Community Integration Professional I - Job Developer

**This position requires a minimum education or experience requirement of a bachelor’s degree or 4 years’ experience, preferably in human services, sociology, psychology, education, human services, marketing, sales or business 

This role operates in a Supported Employment (SE) Setting, defined as services “that enables the member to obtain and maintain individual employment” (Iowa Health & Human Services). Rather than assuming individuals with development or intellectual disabilities are not qualified to work, Supported Employment services provide these individuals with the opportunity to obtain and maintain meaningful employment that supports their life goals. 

Community Integration Professionals support the mission of the organization – empowering people to reach individual achievement across the spectrum of life. If you’re passionate about empowering people to reach their goals and help them strive for more, we want you to join our team. As an integral part of the overall supported employment team, you will collaborate with other Community Integration Professionals, Direct Support Professionals, Programmers, Supervisors, individuals-served, and their families to ensure the best possible care for those you serve. You will creatively strategize ways for an individual to find employment that suits their skills, abilities, and goals. Your innovative and impactful solutions and strategies will make the difference for those you serve.  

What Winning Looks Like:

While it’s not a competition, we do recognize that each person wants to ‘win’ at life; and you’re a central part of someone else’s wins as well as your own! In this role, you’ll be responsible to: 

• Collaborate with the individual to create a plan that provides them with meaningful employment within their community based on their skills, abilities, and goals. 
• Provide services to individuals based on their unique goals and behavioral care plan. This includes:

o Teaching individuals how to accomplish their goal (rather than completing a task for them).o Using behavioral strategies that support individuals and address any behaviors that do not lead to their success.

o Motivate and encourage individuals to participate in their behavioral care plans and reach their goals.

o Participate in recreational, community, and social activities with those you serve, honoring the choices of the individual. o Display and understanding of when it is appropriate to apply rights-restrictions, only as determined by the interdisciplinary team and when indicated in the individual’s behavioral care plan. 

• Provide coaching responsibilities, acting as a liaison between Imagine the Possibilities and the opportunities available to individuals. 

o This may include partnering with schools, local businesses, and local organizations to ensure the individual is set up for success. o You may find yourself helping in the fields of education, recreation, spiritual development, employment, cultural missions, or civic needs. While you will not need to have all the answers, you will connect individuals with those experts in their community. 

• Provide complete, consistent, and accurate documentation of the individual’s progress.
• Provide safe environments and instruction to individuals served regarding the practices that will help them reach their goals.
• Be an advocate for individuals receiving services to have as much control over their own lives as possible. All individuals should be treated with respect and should feel empowered to live their life as independently as physically possible.