IDD Qualified Professional

About the role

We are hiring for an IDD Qualified Professional at RHA Health Services. This role serves as the center of the interdisciplinary service team, guiding the development of person-centered plans and overall programs based on interviews with the people we serve. The Qualified Professional serves as the primary individual contributor, coordinating and monitoring services and supports needed to achieve each person’s goals.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating IDT meetings and ISP’s
• Assisting each person we support to identify and communicate his or her requests and needs for services and supports through direct interviews
• Supervising, integrating and coordinating person-centered plans and monitoring progress towards personal, clinical and functional outcomes
• Initiating periodic reviews, investigations, modifications and adjustments by soliciting the feedback of the people we support as their needs and goals change
• Reviewing assessments completed by the people we support and other members of the interdisciplinary team to best help the people we support to meet their full potentials
• Serving as the link between the people we serve and their families and legal guardians to gain approval for services provided
• Maintaining communication and providing feedback, standardizing procedures, and improving employee performance
• Monitoring activities to ensure that quality assurance and/or state survey improvements are being made
• Reporting to the Administrator and working closely with colleagues to expedite person-centered plan implementation and workflow and improve employee performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Social Services, Human Services or Special Education required; Master’s degree a plus
• Minimum 2 years experience working with persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities required; 1-year experience if paired with Master’s degree
• Working knowledge of applicable regulations that apply to our service offerings
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation
• Supervisory/management experience and experience writing person-centered (individualized service) plans preferred
• Must be at least 18 years of age

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regularly required to lift 50 lbs
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 30 lbs
• Must be able to pull minimum of 30 lbs
• Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop
• Must be able to regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Required to regularly stand and walk
• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from the floor level requiring to work on hands, knees, bending, standing and lifting
• Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision
• Must be able to talk and hear

Pay

$47,000.00

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

• Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities