What are the responsibilities and job description for the Employment First and Pre-Vocation Coordinator - (Health Care Tech IV) position at State of Colorado Job Opportunities?
Department Information
Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.
This position will receive a short-staffing temporary pay differential of 3.17% from July 1st 2024 - June 30th 2025.
Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!
About the Facility:
Grand Junction Regional Center (GJRC) is one of three Regional Centers in Colorado that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have intensive needs.
GJRC, which dates back to 1919, has both Intermediate Care Facilities/Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (ICF/IDD) homes and Home and Community Based Services Waiver (HCBS Waiver) homes throughout the community. The center serves a diverse population, from people who have high abilities but are a high risk to themselves or others to people who have significant medical challenges.
Programs are individualized to meet varying needs. Services provided range from residential services and health services to mental health intervention. GJRC provides day program, vocational and specialized habilitation, speech, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation and nutritional services.
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Description of Job
This position is essential in the coordination of Community Integration and Habilitation Services (CIHS), Employment First, and Pre-Vocation for disabled people living at Grand Junction Regional Center (GJRC).
Additionally, as a Employment First and Pre-Vocation Coordinator you can expect to:
- Work with the Community Integration team to ensure CIHS Employment First and Pre-Vocational (Pre-voc) services and support are planned and scheduled to meet people's needs around employment.
- Oversee employment programming and ensure it is implemented in all designated CIHS employment and Pre-voc areas.
- Provide leadership, supervision, modeling, and coaching to Employment Navigator (Empl Nav), Employment Specialist (Empl Spc), CIHS Technician and other direct support professionals.
- This position spends a portion of the work day outside the office working directly with people supported, employers, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), Empl Nav, Empl Spc,
- Ensures employment and pre-voc locations are meeting the needs of people supported and run efficiently.
- This position works closely with the Director to ensure implementation of services is occurring and meeting state and federal regulations. This position will be an integral part of the Employment First Initiative.
- Oversee the writing, implementation, monitoring of individual support plans (ISP) for learning and development of skills related to activities of daily living, employment and pre-voc skills, collaboration with teams
- Engage with all internal departments, community partners/members, and external customers.
- Schedule employment, pre-voc services and support
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications:
High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
AND
Three (3) years of experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.
Substitutions:
Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
Special Qualifications:
SBON Psych Tech license (LPT) or Qualified Medication Administration Person (QMAP) required for this position; valid, current and unrestricted.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience training, mentoring, and/or supervising healthcare staff
- Experience conducting and writing assessments
- Experience working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or dully diagnosed
- Experience working with individuals with compromised medical history
- Experience working with individuals with challenging behaviors
- Experience with Word, Excel, Google Calendar, Google Sheets
Conditions of Employment:
- Preemployment physical Test: must demonstrate the ability to lift 50 lbs, bend, kneel, squat, etc. and perform physical Interventions proficiently throughout employment.
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CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):
CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS - Current/Valid and unrestricted US Driver’s License
- Shift Work - GJRC is a 24/7 facility; therefore, person in this position must be available to work any shift, any day, and/or any area, to meet agency needs.
- Travel - Position must travel to remote work sites and must utilize a State vehicle, if available. If not, must utilize personal vehicle and submit for mileage reimbursement.
- Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant’s prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.
Appeal Rights:
Supplemental Information
The Assessment Process
For additional recruiting questions, please contact natasha.story@state.co.us
About Us:
- Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
- Medical and dental health plans
- Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
- Paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
- BenefitHub state employee discount program
- Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
- Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
- Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
Our Values:
We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.
Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.
We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.
Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.
We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.
Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
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