Assistant Director Community Supports

Assistant Director, Community Supports

Under general supervision, Assistant Director oversees the operations of all assigned services. The Assistant Director improves services and assures measured outcomes throughout the assigned services. The Assistant Director assures that staff meet all measures of the agency's quality improvement plan. The Assistant Director follows and implements written procedures and systems relating to guidelines, practices, procedures, and policies of The Arc assuring that staff apply them consistently in all assigned services and with consistency to other Departments.
The Assistant Director:
Provides supervision and guidance to assigned staff
Evaluates staffing in assigned locations to assure that the staffing meets the needs of the people receiving the services while maintaining the assigned budgets
Assures that managers and other assigned staff adhere to the established guidelines, practices, procedures and policies
Assures that funding plans reflect the actual needs of each person receiving supports
Assures that the managers deliver the supports outlined in the plans
Assures that if budgets become inadequate for the changing needs of people that s/he submits new service funding plans to DDA and assure follow through to conclusion
Assures that staff maintain required training to administer medication and other delegated nursing functions
Maintains cooperative professional relationships with all support team members; following ethical standards of practice (confidentiality, informed consent, etc)
This Assistant Director is responsible for employment, day, community supports, autism waiver, virtual, ISS, DORS, and personal support programs, along with the Director who oversees them all.
Directs the activities along with the community supports manager of The Arc Southern Maryland locations (Calvert, St. Mary's, Charles and Anne Arundel) and all other employment, recreational or volunteer sites