Assistant Residential Director

Gateways to Change is a non-profit agency providing services to adults with developmental and physical disabilities in residential and community settings.

We are looking for a dedicated and committed Assistant Director who initiate skills, follow through on recommendations of administrators and consultants; organizational skills of development of schedules, filing, ordering supplies, inventory, management of petty cash, supervisory skills, communication skills, program development skills of writing goals, objectives, setting up teaching programs, and analyses of data, good observation skills, even temperament.

Work Schedule :

Forty (40) hours per week, second shift including weekend, availability by telephone or beeper during non-work hours

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES :

• To create, adapt, and maintain daily and weekly schedule of staff and consumer activities, to insure that all programs recommended are carried out, that sufficient staff are scheduled, and that staff use their time conducting agency business.
• To provide direct instruction to consumers (as described on the Community Support Staff Job Description), and model teaching and intervention techniques developed and recommended by the treatment team.
• To conduct / arrange and document staff training for all residential staff in the areas of Human Rights, Behavior Management, First Aid, Administration of Medication, Detecting Illness and Dysfunction, Communicable Diseases, Sexuality, Normalization, Data Taking, and Household Systems.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD CLIENTS AND FAMILIES :

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD TEAM MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY :

PROGRAMMING RESPONSIBILITIES :

Developing Programs - ISPs

REQUIREMENTS :

BENEFITS :

We offer a competitive benefit packages for full-time & part time employees including :

Please come to our main office at 1060 Park Avenue, Cranston, Rhode Island or for your convenience you can start the application process by going to our website and fill out an application at :