Treatment Program Administrator

State of Iowa - Executive Branch; Woodward (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Employee discounts

Job summary

The State of Iowa, Department of Health and Human Services, Woodward Resource Center seeks a Treatment Program Administrator to lead a team serving individuals with intellectual disabilities. This full-time role features a non-fixed, variable schedule and a focus on high-quality, person-centered care.

You will supervise staff, coach on comprehensive plans, ensure compliance with policies, and collaborate with families and case managers to sustain program quality and safety in community-based

Qualifications

• Experience supervising and evaluating staff, managing performance, and applying disciplinary procedures.
• Ability to train staff on program procedures, medications, and plans while ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Familiarity with HCBS Waiver regulations and community-based care for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise employees directly and indirectly, ensure evaluations are completed on time, and manage performance and attendance.
• Provide competency-based training on member Comprehensive Plans, programs, medications, and expectations.
• Uphold high ethical standards and act as a role model for the team.
• Organize daily operations to maximize service effectiveness and efficiency.
• Collaborate with families, guardians, case managers, and community staff to ensure program continuity.

Skills

Supervision

Coaching

Ethical conduct

Initiative

Collaboration

Relationship building

Instructional design

Assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Woodward Resource Center (WRC) is seeking a Treatment Program Administrator to join our team! This is a full-time position with a non-fixed, variable schedule.

Job Description The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Woodward Resource Center (WRC) is seeking a Treatment Program Administrator to join our team! This is a full-time position with a non-fixed, variable schedule. Are you driven by a desire to make a positive impact in your community? This is more than just a job, it's an opportunity to support intellectually disabled individuals in community-based homes.

What You'll Do

As a Treatment Program Administrator, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our team is equipped with the knowledge and skills to deliver exceptional care and support. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervision: Directly and indirectly supervise employees including ensuring that all probationary and yearly evaluations of job performance are completed within deadlines, assigning work duties and train as needed, confirming that attendance is tracked, and ensuring that collective bargaining agreements are followed. Recommend or initiate personnel actions related to performance, absences, grievances, and disciplinary procedures.
• Performance Coaching and Team Collaboration: Ensure staff receive competency-based training on member Comprehensive Plans, programs and support, medications/treatments, and general job expectations. Maintain close contact with staff to measure and improve quality of services, implement quality initiatives, and assess outcomes and the efficacy of quality efforts.
• Ethical Conduct: Uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all aspects of your work, serving as a role model for our team members.
• Initiative and Commitment: Organize and direct daily business so that services operate in the most effective and efficient manner.
• Collaboration: Troubleshoot with members' parents/guardians, community social workers, case managers, and other community personnel as needed to ensure continuity of the program.

Key Competencies

• Knowledge: Understand community service organizations and how their resources may be coordinated with the needs of the institution. Adhere to all Federal, State, HHS, and WRC regulations, policies, and procedures covering HCBS Waiver.
• Assessment and Implementation: Read, understand, and implement detailed written and/or oral instructions, policies, methods, and procedures.
• Relationship Building: Work as liaison between parents, guardians, families, Case Mangers, and the IDT. Build, foster, and maintain partnerships at a variety of levels.
• Instructional Design: Teach, instruct, and lead in the implementation of various therapeutic procedures and practices.

Applicants will be required to complete a background check to be considered for this position.

WRC prepares and supports individuals to live in the community of their choice. This facility is a great place to develop or continue your healthcare career if you enjoy rewarding yet challenging work, supporting individuals by working as part of their interdisciplinary team, and helping to develop person-centered Individual Support Plans to meet specific support needs, preferences, and goals. The facility provides a range of services that include being an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability (ICF/IID), daily supported community living, consultations/training, behavioral health services, physical nutrition management, and community residential-based guidance in learning prosocial behavior and personal accountability. For more info about WRC: https://hhs.iowa.gov/family-community/specialty-care-facilities/woodward-resource-center

Benefits Of Joining WRC

• Health, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Health and dental insurance packages to keep you and your family healthy at a low cost with outstanding coverage!
• Paid Time Off: Take time to recharge with paid time off, including vacation (96 hours/year to begin, increasing with years of service), sick leave (144 hours/year), and paid holidays (9 days/year).
• Retirement Plans: Participate in retirement plans such as IPERS (employees contribute 6.29% and the State of Iowa contributes 9.44%) as well as our Retirement Investors Club (RIC), Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan (the State of Iowa matches dollar for dollar up to $75/month).
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Take advantage of flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care expenses.
• Insurance Coverage: Benefit from life insurance and free long-term disability insurance for added peace of mind.
• Employee Assistance Program: Access resources and support through our Employee Assistance Program for personal and professional challenges.
• Employee Discount Programs: Enjoy discounts on a variety of goods and services through our employee discount programs.

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Woodward Highlights

Woodward is a city of approximately 1,300 located in central Iowa. The High Trestle Trail begins here and boasts 25 miles of paved surface running through five towns and four counties in the heart of Iowa. The trail includes an iconic, 1/2-mile, 13-story high bridge across the Des Moines River valley, one of the largest trail bridges in the world. The Iowa Arboretum & Gardens is just a quick drive away offering more trails, scenic overlooks and other amazing natural features.

Woodward is about 30 minutes away Ames, home of Iowa State University. Des Moines, Iowa’s capitol city, is also about the same distance away and home to Casey’s Center (host site of NCAA Basketball and premier concerts) and Lauridsen Skatepark, the nation’s largest skatepark. Additionally, Des Moines hosts one of the nation’s finest State Fairs and is home to professional sports teams the Iowa Cubs, Iowa Wolves, Iowa Barnstormers and Iowa Wild. Check out these 10 Reasons to Move to Iowa .

The State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer

HHS values those with “lived experience” and encourages adults who were fostered as youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the HHS system to apply. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply (Hearing and Speech Impaired – Relay Iowa 1-800-735-2942 TDD).

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Selectives

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Minimum Qualification Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university and experience equal to four years of full-timeprofessional-level work in a treatment or habilitation program for correctional inmates, delinquent, disadvantaged, mentally or emotionally ill, or intellectually disabled, two years of which were at the administrative, consultive, advanced professional, or supervisory level; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting thirty semester hours of graduate level course work in the administrative sciences (e.g., business administration), social/behavioral sciences, or health sciences for each year of the required experience up to a maximum substitution of two years of the general experience requirement (no substitution for the consultive, advanced professional, administrative, or supervisory experience) shall be considered as qualifying.

Additional Qualification Requirements

For purposes of qualifying, “professional-level experience” shall be exemplified by responsibility for assessment and diagnosis of client problems and needs, developing a plan of treatment, evaluating client progress toward meeting treatment goals, modifying treatment objectives. Work at this level generally requires a prerequisite of four or more years of post high school educational training in one of the behavioral, social, or health sciences.

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