The Qualified Intellectual Disabled Professional is responsible for the development and supervision of residents’ programs living on the ICF/ID Unit. Responsible for development, implementation, and monitoring of resident programs to ensure they are improving or maintaining skills as defined per regulations. Responsible for training and monitoring staff that these programs are implemented as written.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

The following duties are primarily performed and are essential for this position. Employees are expected to be able to perform each of these job duties satisfactorily and successfully to be qualified for the position. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Program Implementation and Monitoring:

Trains staff according to the written program. Observes staff implementation of program. Monitors documentation and progress per individual resident’ programs including Behavior, Life Enrichment, Activities of Daily Living, Speech, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. Monitors overall mission of ICF/ID per regulations of State and Federal guidelines. Monitors staff that they are providing Active Treatment, which encompasses partial participation, protection from harm, rotation of attention, and offering of functional activities for each resident.

Resident Contact:

Daily interaction with each individual. These interactions are both one on one and in group settings. Resolves concerns with individuals, individual’ peers, and staff. Assesses that residents are active. Assists in the completion of residents’ programs.

Staff Development:

Ongoing daily training of staff to teach them to implement and carry out individual programs, active treatment, mealtime skills, recreation skills, social skills, and the overall physical health of each resident. This is done through Informational meetings, daily on the spot training, daily reports, Formal Sunrise Positive Outcome Training course. Oversees the work of Program Instructors/Certified Nursing Assistants and other staff to ensure that individualized treatment programs are implemented in accordance with professional, regulatory and Sunnycrest standards of practice. Oversees that County policies are observed and followed.

Life Plans:

Preparation: Compiles data and writes reports based on resident programs and progress.

Directs and moderates Life Plan Meetings: Reviews, discusses, and plans with interdisciplinary team individual persons current functions, goals, wants, needs and desires and person-centered aspects of their lives. Takes minutes of meeting.

Post Meeting: Writes report along with follow up of all items discussed with interdisciplinary team.

Program Development:

Assesses the needs of each individual resident according to the comprehensive functional assessment and presents levels of each person. Writes programs to meet the needs of the resident with resident and staff input.

Resident Behavior Control:

Assesses and writes behavioral management plans according to individual resident needs. This includes following State and Federal guidelines for approval to implement restrictive measures used to reduce behaviors.

Family Contact:

Consists of face to face, electronic communications, and phone communications to ensure resident needs are being met. This includes scheduling activities, doctors appointments, family participation of activities, meetings and concerns.

Day Program Coordination:

Monitors and ongoing training of the overall day program of the Sunrise residents both internally and externally. This includes coordination of transportation, staffing numbers, and physical building needs and upkeep. Develops, implements, and monitors that staff carry out the active treatment components and individual programs for each individual resident. Coordinates and follows through for mealtimes, including food, consistencies, amounts.

Inter Departmental Coordination:

Ongoing contact with internal departments including Administrator, Nursing, Maintenance, Social Services, Housekeeping, Dietary, Life Enrichment and office personnel to provide high quality services to the individual residents and overall mission of Sunnycrest Manor. Attends Bi-weekly communication stand up meetings to promote standards of practice, consistency and solve any concerns.

External Coordination & Contacts:

Meets with rehabilitation services: occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapies for screenings and program development for each individual based on needs. Active participant and liaison of meeting with Pharmacist, Doctors, Nutritional Risk Meetings, Medicare, and Human Rights Committee meetings. Meets with and assists DIA (Department of Inspections and Appeals) to assure compliance of regulations during their annual regulatory visit and self-reports. Oversees purchasing of necessary equipment/furniture.

Minimum Education Qualifications

Education and/or Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’ degree in human service field including but not limited to: Sociology, Special Education, Psychology, Rehab Counseling, Nursing.
• One year of experience working directly with individuals with intellectual disabilities or other developmental disabilities.

Licenses, Certifications, and Other Requirements:

• Must pass the prescribed pre-employment physical, abuse registry review, and criminal background check.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Qualifications

In order to perform the functions and responsibilities of the position (listed above) the following knowledge, skills, and abilities are essential.

General knowledge of;

• Counseling and social work principles and practices.
• Residential care and treatment programs.
• Community services and facilities available.

Ability to:

• Develop care and treatment plans for patients and families suffering emotional and social problems.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with parents, families, other employees, officials and the general public.
• Maintain records and prepare detailed reports.

In evaluating candidates for this position, Dubuque County may consider a combination of education, training, and experience which provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of this position.

Physical Requirements

• Vision abilities required by this job including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Effective verbal speaking and hearing abilities are needed to handle communications with staff, residents, and others.
• Requires pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 25 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally with assistance.
• Requires standing most of the time to perform work responsibilities with regular walking between locations.
• Requires ability to walk steps, reaching, squatting, stooping, bending, and sitting, pushing, pulling, twisting, gripping and apply physical intervention holds.

Work Environment

• Work is primarily indoors with occasional exposure to outside weather conditions and some outdoor work
• Exposure to chemicals from cleaning compounds and exposure to bodily fluids require the use of personal protective equipment to safeguard against potential biological and chemical hazards.
• Some exposure to slippery surfaces when floors are wet.

EOE / ADA Statement

Dubuque County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Dubuque County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.