QIDP - Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional

Responsibilities

• Maintains compliance with agency policies, procedures, and practices, and applicable federal, state, and city regulations
• Maintains responsibility for ensuring compliance with Rule 115 (CILA) standards
• Accepts feedback from supervisor/peers and adjusts performance and/or conduct based on feedback
• Manages time to complete all necessary responsibilities by deadline
• Participates in all required meetings
• Participates in all required trainings, successfully complete mandatory trainings and maintain all required certification and compliance requirements
• Learns and leads the Person-Centered Process by facilitating Discovery Phase conversations, contributing to the development of the Personal Plan, and authoring Implementation Strategies that are clear, direct, results-driven, and quantifiable
• Uses therapeutic language in assessments and service notes
• Solicits, encourages and promotes resident input in all aspects of service delivery
• Communicates effectively within the scope of job responsibilities and maintains positive, professional relationships with clients, parents/guardians, families, staff and community members
• Acts as a member of the intake and admission team
• Convenes the Community Support Team (CST) as needed to revise service plans as part of the interdisciplinary process
• Enforces internal health and safety policies, including established standards for home environments
• Demonstrates strong written communication skills focusing on professional and organized reporting
• Maintains attention to detail regarding regulatory compliance and deadline management
• Ensures supports are consistent with established behavior, personal plan and implementation strategy, by providing in-real-time feedback/coaching if staff supports deviate from established plans or violate departmental and agency policies, procedures and practices or applicable laws/regulations
• Immediately reports deviations from established plans and policy, procedure, practices, or regulatory violations to supervisor to ensure timely and appropriate follow-up
• Actively pursues professional development and advanced training opportunities to enhance clinical expertise and maintain a high standard of regulatory compliance
• Chairs one Departmental Committee, follows up on recommendations and maintains minutes
• Works one weekend day on a monthly rotation
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Must be eligible to become a Qualified Intellectual Developmental Professional (QIDP) and complete the certification within six (6) months of hire date
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Human Services is required
• A minimum of two years of successful performance working with adults with a variety of developmental disabilities
• Valid Illinois driver’s license, a safe driving record, and daily access to a reliable, insured vehicle for travel between residential and JCFS sites