Residential Lead

DELTA COMMUNITY SUPPORTS•Lower Southampton Township, PA

5d•$22 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

The Residential Lead supports the day-to-day operations of a group home and promotes high-quality support for people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities. The role provides direct support while working in staffing ratios, follows individual support plans, and encourages health, well-being, independence, community integration, and self-sufficiency. The position requires schedule flexibility and on-call availability. It reports to the Associate Director and supervises Direct Support Professionals. The Residential Lead coordinates shift operations, delegates responsibilities, supports and observes staff, and ensures required documentation and individual-support tasks are completed. The role also collaborates with the Associate Director on staffing, schedules, Individual Support Plan and Interdisciplinary Team processes, medication verification, and regulatory or internal reviews. The position is based at 93 East Endfield Road in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, with negligible travel, and the listed schedule is Sunday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
Two years of experience working with adults with developmental disabilities in a group home setting.
Successful completion of required background screenings and clearances for the assigned state, which may include criminal history checks, fingerprinting, child-abuse-record checks, drug testing, central registry checks, E-Patch records, exclusion screening, and physical/TB screening.
Knowledge of, or ability to learn and follow, N.J.A.C. 10:44A or Pennsylvania 6100 regulations.
Ability to apply knowledge of challenges faced by people living in the community and of resources that support successful community integration.
Ability to work effectively with people and facilitate their growth and development.
Ability to read, write, and speak English and perform arithmetic calculations.
Proficiency with Google software applications and ability to learn emerging technologies.
Valid driver’s license and ability to operate vehicles in accordance with applicable laws, insurance requirements, and company policies.
Understanding of and commitment to community-based support for people with disabilities.
Collaborative relationship-management skills, with ability to prioritize responsibilities and delegate duties.
Ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with people from other cultures or backgrounds, and demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Effective oral and written communication skills, including public speaking and communication with Delta staff at all levels.

Responsibilities

Communicate effectively with the leadership team, including reporting staffing levels and when a home is adequately staffed or has excess staff on a shift.
Coordinate shift operations and delegate responsibilities, including activities, community integration, cleaning, paperwork, personal care, transportation, medication administration and inventory, grocery shopping, and file maintenance.
Lead and observe staff implementing clinical interventions, behavior support strategies, and individual service plans.
Support individuals in developing independent living skills, including hygiene, managing funds, meal preparation, and laundry.
Promote a tidy, home-like, humane, and caring environment that supports quality of life, independence, skill building, community integration, self-sufficiency, and self-determination.
Monitor individuals in the home and community to ensure appropriate supervision, and complete required documentation for assigned individuals while ensuring other staff complete their assigned tasks.
Participate with the Associate Director in Individual Support Plan and Interdisciplinary Team processes, including gathering information, completing assessments, establishing baseline data, and developing goals and plan modifications.
Verify incoming medications, medication changes, and monthly reorder sheets, and promptly report discrepancies.
Collaborate with the Associate Director to create the home schedule and fill shifts while minimizing overtime; communicate staffing needs to the residential coordinator.
Cooperate with government, regulatory, company, and other personnel during inspections, audits, or investigations.
Support staff development and demonstrate ethical and professional conduct; attend staff meetings.
Work flexible schedules, remain available on-call, and work in staffing ratios.
Maintain strict confidentiality and comply with Delta policies and applicable New Jersey DDD or Pennsylvania ODP licensing standards.
Perform other duties as assigned.