The House Manager is responsible for the administration and coordination of the daily activity for an assigned residential unit/house including formulating and implementing house/unit policies and procedures to ensure the safety of kids and staff. The House Manager also works in conjunction with the Program Director to keep staff aware of agency and departmental guidelines and limitations. The House Manager ensures that the daily program of the house is conducted according to KidsPeace expectations and with sensitivity toward the inclusion of the multidisciplinary treatment team and therapeutic community. The House Manager ensures competency of all staff working in the house by observation and supervision. The House Manager also assists the Program Director to ensure fiscal responsibility.

Qualifications:

1. Education and Work Experience requirements MUST meet 1 of these groups:

• Associates Degree or 60 college credit hours plus 3 years of work experience with children is required,

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college in Mental Health or Human Services field plus 1 year of work experience with children is preferred.

• Masters Degree in an applicable discipline plus 1 year of work experience with children is preferred.

2. Prior supervisory and/or managerial experience required.

3. Basic computer knowledge and skills required.

4. Valid state driver's license required.

Job Duties:

1. Assure the safety of clients and staff and the quality of programs are consistent with the mission of KidsPeace and the Model of Care.
2. Ensure that a therapeutic environment is maintained at all times. Maintain a safe house through the design and implementation of a coordinated therapeutic schedule and effective milieu management system that is coordinated with all applicable disciplines such as social work, nursing, and creative therapies.
3. Lead multidisciplinary treatment team including facilitating regular treatment team meetings and assuring implementation of the treatment program authored by the treatment team. Ensure that therapeutic groups are conducted on a regular basis and that clinical leadership such as nursing, social work and creative therapies is conducting activities according to practice guidelines. Ensure that staff work collaboratively with clients and families on strategies of treatment.
4. Provide effective leadership to staff including hiring, mentoring, supervison, discipline, support, and training. Assure all staff are oriented and trained according to KidsPeace and regulatory requirements, provide feedback on a regular basis, more frequently if necessary, conduct performance evaluations, and support teamwork throughout the organization.
5. Assure compliance with all regulatory, accrediting, licensing, legal and other authorizing bodies.
6. Fully perform restraints as necessary when ordered by a licensed professional using the current approved KidsPeace restraint methodology on youth who may weigh in excess of 250 pounds and who are verbally or physically threatening or otherwise presenting a threat to themselves or others.
7. Assure all financial procedures and protocols are followed and accurate, including budget and monetary allocations necessary for house functioning.
8. Maintain the coordination of medical records and assure that documentation is timely and in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
9. Maintains a safe milieu environment that includes but is not limited to adherence to all safety policies, protocols and SOPs, physical plant cleanliness, and identification of all potential safety hazards and timely resolutions for those hazards.