Client Support Worker Supervisor (Developmental Disabilities) at Highland Rivers Health in Dalton, Georgia

Job Description:

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!Highland Rivers Behavioral Health provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.JOB SUMMARY:The house manager maintains a caseload of Intellectual Developmentally Disabled individuals living in the home. The house manager is an advocate for the individual's want and needs. The house manager is responsible for the running of the home, staffing, advocating for the individuals at ISP meetings, SIS meetings, assisting with making and keeping doctor's appts. etc. The house manager is a liaison for family members, support coordination, host home providers and the community. DUTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES:

• Advocate for individual's wants and needs at the home.


• Responsible for participating in the individual's meetings (ie. ISP, SIS etc)


• Monitor the individual's progress toward goals and complete a monthly note in the electronic health record to reflect the progress or lack of progress toward goals.


• Participate with other treatment team members in identifying individual's strengths, obstacles and developing an ISP.


• Monitor the individual's progress towards treatment goals and objectives.


• Communicate with individual, Support Coordination, family members, and community resources to ensure that individual's needs are met.


• Ensure supervised staff has a clear understanding of results that are required, and outcomes expected.


• Conduct monthly drills with individuals and staff and forms completed.


• Complete incident reports (non-critical, critical, death reports and follow ups)


• Scheduling staff.


• If corrective action plan needs completed for items identified on home visit, house manager is to ensure that CAP items are addressed and completed.


• HRST is reviewed and updated monthly as needed.


• Monitor SETHRA accounts and help individuals manage their funds so they don't exceed the $2,000 maximum allowable amount.


• Visit individual while hospitalized to assure their needs are being met.


• All training required must be completed.


• On Call Duties including staffing group home as necessary


• Assisting individuals in the community on outings and driving vehicle.


• Assisting individuals with scheduling and going to doctor's appointments, etc.


• Other duties as assigned.