunction with the Milieu Coordinator, Clinician, Supervisors, and Case Manager.
• Maintain work relations and resolve grievances.
• Provide supervision to supervisors and staff members; carry out personnel action when necessary.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are…