Community Living Director

A career at Easterseals Midwest is more than a job - it is an opportunity to make a positive difference in people's lives every day. Community Living Directors are the link to the community for those they serve and is one of the most exemplary reflections of the wonderful mission driven work we provide every day. The people that carry out this rewarding, care giving support play an integral and crucial role in the success of our organization.

The Community Living Director is responsible for successfully managing the daily operations of Easter Seals Midwest's Community Living program. He or she ensures that quality standards are met in the Community Living area, that correct procedures and policies are followed, that objectives and scorecard measurements are met. The Director of Community Living provides feedback for strategic planning and works with colleagues at Easter Seals Midwest, particularly other Directors, to make sure that ongoing communications promote ever-increasing quality of services throughout the organization.

Duties:

• Direct the daily operations of Community Living team.
Visit each home on your team at least once a month to complete client
• - staff observation and review follow-up needed and complete detailed check at least once annually.
• Develop action plans with Managers and Supervisors with a focus on ensuring and improving quality and efficiency of services pertaining to your area of responsibility.
• Establish and nurture close working relationships with the families of clients served by Community Living and solicit feedback from families and guardians to improve services.
• Support Community Nurse to implement their expectations and follow-up with Nurse monthly to ensure expectations are followed.
• Support administrative assistant and community living funding specialist and follow-up regularly to ensure they are meeting expectations.
• Anticipate staffing needs and work with Human Resources to create a pipeline of qualified applicants for positions with typically high turnover. Make sure correct hiring practices and personnel policies and procedures are followed.
• Meet strategic planning goals and objectives and scorecard measurements as they relate to the operations of Community Living.
• Meet annual budget requirements (both revenue and expenses) for Community Living.
• Make sure Community Living staff meet training requirements, and work with the training department to determine the best, most efficient ways of helping staff meet those requirements.
• Lead your management team's monthly meetings to review any issues & training needs.

A successful candidate will possess:

• Outstanding management skills; proven experience with managing results or objectives.
• Must possess excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Must possess self-motivation, initiative and independence to work without direct supervision.
• Must be able to manage and embrace change.
• Must be willing to accept inherent challenges of managing a 24-hour support system.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university. Master's degree preferred.
• Experience: Must have a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience. Three to five years of progressive experience in non-profit, developmental disabilities or other leadership position, and experience with tracking profit and loss data and working with state agencies preferred.
• Specific Skills: Must have reliable transportation, valid vehicle insurance and driver's license.