Person-Centered Planning Specialist
Location: Kensington, MD
Department: Admin
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Entry Level
Position Description
Title: Person-Centered Panning Specialist
Supervised by: Person-Centered Planning Manager
Classification: Full Time, Salaried, Exempt
Salary: $73,000 per Year
Position Summary. The Person-Centered Planning Specialist plays an integral role in helping adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities plan their own lives and secure services. Success in this position will result in robust person-centered plans (PCPs) that value the person as the lead decision-maker and meet the timelines and criteria of the Jubilee PCP process.
Key Responsibilities
PCPs and Service Authorizations. Lead the annual PCP process for approximately 50 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who receive Personal Supports, Supported Living, or Group Home services from Jubilee. Plans should be well-written, individually tailored, and advance the dreams and goals of the people Jubilee supports. This includes:
Personal Outcome Measures Assessment:
Interviewing each person Jubilee supports using the Personal Outcome Measures (POM) tool, which covers 21 life indicators and up to 300 questions.
Coordinating and preparing materials needed for the POM session and PCP meeting.
Assessing the specific focus areas from the interview and creating a report with recommendations in collaboration with the person receiving services.
Monitoring and following up with the person receiving services and their support staff to ensure follow-through on recommendations.
Preparing reports based on Jubilee and national POM data.
Person-Centered Plan:
Scheduling and coordinating the annual PCP meeting with the Coordinator of Community Services (CCS) and Jubilee’s Program Services team.
Writing and ensuring that all annual goals in the PCP are specific, measurable, and meet SMART goal criteria.
Writing client narratives to justify and apply for Maryland state benefits.
Completing authorization forms as specified by the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) for each person.
Ensuring the annual review, facesheet, medical assessment, signature pages, updates, and action steps are completed and recorded for each meeting.
Monitor plans and follow up with the CCS’ to ensure timely dissemination of final PCPs and related documents in DDA’s Long Term Care Services and Supports (LTSS) system.
Enter the final PCP goals, behavior goals, tracking charts, and other documents relevant to each person’s services in iCare, a database used by Jubilee staff.
Coordinate mid-year PCP revisions as needed in collaboration with the CCS, Program Manager, and PCP team.
Medicaid Enrollment. Ensure eligible Jubilee residential clients on your caseload are enrolled and maintain enrollment in the Maryland Medicaid Community Pathways Waiver. This includes completing enrollment and redetermination paperwork when Jubilee is a client’s Social Security representative payee or assisting guardians and family members when they are the representative payee.
Enrollment: Attend Medicaid Waiver meetings and apply and/or help families in their applications to obtain Medicaid benefits from DDA; this entails filling out information and gathering supporting documents for submission.
Redetermination: Submit the Medicaid Waiver Redetermination packet and/or assist families. Track, monitor, and follow up until a decision is made.
Appeal: Keep record of all communication logs regarding follow-up and fill out an appeal form online if the decision is in contention.
Work collaboratively with the Quality Enhancement team and other departments to share and seek information as needed.
Complete other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
Minimum of 3 years of professional experience delivering community-based services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Willingness to work occasional evenings.
Advanced written and verbal communication, with strong interpersonal skills. Use of person-first language and thinking is essential.
Excellent organizational/time-management skills and attention to detail to effectively manage documents and project lists.
Strong technology skills to effectively use Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, Zoom, and data systems relevant to the position.
Desire to work with and learn from people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities required.
Demonstrated ability to use good judgment, take initiative, and make recommendations in resolving problems.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.
Compensation. This position has a fixed starting salary of $73,000 per year. Benefits include 4 weeks of vacation, 2 weeks of sick leave, health/dental/life/disability insurance, 3% retirement match after one year, 7 paid holidays, $1,000 student loan assistance or tuition reimbursement, paid training opportunities, Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for medical and dependent care expenses, periodic reimbursement of vacation expenses, and more. Depending on personal situations, additional paid leave may apply, such as parental leave, bereavement leave, and jury service. Eligibility for some benefits starts at 20 or 30 hours of work per week.
All employees must be vaccinated for Covid-19 before starting work.
About Jubilee. Jubilee Association of Maryland is a faith-based nonprofit that provides opportunities and support for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to live in and enrich their community while fulfilling their personal, family, social, and spiritual needs. Jubilee was started by Hyattsville Mennonite Church in 1978 as part of the movement to bring people with intellectual disabilities out of segregated institutions and into the community. Since then, Jubilee has grown to be a leader in person-centered disability services, currently supporting more than 200 people who are included in their communities across Montgomery County, Maryland. The organization has a staff of more than 400. Through partnerships, innovation, and attentive care, Jubilee is a leader in providing the highest quality services and helping demonstrate the power of inclusion. Learn more at www.jubileemd.org.
Jubilee Association of Maryland is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, physical characteristics, genetic information, physical characteristics, veteran status, or religion.
