Programs Field Representative - Community Services

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. May be eligible for statewide placement within Oklahoma.

Annual Salary: $55,874.34 + full state employee benefits. Occasional travel required. Must possess a valid driver’s license and maintain required car insurance.

Minimum Qualifications

• A master’s degree and three years of professional experience in one of the following fields:
  • Social work
  • Child support
  • Adult protective services
  • Child welfare
  • Early childhood development and education
  • Guidance and counseling
  • Nursing
  • Intellectual disability services
  • Probation and parole
  • Public administration
  • Community-based prevention and diversionary youth services programs
  • Juvenile justice
  • Rehabilitation counseling
  • Vocational evaluation or vocational rehabilitation
• OR an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one additional year of qualifying experience for each year of the required education.
• Professional experience in the listed fields must have been the primary job responsibility to be considered qualifying; incidental performance of professional work does not count.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to frontline staff and individual teams to address supports for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and behavioral health needs.
• Regularly meet with individual teams to guide them toward acceptable practices rather than prohibited procedures.
• Guide teams through due process when restrictive protocols are necessary.
• Apply and interpret policy, including:
  • OAC 340:100-5-57 Protective Intervention Protocols
  • OAC 340:100-5-58 Prohibited Procedures
• Monitor behavior support providers.
• Conduct physical management consults to determine whether physical management is safe and appropriate.
• Review DDS-42 submissions for temporary approval of restrictive procedures.