DSP Coordinator

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$19.00/hr - $19.00/hr

We are looking for:
Full-Time, Home Coordinator in Mount Vernon, Ohio

Need to be available for all shifts

Hourly Rate: $19.00

Caregiver is a leading Texas-based provider of services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that supports clients with the design, delivery, and management or personalized treatment plans in order to help them lead their best lives. We are looking for a Home Coordinator to join our team!

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Everyone at Caregiver, Inc. Company is committed to a common goal – creating a world-class experience for our individuals. We are passionate about what we do while making a difference. We work with integrity, accountability, transparency, and compassion in everything we do because we understand those, we serve have a choice in providers. Our company provides care to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead their unique lives independently.

The Home Coordinator is responsible for providing direction and guidance to direct care staff caring for clients with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in a supported living or community-based environment. This includes responsibility for the activities of staff and the whereabouts of all clients under their supervision at all times; as delineated in the ISP and ensuring that required documentation (i.e., client notes, community-based notes, administration records, client financial records, and vehicle logs, etc.)

is completed in an accurate, thorough and timely manner. Incumbents are on call twenty-four hours a day and must respond in a timely manner to unexpected events and/or emergencies with clients under their care. The Home Coordinator is also expected to provide direct client care.

• Plans, organizes, and directs the care of clients.
• Support related to outcomes and the support and supervision of the individual will be monitored to assure that the overall supports provided are in adherence with the individuals person centered plan.
• Monitors the client care activities of direct support staff.
• Monitors Individual Support Plans and delivery of client care plans as appropriate; takes actions as appropriate to ensure Standards of Care are met; participates in quality improvement process
• May assist with determining staffing schedules, staffing levels, and staff schedules in coordination with the Program Manager.
• Assures that staffing patterns developed are in adherence with the team recommendation and PAWS Allocation.
• Responsible for preventing client abuse by adhering to all policies and procedures, attending periodic training, reporting suspicious and inappropriate behavior, and following mandatory abuse reporting requirements.
• Complete administrative and clerical documentation including but not limited to reviewing daily logs and notes detailing client activities supporting the approved Individual Support Plan (ISP) that support services billed through Medicaid HCB Waiver Program.
• Assures safe operation of all equipment in the house by completing routine site monitoring reports.
• Plan and organize daily activities in accordance with Individual Support Plan.
• Provides direct client care, including transportation, maintenance of household inventory, menu planning and preparation, etc.
• Provides weekly oversight of individuals’ finances by providing direct assistance with managing personal funds (personal ledger, petty cash in home and receipts). Reports any signs of misappropriation, exploitation, or financial impropriety regarding individual funds to the County Board through Unusual Incident (UI) reports and to his or her direct supervisor (PM)
• Maintain and schedule medical appointments. Complete all follow-ups including maintaining the Appointments in Advisor and attaching related relevant documents.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• One-year supervisory experience working with developmentally, intellectually and/or physically disabled individuals preferred.
• Required to complete 60 course hours of DODD training for competency.

• Completion of an accepted Ohio medication certification and Department of Ohio Developmental Disabilities (DODDs) eight-hour training course
• Valid Ohio Driver’s License Required
• Valid Automobile Insurance Required
• Proof of completed High School or GED (Diploma or Official Transcript) Required
• CPR and First Aid.

• Requires extensive mental activities including the ability to: use educated and intuitive judgment, advise, counsel, influence, debate, negotiate, organize, plan, and synthesize concepts.
• Ability to work in a demanding environment.
• Must be able to make wise decisions under stressful circumstances.
• Requires…