Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional; QIDP, HP V; Wheat Ridge Regional Center

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Please note:

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies

Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services - Wheat Ridge Regional Center

This work unit provides comprehensive services and support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This work unit’s focus is on providing services and supporting an active learning approach. The work unit is also focused on creating and promoting a safe and healthy environment for individuals supported. This work unit provides 24-hour treatment services that are in compliance with State and Federal regulations.

The Wheat Ridge Regional Center is looking to hire motivated, hard-working individuals to provide direct support services to individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Some of the individuals we serve have high medical needs, while others need significant support around behavioral and mental health needs. Once hired on, there are many opportunities for promotion and career growth.

Our mission is to offer people with disabilities the necessary supports in order to promote the personal values of individual growth, participation, contribution, and capability

This position requires a minimum of 5 days in the office

The QIDP will plan, develop, and coordinate comprehensive services provided to individuals with intellectual disabilities and safeguard and advocate for their rights, safety, and quality of life. This includes coordinating administrative functions and services for the individual population by initiating changes and/or modifying administrative functions, standards, budgetary requests, technical assistance standards, operating procedures, monitoring techniques, and evaluation studies. This position supervises the ICF-IID staff in two homes to ensure the implementation and documentation of individual programs is completed.

This position is responsible as a supervisor for two individual Residential Coordinators and 20-25 direct care staff as a second-level supervisor. This position also serves as the team leader of multiple interdisciplinary teams.

• Exercise appointing authority responsibilities with first and second level supervision over Residential and Community Integration services, including approximately 25 employees in the area of hiring, performance planning, performance evaluation, corrective and disciplinary action, up to and including termination.
• Directs the overall operations of each of these departments, including approving the budget for each. Ensures regulatory compliance of all agency departments in conjunction with: DPA regulations;
  Personnel Rules;
  State Board of Nursing Practice Acts; CDHS Policies and Procedures; and other state and federal mandates. Exercises direct supervision of 3 professionals.
• Directs, oversees, and monitors delivery of comprehensive services to individuals by leading the Interdisciplinary () Team process to develop an Individual Program Plan (IPP) by reviewing the individuals’ progress in reaching identified goals in the IPP and by recommending ways to overcome barriers to reaching goals.
• Responsible for routine monitoring, including conducting regular audits of the individuals’ records and other sources of information. This position will alert supervisors of any issues arising with program implementation or the documentation thereof. This is a Federal requirement for ICF-IID licensure.
• On-call rotation roughly every 8th week for one week. Ensures regulatory compliance of all agency departments in conjuction with:
  State Board of Nursing Practice Acts;
  Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF-IID);
  Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division (HFEMSD) of Department of Public Health (DPH);
  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS); CDHS Policies and Procedures; and other state and federal mandates.
• Assures the effectiveness of the Interdisciplinary () Team process by identifying, coordinating, and providing leadership, guidance, and training to team members…