Supported Living Liaison - 67073551

Supported Living Liaison

This position is a telework position with the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities. The role includes supporting individuals served through the Supported Living Program, connecting clients to supports and services for success in the program, and monitoring client health and safety when indicated. This position also assists with emergency management activities. The position provides ongoing technical assistance and training to Supported Living providers and engages with community partners and stakeholders to support individuals in living in their own homes.

The work you will do includes coordinating, preparing for, and facilitating quarterly supported living provider meetings, organizing and facilitating regional Supported Living provider certification trainings, screening students to determine eligibility to become certified, providing interpretation of supported living policies and procedures, responding to phone calls and electronic mail related to SL, distributing information to providers regarding continuing education and skills training opportunities, participating in local and state meetings, conference calls, trainings, stakeholder workgroups, coalitions, and other collaborative initiatives related to supporting clients remain in their own homes, responsible for Emergency Disaster Management for all individuals in supported living, providing annual training of policies and procedures to providers including completion of required agency documents, routinely reviewing and updating demographic information in APD iConnect for pre-enrollment clients in supported living, regularly issuing reminders for Waiver Support Coordinators to keep accurate demographic information for all their clients in APD iConnect at all times, maintaining an up-to-date list of all clients in Supported Living who reside in the Region and validating the information against information provided by the APD Data Unit, conducting regular visits to homes of clients in supported living settings to conduct wellness checks or other monitoring as needed, following up on concerns, complaints, incident reports and protective services investigations involving supported living clients to ensure that concerns related to their health, safety and well-being are fully addressed, and reviewing all Individual and Family Supports (IFS) In-Home Subsidy requests for clients in Supported Living and following current agency procedures.

Minimum Qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree Preferred and occasional overnight travel may be required. Knowledge of providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities and the ability to speak publicly and work with large groups, as well as train adult learners are required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is also required.