Competencies of front-line managers in supported accommodation : Issues for practice and future research.

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Title: Competencies of front-line managers in supported accommodation : Issues for practice and future research.
Creator: Clement, Tim.
Creator: Bigby, Christine.
Subject: 160702 Counselling, Welfare and Community Services
Date: 2012.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis.
Description: Background Front-line managers of supported accommodation for people with intellectual disability are assumed to have a key role in the realisation of outcomes for service users. Yet, their job has been little researched. A job analysis from Minnesota that identifi ed 142 competencies required of effective front-line managers was used to examine what was expected of the equivalent position in Victoria, Australia. Methods These competencies formed the basis of semistructured interviews with an extreme sample of 16 high performing house supervisors and 5 more senior managers. Results Ninety-two percent of the original competences were retained, with changes in language and terminology to reflect the local context. Emergent findings highlighted the importance of house supervisors' "orientations." Conclusions: The findings support the proposition that the front-line manager’s job is underpinned by core competencies and that the role merits further study. Issues of wider significance for human service organisations and researchers are discussed.

Digital Object ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2012.681772
ISSN: 1366-8250
Format: 10 p. (p. 131-140.)
Language: en
Rights: Open Access. The accepted version of this article has been reproduced here according to the publishers policies.
Rights: This version may be downloaded for personal use only. Permission to reproduce this article must be sought from the Taylor & Francis Group. This is the accepted manuscript of an article published by the Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 37(2): 131-140, 2012, available online: http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/13668250.2012.681772 (Please note: access via this link may only be available with a subscription)
Type: journal article
Source: Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 37(2): 131-140