Waiver Program Coordinator - Fall River
Listed on 2026-08-27
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Healthcare
Health Education & Promotion, Community Health, Healthcare Administration, Human Services/ Social Work
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Job Description
- Waiver Program Coordinator
- Fall River (2600053K)
Job Description
Waiver Program Coordinator
- Fall River - ( 2600053K )
Description
Mass Abilityis seeking a dynamic individual to fill the role of Waiver Program Coordinator. The selected candidate is responsible for needs assessment, service plan development, service authorization activities, and implementation and monitoring of individualized service plans (ISP) for Acquired Brain Injury Non-Residential waiver (ABI-N) and Money Follows the Person
- Community Living Waiver (MFP-CL) enrollees/participants statewide, as well as for MFP Demonstration participants.
Waiver Program Coordinator engage in outreach as assigned to ensure that potential applicants are aware of the waivers and supported in the application process.
For each assigned enrollee/participant, the Waiver Program Coordinator coordinates an interdisciplinary team that includes the individual, his/her guardian, if any, relevant waiver service participant waiver service providers, other persons as chosen by the enrollee/participant and other appropriate professionals to develop an Individual Service Plan (ISP) utilizing a person-centered planning process. The planning process will determine what ABI-N and MFP-CL waiver services and supports are needed to support the waiver participant to live safely in the community, which are delineated and authorized in the ISP portion of the Person-Centered Plan (PCP).
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Applicants will need access to reliable transportation as statewide travel is necessary to the performance of this position regardless of location. Travel is expected in order to cover caseload assignments. This position is based in Fall River.
Duties and Responsibilities- Engage assigned enrollees/participants, their guardians and families as appropriate, in a person-centered planning process with careful consideration and accommodations for communication or accessibility needs.
- Meet in-person with the enrollee/participant to perform or arrange for any specialized assessments identified as needed pre-discharge, in conjunction with the enrollee/participant, his/her legal guardian, if any, and other appropriate professionals.
- Develop a person-centered plan (PCP) for assigned enrollees/participants that include services and supports and other community resources (ISP) that will be used to address their needs.
- Partner with the individual and/or their family andMass Ability Adaptive Services Coordinator to ensure that approved home accessibility modification projects meet the needs of the individual and are satisfactorily completed in a timely fashion.
- Coordinate an interdisciplinary team process for developing each Individual’s Person-Centered Plan (inclusive of all plan sections) that includes the participant, his/her guardian if any, relevant waiver service providers, other persons as chosen by the Individual and other appropriate professionals.
- Update any assessments, as necessary, including any specialized assessments, and arrange for the provision of any such special assessments.
- Safeguard the ABI-N /MFP-CL waiver services and supports identified in the plan, as necessary to support the waiver participant to live safely in the community, are delivered and are satisfactory.
- Arrange for referrals and provision of Mass Health Long-Term Supports and Services (LTSS) and other needed services by selected providers; monitor and ensure service delivery, and ensure linkage with community resources, including their medical providers.
- Conduct outreach in nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals as assigned to recruit waiver participants, and to educate and inform the facility staff about the Home and Community Based Waivers, particularly underutilized waivers.
- Work collaboratively with the agency/clinicians to further assess and determine strategies for successfully addressing the individualized, special needs of the individual.
- Ability to travel statewide is required.
- Excellent communication skills in oral and written form, solid follow-through, flexibility.
- Ability to clarify and to resolve…
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