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New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) · 5 hours ago

Program Director (Hawthorne Heights)

Hawthorne, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$75K/yr - $75K/yr

3+ years exp

New Jersey Community Development Corporation is a multi-faceted community development and social service agency providing opportunities to transform lives in Passaic County. The Program Director oversees all facets of program operations for the Hawthorne Supervised Apartment Program, the Supported Living Program, and the NJCDC Day Program, while also providing administrative and programmatic support to the Director of Residential Operations.

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Responsibilities

Ensures overall performance of programs meeting identified outcomes, including expectation of a program culture that is inspiring, nurturing, and supportive

Hires, trains, supervises and evaluates program staff

Establishes the staff schedule. Reviews and approves staff time sheets, vacation and holiday requests

Coordinates the referral and admissions process

Coordinates the planning for new residents to move into the residence, including reading records and completing evaluations to determine appropriateness of potential program residents, as well as ensuring that all admission records are in place prior to the move-in date

Initiates and coordinates the ongoing Individual Habilitation Plan for each resident and ensures that all staff is active participants in the required components of this process

Monitors the DTR progress for each resident. Tracks progress related to residents’ IHP goals and objectives

Ensures the timely and thorough completion of program documentation as required by state licensing standards, agency policy and procedures and continuous quality improvement (CQI) guidelines

Reviews the daily logs, medication logs, communication log, activity sheets, and incident reports at least once every 72 hours to identify any errors, problems, trends, or issues which require intervention

Provides administrative & programmatic support to the Director of Residential Operations

Works with Director of Residential Operations to ensure that program staff is thoroughly familiar with State licensing standards and policies and procedures of NJCDC’s residential programs

Assists Director of Residential Operations in new program development, including attending planning meetings

Cooperates with the Department of Children and Families, Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Division of Mental Health & Addiction Services and the Office of Licensing during all investigations

Qualification

Program managementDevelopmentally disabledBachelor’s Degree in social workOrganizational skillsMulti-taskValid New Jersey driver’s licenseInterpersonal skillsVerbal communicationWritten communicationSelf-starter