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CHOICES Unit Supervisor

Job Status:

Open and accepting applications

Job Closing Date:

Open Until Filled

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging is accepting applications for a full time Medicaid Waiver Service Coordinator. The salary range is negotiable depending on experience, plus full benefits. The hours of work are generally Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The CHOICES Unit Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day and overall management of the Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging CHOICES Unit as outlined in the Plan of Operation as approved or amended by Nebraska Health and Human Services State Unit on Aging. The CHOICES Unit is comprised of the Care Management program, Family Caregiver Support Program, Senior Care Options program, and the Aged and Disabled Medicaid Waiver program and staff appropriate to each program.

Travel will be necessary. Use of a personal vehicle may be necessary. Mileage will be reimbursed at the current Agency rate.

Essential Responsibilities

Make recommendations to the Executive Director concerning staff/or contractors regarding appropriateness for hire, discipline, or termination.

Provide training, coordination and supervision of staff and contractors for all programs.

Review assessments and care plans developed by Care Management staff and contractors, using criteria developed by the State Unit on Aging. Similarly, evaluate and review files developed and maintained by Medicaid Waiver staff, according to criteria developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, using the CONNECT and Therap database programs. Reviews focus on standards developed by the Department of Health and Human Services and the State Unit on Aging. There must also be emphasis on quality control.

Conduct regular staff meetings for the purpose of distributing information, problem solving, peer reviews, etc. Meetings may be for the entire unit and/or for each separate program and staff.

Assist in preparation of the budget for the Unit and each program.

Maintain client-caseload work only as needed.

Gather data, maintain specific records, and complete required reports in a timely manner (as required by DHHS and the State Unit on Aging).

Personally evaluate staff in all aspects of job performance at end of probationary period, annually, and as needed. Provide counseling to staff/contractors in areas of job performance and quality of care provided. Evaluation forms will be forwarded to the Executive Director for review and will then become part of the employee personnel file.

Other areas of responsibilities (to include, but not limited to):

Coordinate with the medical and other community leaders to inform them of Care Management, Caregiver Support, Personal Care, Senior Care Options, and Medicaid Waiver and generate support for the programs.

Coordinate with various local and state Social Service agencies.

Public speaking, working with various media sources, and designing brochures to promote and disseminate information concerning the programs.

Prepare and deliver required reports to the Executive Director on the progress and concerns related to the programs and the Unit as a whole.

Initiate contact with clients/families/physicians as needed.

Assist, when indicated, in the communications with other service providers.

Work with federal, state, and local professionals on program development.

Maintain responsibility for expansion of programs as directed by the Executive Director and Governing Board.

Maintain professional knowledge in each specialty area through training courses, workshops, conferences, and professional publications.

Maintain CHOICES Units compliance with all state and federal guidelines and Blue Rivers Area Agency on Agings Plan of Operation.

Required to provide the Executive Director with thirty (30) days notice when leaving position and will provide orientation for new unit supervisor.

The CHOICES Unit Supervisor s all have the following minimum qualifications:

A current Nebraska license as a Registered Nurse, or baccalaureate orgraduate degree in the human services field, or certification under the Mental Health Practice Act.

At least an equivalency of two (2) years of experience in long term care, gerontology, or community health. Experience can include paid or unpaid experience (i.e. employment, internship, volunteering at community organizations.) Candidates receive credit for all qualified experience; and

In addition, a Care Management Unit Supervisor will have at least two (2) years of related, professional supervisory or management experience.

Ability to effectively communicate orally and in written form.

Ability to work with professionals in the health and human services fields.

Ability to organize time, prioritize tasks, and work independently.

Ability to mediate, if needed, and facilitate constructive communication between staff members.

Ability to rel