Program Director - Full-time / Part-time

Founded in 1991, Georgia MENTOR provides home and community-based services to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and youth with behavioral, emotional or complex medical needs. Through a range of individualized programs—including Therapeutic Foster Care and Host Home program—Georgia MENTOR focuses on building positive relationships that provide the foundation for development, growth and change.

Georgia MENTOR is a partner of The MENTOR Network, a national network of local health and human services providers offering quality, community-based services to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain and spinal cord injuries and other catastrophic injuries and illnesses, and to youth with emotional, behavioral and medically complex challenges as well as their families. With opportunities from coast to coast, when you join Georgia MENTOR and The MENTOR Network, you’ll make a difference every day and help to provide quality of life enhancing services to individuals across the country.

Georgia MENTOR is seeking a Program Director to manages the day to day operations of At Risk Youth and Individuals with developmental disabilities service programs and assigned triad teams providing services within a community or small geographic area.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversees program quality enhancement and develops individual program plans; coordinates Network standards, licensing requirements and individuals supported needs; reviews and submits incident reports.
• Implements program incident management protocols; ensures timely incident reporting and implementation of corrective action.
• Oversees program implementation of health and safety programs for individuals receiving services and employees.
• Maintains program compliance with Network and regulatory standards for clean, neat, safe living and working environments; assures pleasant, age-appropriate, well-decorated home-like residential living environments; and notifies maintenance personnel of items requiring attention.
• Provides leadership including direct supervision of Home Managers, Program Coordinators, Nursing personnel and Direct Support Professionals; implements Network employee practices; implements program safety and workers’ compensation programs; recommends and assists with involuntary terminations and written warnings; provides employee orientation and training.
• Maintains licensing and compliance for program services and supports; assures timely and accurate program documentation; implements Network compliance plan; reviews correction orders; and implements compliance plans.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Services and three years of management and supervisory related experience within the Social Services industry.

EOE/AAE