Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional

DODD has embodied the following core values that focus on the experience of Ohioans with developmental disabilities, the people we serve, and their families:

• Kindness and Empathy – All interactions are based on genuine care and concern for all involved. We listen to those we serve, our partners, and each other.
• Collaboration – We engage with each other and our partners with openness and trust.
• Transparency – We are accessible and visible in our business practices.
• Quality Innovation – The services we deliver are value-added and promote excellence.
• Inclusiveness – Cultivate an environment that embraces diversity and ideas at every level of interaction. Our systems and processes are designed to ensure that every person is treated equally, and every voice is heard fairly.
• Accountability – We conduct ourselves professionally and will manage taxpayer dollars responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Under direction of Mental Health Administrator 3 and with required thorough knowledge of Medicaid/I.C.F./DODD regulations, laws, rules, and state licensure standards, coordinates, develops, and implements special training and consumer-based active treatment programming (e.g., individual plan) for 14 to 20 residents of a cottage.
• Acts as chairperson of interdisciplinary team meetings to coordinate comprehensive delivery of services (e.g., speech, medical, pharmacy, educational, psychiatry, social services, psychology, vocational) to individuals who have mental retardation and/or developmental disabilities.
• Supervises assigned staff in the provision of services to consumers; evaluates effectiveness of staff and the individual plan.
• Initiates monthly reviews and modifies the plan based on researching progress, analyzing data, and evaluating the effectiveness of training.
• Ensures the correction of deficiencies; coaches staff to deliver habilitation training to the residents.
• Supervises resident transfers and integration into various ancillary services of the Center and day program sites.
• Routinely observes, coaches, and evaluates the quality of the program and performance of staff in the cottage.
• Oversees the development of all individual plans via comprehensive or special staffings and 90-day reviews; develops a comprehensive plan functional for each resident.
• Performs quality review of staff documentation and corrects deficiencies; documents and maintains accurate records.
• Coordinates and ensures the implementation of policies and procedures, licensure regulations, and Medicaid evaluations (e.g., conducts in-services, trains staff on policies and procedures).
• Addresses non-compliance or deficiencies with individual program plans (e.g., improper medication, improper restraints, improper diets).
• Performs miscellaneous duties as assigned (e.g., serves on committees and/or task forces, attends in-services/training sessions, provides help during peak work periods on living areas if needed).
• Maintains QMRP certification.

Requirements

Per Federal Register, Vol. 53, No. 107, Section 453.430, applicants must have at least one year of experience working directly with persons with intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities and be one of the following:

• Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy
• Registered Nurse
• Individual who holds at least a bachelor’s degree in a professional human services category (e.g., Psychology, Education, Anthropology).

Skills

• Direct Support/Direct Care
• Advocacy
• Regulatory Compliance
• Attention to Detail
• Confidentiality
• Organization Development

Benefits

This is a full-time, unclassified, union-exempt position.

Pay

$30.22 per hour

Schedule

Full-time

Work Location

Southwest Developmental Center
United States of America-OHIO-Clermont County-Batavia