Service Coordinator Internship in Modesto or Stockton

Company: Valley Mountain Regional Center

Job Description

Under direction of the Program Manager, the Service Coordinator intern will participate in shadowing Service Coordinators in the assessment of the needs of consumers with developmental/intellectual disabilities. As facilitator of the Interdisciplinary (ID) team, the Service Coordinator Intern assists in developing, implementing, and coordinating a program plan for consumers. The Service Coordinator intern will demonstrate how to project and advocate the legal, civil, and service rights of consumers with developmental/intellectual disabilities, and perform related work as required. The Service Coordinator Intern will assist in duties of assisting with the data gathering to determine needed services. 

This is a three (3) month temporary internship assignment. Interns wishing to continue employment with the regional center are encouraged to apply for open positions. Ongoing employment is not guaranteed at the end of the 3 months internship period.

Responsibilities

  • Shadow Service Coordinators in assessing, monitoring, coordinating and implementing IPP/IFSP through the ID Team process. Schedule and shadow Service Coordinators at annual reviews, quarterly reviews, wellness review examinations, clinical consultations, ID/IFSP Team meetings as required and assist with monitoring case contact.
  • Assist Service Coordinators in completion of case documentation and procedures, including Confidential Summary, Purchase of Service (POS), Individual Program Plans (IPP), Consumer Development Evaluation Reports
  • (CDER), Quarterly Progress Reports (QPR), Facility Liaison Consumer QA reports, Life Quality Assessments, Title XIX, court reports, Medicaid Waiver, and other correspondence and documentation as required.
  • Assist Service Coordinators in providing advocacy, education, crisis, intervention, and other support for families and consumers. Shadow Service Coordinators who serve as liaison to care homes, day programs, supported living agencies, schools, and other community agencies or service providers as designated.
  • Assist in collecting, synthesizing, and reporting consumer statistical data as requested, including state surveys, internal surveys, and community agency surveys.

Qualifications

  •  Must be a currently enrolled student at an accredited college or university.
    • Have a GPA of at least a 2.5.
    • Successfully completed a minimum of 6 credit hours in major field of study or completed the degree career program requirements as mandated by department standards.
    • Successfully completed a total of 30 hours of credit toward your degree.
  • All driving positions are required to meet our driver acceptability criteria.  
  • Must have reliable transportation and be able to travel locally and out of town regularly.
  • The ability to sit at a work station for up to 5 hours at a time.
  • Frequent standing and walking throughout offices, service provider facilities and other agencies.
  • Adequate manual dexterity and coordination to operate standard office equipment (i.e. computer, telephone, fax machine, etc.)
  • The ability to read, write and comprehend large amounts of written material such as reports and regulations, use the telephone, and communicate via electronic mail is required on a daily basis.
  • Excellent oral and written skills are essential.
  • The ability to lift, push and pull up to 25 pounds.

To apply (or for more information): 

*Attribution: All information and wording comes from the VMRC jobs website.

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