Case Manager-Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional Job Lake City Iowa USA,Social Work

Location: Lake City

Location 1890 E Main Street,Lake City, IA, 51449,United States
Base Pay $20.00 - $25.00 / Hour
Employee Type Non-Exempt

Duties and Responsibilities

Implement the mission of Opportunity Living by coordinating each client’s Individual Program Plan (IPP) in a manner that promotes client participation and enriches quality of life.
Take an active role in supporting the values of Opportunity Living.
Communicate with all staff, families, and the public in a courteous and professional manner. Perform duties in a manner that will produce a positive role model for staff and clients.
Conduct all client activities in accordance with safety practices and emergency procedures.
Serve as advocate for client rights and ensure value by promoting people-first language, actions, and services.
Ensure Comprehensive Functional Assessments (CFAs) are completed and updated on assigned clients per Interpretive Guidelines, compile and assimilate data for evaluations.
Schedule and facilitate thirty (30) day annual, special, and discharge team meetings and interpret results for clients and families or guardians.
Ensure that assigned clients have appropriate and active Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) members to meet individual needs. Promote client participation and choice and work with a team approach.
Ensure that clients’ strengths, needs, and priorities established by the IDT members are coordinated into the program plan for each client.
Review all formal programs and procedures written by IDT members to ensure all necessary components are included, and best programming practices are used prior to implementation.
Coordinate programming between home, vocational, and support services. Ensure implementation of new and revised programs in all areas of service.
Prepare program reports as needed, including program meeting reports and monthly progress notes.
Review data weekly from residential, vocational, and support services to ensure programs are being run consistently to identify problems. Ensure timely modifications are completed as needed.
Ensure program implementation and documentation are being carried out for assigned clients.
Monitor programming in classrooms a minimum of two (2) hours per week.
Maintain clients’ records including photographs, consents, social histories, anecdotal records, central file contents, and other pertinent information.
Be familiar with the medication regimen and adverse side effects of medications for clients on psycho-tropic medications.
Ensure the use of training opportunities involving clients in active treatment.
Assist in providing training on new and revised programs on an ongoing basis.
Inform each client and responsible party of his/her rights. Obtain client approval for programs and procedures recommended by the team, and ensure that the programs incorporate the requests of the client and/or parent/legal guardian. Obtain consents from parents/legal guardian and Human Rights Committee for any restrictive measures.
Respond to concerns voiced by clients, families or guardians in a timely manner.
Act as a liaison between Opportunity Living and family members, funding agencies and other agencies/consultants in regard to the IPP process.
Work with the Director of Community Living regarding the placement of clients at Opportunity Living.
Facilitate program training during regularly scheduled house meetings.
Actively participate in the survey process conducted by the Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) or other surveying agencies.
Provide, locate, or clarify information to the surveyor as requested.
Know and follow regulations and standards that are necessary to maintain licensure
Assist in the development of the plan of correction regarding deficiencies in appropriate areas
Utilize information to implement necessary changes to continually work on quality improvement of services provided.
Provide training to Opportunity Living staff on IPP process, the role of a QIDP, CFA, Right Response and other identified areas.
Participate in an established on-call system.
Coordinate schedule so there is maximum program training across all three (3) shifts.
Work one night per pay period until 7:00 p.m.
Work a minimum of eight (8)…