MULTIPLE POSITIONS - IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

The Supports Coordinator serves as the primary advocate and broker of services within the system for the people he/she/they support. He/she/they work within the system and the community to ensure the people supported have maximum access to and use of the resources available. The Supports Coordinator focuses efforts on connecting the people supported to networks of family, friends, and meaningful relationships, and develops strategies to coordinate the individual’s personal resources with entitlements and special programs to provide economic and social place in the community. The Supports Coordinator provides these services while adhering to Person Centered Planning and Self-Determination principles, the Michigan Mental Health Code, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) requirements, Self-Directed Services Technical Advisory, CLS Guiding Principles, Code of Ethics, and professional code of ethics.

Requirements:

• The position minimally requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a human services field
• One year experience working with individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
• Must minimally meet education and experience requirements for provisional credentialing as a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP); may complete the 5 hours of mandatory QIDP training within the first week of hire; full QIDP credential preferred
• Supports Coordinators that provide services to individuals receiving MI Health Link, and/or other identified specialty services must have one-year experience working with persons with developmental disabilities and possess a current, valid social work license (i.e., LLBSW, LBSW, LLMSW, or LMSW)
• All other Supports Coordinators must minimally obtain Registered Social Service Technician (RSST) credential from the State of Michigan as a condition of employment at the time of hire
• Minimum of one year working with and/or supporting persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
• Case management experience in human resource arena is a plus; Demonstrated experience applying the principles of Person-Centered Planning and Self-Determination to a traditional case management model preferred