House Manager

HOME OF GUIDING HANDS CORPORATION•El Cajon, CA

3d•$21 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

As a House Manager (HM), you will step into a meaningful leadership role where every day offers the chance to make a real difference. You’ll guide and support a dedicated team of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs)/Residential Facilitators (RFs) while ensuring a safe, enriching, and person-centered home environment for up to six adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Working closely with the Case Manager (CM) and the Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP), you’ll be the on-site leader who keeps the home running smoothly—coordinating care, empowering staff, fostering consistency, and ensuring clients receive the highest quality of support. When the CM is unavailable, you step in with confidence to maintain operations and uphold our mission. If you’re someone who thrives in a role with purpose, values teamwork, and wants to help others live fulfilling lives, becoming a House Manager is a rewarding opportunity to lead with compassion and make an impact every single day.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED preferred.
Minimum of 12 months of experience supporting individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities preferred.
Ability to read, write, and understand the English language.
Familiarity with using computers, tablets, and smartphones.
Ability to safely operate an agency vehicle to transport clients.
Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must maintain a valid California driver’s license, a safe driving record, and have a minimum of 2 years of licensed driving experience.
Ability to obtain and maintain CPR/First Aid and Pro-Act certifications.
Must complete a pre-employment physical and provide a negative Tuberculosis (TB) screen, with annual updates thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Prior supervisory experience preferred.
Knowledge of applicable State and Federal regulations preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervises client/staff daily routines and ensures staff follow agency policies and procedures.
Provides coverage for open shifts and assists with staff scheduling in the CM’s absence.
Assists the CM in providing ongoing training to facility staff to ensure compliance.
Provides recommendations for staff evaluations and Disciplinary Action Reports (DAR).
Regularly provides individualized care to clients, including bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, incontinence care, toileting, transferring, medication administration, and other support not performed by DSPs/RFs.
Ensures clients’ personal items are clean, organized, rotated, inventoried, and in working order (e.g., grooming items, clothing, adaptive equipment).
Ensures client health care plans are followed daily.
Coordinates, schedules, and attends medical appointments with clients and relays follow-up information to the facility nurse.
Ensures client participation in community activities per required guidelines.
Ensures daily cleanliness of all facility areas.
Ensures required shift responsibilities are completed, including medication administration/storage, adhering to client diets, proper food storage/labeling, monitoring water temperatures, and tracking client weights.
Maintains inventory of house supplies, medications, food for weekly menus, disaster supplies, and orders/purchases needed items.
Monitors the facility, vehicle, and IT equipment for functionality and safety.
Completes daily documentation—including health tracking, data collection, shift notes, and client injury reports—using the agency’s web-based systems.
Reports client or staff injuries to the CM and QIDP immediately.
Ensures transportation and census logs are completed accurately and submitted on time.
Reconciles monthly credit card and house bank paperwork, including turning in receipts and recording transactions.
Completes required monthly training and participates in assigned agency meetings.
Performs other duties as assigned to support facility operations and client wellbeing.