Coordinator- Residential Services

Coordinator – Community Living

Coordinators provide direct support to adults with medical and/or physical and developmental disabilities. We strive to help our clients live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. Depending on the needs of the clients, Coordinators provide assistance with living skills development, health maintenance, medication administration, personal care and behavioral development.

Coordinators working under the direction of a Manager and Program Director providing services that enrich the lives of our clients with an emphasis placed on creating an environment that encourages the clients to experience a full life directly related to our mission of “Creating Opportunities/Supporting Success.” Coordinators assist the clients in participating in traditional daily and weekly activities, such as shopping at the grocery store, going to the movies and enjoying hobbies. Advocate for clients to be fully integrated into community life, including developing special Day Outings for clients.

Qualifications: Must have a High School Diploma or GED, a valid Driver’s License and pass required background checks. Three (3) years experience working with persons with developmental disabilities. Three (3) years of supervisory experience preferred. Knowledge of state and federal rules and regulation pertaining to appropriate program area would be preferred.

Report to: Manager and Program Director

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Ensuring that the clients receive the highest quality of support and services is the focus of the Coordinator and supporting and training the DSPs to provide the same supports and service. Peak Community Services has an uncompromising commitment to quality and integrity – employees are expected to perform their duties and responsibilities to this high standard of quality. Specific duties and responsibilities are as follows:

Advocacy –Assist clients with achieving personal goals; works on behalf of clients to overcome barriers; helps clients participate in activities of their choice; respects client’s personal beliefs, choices and interests. Act as liaison for clients, as needed.

Health Maintenance –Provides care and assistance to promote good health; helps clients receive medical care and communicates with medical professionals; administers medications according to physician instructions; records information regarding health events, conditions and status; provides First Aid and CPR and seeks emergency medical care when needed. Track medical appointments, follow-up appointments, annual

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healthcare needs and ensure appropriate paperwork is completed and filed in the proper Client Files and Books.

Personal Care –Supports clients with eating, grooming dressing, bathing and toileting; assists clients with their mobility including lifting them from a seated or lying down position and helping them walk and maintain stability. Assist in completing annual Functional Capacity Evaluation for each client.

Life Skills Development –Supports clients to develop living skills such as cooking, money management, household shopping, doing laundry, personal hygiene, etc.; teaches work-related skills and job preparedness; record progress on skill development and achievement.

Behavior Development –Serve as a role model and mentor, demonstrating the desired behaviors and coaching the client using approved techniques and strategies; use approved physical intervention techniques when they are necessary to protect clients and others; follow Behavior Support Plans, ensure training to other staff on BSP.

Operational Support –Maintains cleanliness of program area; provides transportation for clients to their activities; completes tasks that are beyond the client’s abilities; follows procedures for handling money; active treatment per IAC 460 and/or ICF/MR.

Professional Behavior –Acts in a professional manner and communicates effectively with others; completes all required training programs, at least 24 hours annually; attends required meetings.

Supervisory Responsibility – Responsible for new and all current staff training, and working directly with all new hires or transfers on the house procedures and complete and submit training checklist; ensuring that all required training and documentation is current and up to date; providing Client Specific training, Behavior Support Plan training, Risk Plan training and other required training and designated training per regulations; deal promptly, efficiently and effectively with staffing issues and report to and/or work with Human Resources.

Scheduling – Responsible for scheduling staff to cover hours and those hours that would be most beneficial to the client and the hours the client would want to work with staff in their home. If there are open hours, Coordinator is responsible for covering, at the minimum, the first eight (8) hours before assigning overtime. Responsible to stay within and maximize the allotted number of hours to meet budget expectations.

Records – Responsible for submitting all billing information to the Business Office by the designated monthly billing deadline; verifying DSP time cards to case notes prior to submitting to payroll; responsible to ensure accuracy of recorded time of staff in the Time Keeping System; monitor client hours to maximize usage; minimize overtime and ensure accuracy of billing and other related responsibilities; on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis and 24 hour availability are required.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Evening shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person