Manager of Children’s Residential

* Mission Oriented * Driven * Empowerment *

The LifeScape mission is empowering people to live their best life. This applies to the people we support, our dedicated staff and the community around us.

We are currently searching for a mission-minded manager to bring proven executive leadership to our Children’s Residential services. The ideal candidate will lead, support, and sustain the people and systems that make the LifeScape mission come to life.

Areas of Support for Children Services Include:

Children’s Residential

We provide a safe and loving home setting for children and young adults through age 21 with complex developmental, behavioral, medical, and intellectual disabilities. Many also have mental health conditions. With a 24-hour nursing staff and 24-hour supervision, families will have peace of mind knowing that their child is receiving excellent care. Our goal is to assist children in returning to their own family’s home and home school districts as soon as they are ready. Most attend our specialty school, but if it is deemed more appropriate, the child can attend a local public school.

Some of the roles and responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to:

Manage day-to-day activities of Residential Services people through age 21:

• Direct day-to-day operations of the ICF, ensuring all Residential quality assurance, compliance and policy requirements are achieved, including implementation of Abuse Neglect Exploitation policy, to ensure health, safety and welfare of people supported
• Collaborate with managerial, clinical, behavioral, medical and educational staff, as well as Directors in the areas of development and clinical education programs
• Ensure the successful completion of staff training is met
• Ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations
  • Monitor compliance with standards of practice and documentation, compliance with licensing and accrediting regulations and ensures compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, including safety
• Conduct audits on quality indicators and reports to the appropriate committees/entities
• Assist in writing and/or implementing policies, procedures and/or processes related to the ICF

Supervise and coach direct reports

• Promote Person Centered Thinking principles
• Ensure staff follows Administrative Rules of South Dakota Departments of Health and Human Services, and the accrediting bodies guidelines and practices
• Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to ensure staff have the required competencies necessary to fulfill role
• Determine and monitor work schedules, including core hours and overtime, and approve payroll data as required

If you are looking for a next step that makes a meaningful impact in people’s lives, please apply today!

LifeScape is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

We are Mission-Driven

Our mission is: Empowering people to live their best lives.

We have a Vision for our future

LifeScape will be an innovative organization, providing exceptional services and creative solutions for people with varied needs and complex care across their life span. Through collaborative partnerships, LifeScape will become a destination for research, and the development, implementation, and training of technology-based solutions to improve the lives of people we support.

Our Values

Integrity

Compassion

Respect

Safety & Well-being

Fiscal Responsibility

Excellence

Accountability