Area Director

Job Type
Full-time

Description

The Area Director (AD) is a field-based role accountable for safe, compliant, and high-quality service delivery across assigned programs (e.g., group homes/residential settings, host home, day programs where applicable). This position requires regular travel within the assigned markets to provide on-site leadership and ensure operational excellence. The Area Director owns responsibility for operational execution, staffing performance, client outcomes, plan/incident/authorization management, quality, compliance, and survey readiness in partnership with applicable departments.

• Comprehensive service delivery oversight: manage day-to-day operations across assigned programs/homes to ensure safe, compliant, person-centered care; intervene early to prevent escalation and service disruption. Monitor data sheets, progress toward goals, and changes in condition; identify regression/progression and recommend plan adjustments and clinical interventions as appropriate.

• Comprehensive service delivery oversight: manage day-to-day operations across assigned programs/homes to ensure safe, compliant, person-centered care; intervene early to prevent escalation and service disruption. Monitor data sheets, progress toward goals, and changes in condition; identify regression/progression and recommend plan adjustments and clinical interventions as appropriate.

• Onboarding, training, & development: recruit/interview/onboard new hires. Ensure they are properly trained, oriented, and equipped to meet company standards and provide quality care. Validate competency steps are completed, and staff are equipped to meet care and compliance expectations. Monitor and enforce timely completion of all required annual and ad-hoc company training to maintain regulatory and organizational compliance.

• Staffing & workforce management: recruit/interview/onboard, manage schedules/coverage, reduce overtime, and ensure timekeeping and payroll inputs are accurate and timely. Additionally, ensure all employees maintain required credentials for their job duties (e.g., valid driver’s license, CPR certification, and other role-specific certifications).

• Care coordination: facilitate overall care coordination by collaborating with service coordinators, healthcare providers, behavioral health partners, and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure integrated, person-centered support. Monitor and ensure timely updates to personal inventory records in compliance with state regulatory requirements. Support temporary and permanent move processes for individuals (clinical planning, documentation, coordination with stakeholders) to ensure smooth transitions and continuity of services.

• Documentation compliance: ensure completion and quality of required documentation (e.g., shift notes, progress notes, MARs/med logs, vehicle logs, timesheets) in alignment with company standards and state requirements. • Incident management: ensure incident reports are completed accurately and submitted timely; ensure mandatory reporting and abuse/neglect/exploitation (ANE) processes are followed and documented. Assist in conducting employee investigations in coordination with the regional HR team, gathering relevant information and ensuring adherence to company policies and legal requirements.

• Financial oversight: review/approve client trust fund requests and oversee client funds processes to ensure accuracy, policy adherence, and timely reconciliation; partner with finance/billing to resolve issues. • Regulatory compliance and surveys: maintain survey/audit readiness; participate in surveys/inspections, respond promptly to deficiencies, and develop/implement plans of correction in collaboration with Quality Assurance.

• Authorizations/utilization: monitor authorizations and service utilization; identify over/under utilization risk and coordinate timely adjustments applicable clinical, billing, and operations partners.

• Stakeholder communication: maintain effective communication with guardians/families, service coordinators, and healthcare providers as needed; ensure contacts and key updates are documented appropriately.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Healthcare Administration, Social Work, Psychology, Nursing, or a related field required (per market requirements); Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.

• Minimum 3–5 years of progressive leadership or supervisory experience required with demonstrated ability to manage staffing/scheduling, performance management, compliance, and stakeholder communication.

• Hands-on experience with person-centered planning, Individual Program Plans, or Person-Directed Plans is preferred.

• Experience supporting or participating in regulatory surveys, audits, or inspections

• Strong leadership and coaching skills with the ability to manage field-based teams

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Competency using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) or similar platforms

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Duties of this job are performing the following:

• Sitting is 60% of work time.

• Standing, and walking is 20% of work time.

• Bending, pushing, pulling, stooping, reaching, and kneeling is 20% of work time.

• Grasping and finger/hand manipulation is 50% of work time.

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to operate computer, facsimile, copier, shredder, and calculator.

• An office setting, varying degrees of background noise, standard office lighting, and occasional temperature fluctuations are found in the work environment.

• Normal business hours with flexibility to work overtime or non-standard hours as required by special projects.

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