Full-Time
Assistant Program Manager
Residential Rehabilitation Program
Arundel Lodge
Compensation Overview
$21/hr
Edgewater, MD, USA
In Person
Travel between various program locations is required.
Category
 Social & Community Services |
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Required Skills
Care Coordination
Requirements
- Experience as a human services professional supporting individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
- Knowledge of individuals served, including diagnoses, psychiatric and medical history, treatment plans, medications, strengths, needs, and recovery goals.
- Ability to assess stages of change and use person-centered interventions.
- Ability to apply the Recovery Model and trauma-informed care principles.
- Ability to provide support with activities of daily living, money management, meal planning and nutrition, shopping, cleaning, transportation, and other independent living skills.
- Ability to coordinate psychiatric and medical care with nurses, healthcare providers, pharmacies, and program staff.
- Ability to monitor medication administration in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
- Ability to recognize early warning signs of psychiatric or physical decompensation.
- Ability to use crisis intervention and de-escalation strategies to promote safety and stabilization.
- Flexible availability for day, evening, weekend, and on-call coverage; willingness to travel between program locations.
Responsibilities
- Support the Program Manager in the day-to-day operation of the Bay Ridge residential program.
- Provide direct support and help individuals identify, develop, and pursue personalized recovery goals.
- Promote independence, self-determination, and community integration.
- Provide leadership and supervisory coverage in the Program Manager's absence.
- Ensure appropriate staffing levels and assist with emergency and on-call coverage.
- Direct daily staff activities and provide guidance, coaching, and support.
- Review employee timesheets for accuracy and compliance with overtime requirements.
- Facilitate team meetings and ensure meeting minutes are completed and distributed.
- Support communication and collaboration among program staff and other members of the treatment team.
- Monitor the condition, safety, cleanliness, and functionality of program residences.
- Coordinate maintenance and operational requests and conduct routine residential safety checks.
- Report unsafe, hazardous, or otherwise unsuitable living conditions.
- Coordinate psychiatric and medical care and support continuity of care across providers and services.
- Review medication supplies and inspect residential medication storage areas.
- Identify and communicate medication concerns, discrepancies, or changes to nursing staff and the Program Manager.
- Assist with referrals, admissions, new move-ins, transitions, and discharges.
- Prepare residences for new individuals entering the program.
- Assess whether behavioral changes are related to situational stressors or symptom exacerbation.
- Collaborate with clinical and program leadership during crisis situations.