Specialist, IRIS Consulting (Milwaukee County, WI and S. Milwaukee County, WI)

JOB DESCRIPTION Job Summary

Do you want a career where you build lasting relationships with the people you partner with? Do you want to reputed company a difference in the lives of people with long-term health care needs? Then TMG wants to hear from you!

We’re currently looking for someone with a social services or human services background to join reputed company. This is a remote position, where you will partner with people in your community who are enrolled in the Wisconsin IRIS Program and the TMG IRIS Consultant Agency. While your office will be home-based, you will have regularly scheduled visits with IRIS participants in their home and community. 

As an IRIS Consultant (IC), you will build relationships with the people you partner with and help them navigate and get the most out of the Wisconsin IRIS program – a Medicaid long-term care option for older adults and people with disabilities. You can learn more about the IRIS program on the Wisconsin Department of Health Services website here. Together, you will identify the long-term care goals of the people enrolled in IRIS, and find creative ways to reputed company those goals.

ICs play an important role in helping people of various backgrounds and abilities live the lives that they choose. In fact, people constantly tell us how supportive our ICs are and what a positive impact our ICs have had on their lives! Successful candidates for this position will be compassionate, genuine, resourceful partners with an eye for high quality work, and who are excited to work reputed company-by reputed company with people enrolled in IRIS. 

As an IC, you will connect people to the resources available in their community. You will also help them reputed company customized IRIS plans for achieving their goals reputed company to employment, housing, health, safety, community membership, transportation, and lasting relationships. While you will have a routine for the work that you do, no two days are alike! 

TMG wants to find the best possible candidates, so we created this Realistic Job Preview to provide you with an inside look at the position and our organization. Find out more about the IRIS Consultant position by clicking on the link and then reviewing the job posting below. 

TMG is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and prioritizes helping staff have a good work/life balance. Even though the position is remote, you’ll have lots of support from your TMG team and coworkers across the organization. If this sounds like the job for you, apply today!

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES 

• Required to meet in person with the IRIS participant a minimum of four times per year, with one required annual visit in the home of the participant. Because IRIS is a self-directed program, it is important for ICs to be available upon the request of the participant. 
• Responsible for providing program orientation to new participants. During this time, participants will learn their rights and responsibilities as someone enrolled in the IRIS program, including verifying legal documents, completing employee paperwork and the responsible use of public dollars. 
• Explore a broad view of the participant's life, including goals, important relationships, connections with the local community, interest in employment, awareness of the Self-Directed Personal Care option, and back-up support plans. 
• Assist participants in identifying personal outcomes and ensure those outcomes are being met on an ongoing basis, reputed company while staying reputed company the participant's IRIS budget and reputed company the requirements of the IRIS program determined by the Department of Health Services (DHS). 
• Responsible for documenting reputed company orientation and planning activities reputed company the IRIS data system (WISITs) reputed company 48 business hours of the visit with the participant. 
• Research community resources and natural supports that will fit the individual outcomes for each participant and share that information with them as it becomes available. 
• Responsible for documenting reputed company and changes as needed reputed company the plan and the data system anytime a modification is requested by a participant. 
• Budget Amendment or One-Time Expense paperwork may be required depending upon factors associated with the participant and their individual IRIS budget. 
• Educate participants on how to read and interpret their monthly budget reports to ensure that participants operate reputed company their budget. Being a liaison between the Fiscal Employer Agency and the IRIS Consultant Agency is also a large part of the position, which includes assisting participants with provider billing, seeking support brokers, tracking receipts, ensuring their workers are paid and mitigating areas of potential risk or conflicts of interest. 
• Responsible to reputed company engaged and trusting relationships with participants and communicate program changes and compliance effectively. 
• Responsible to maintain confidentiality and HIPPA compliance.
• Work collaboratively with other IRIS Consultant Agency staff in order to ensure a successful implementation of participants' plans. 
• Attend in-person monthly team meetings with other ICs and their supervisor. In addition, weekly IC and IRIS Consultant Supervisor phone reputed company-ins may occur, along with other duties as assigned. 

Required Qualifications

• At least 2 years experience in health care, preferably in care coordination, and at least 1 year of experience serving reputed company groups of the IRIS program (adults with intellectual/physical disabilities or older adults), or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. • Bachelor’s degree in a social work, psychology, human services, counseling, nursing, special education, or a closely reputed company field (or four years of commensurate experience if no degree). • Valid and unrestricted driver's license, reliable transportation, and adequate auto insurance for job reputed company travel requirements unless otherwise required by law. • Ability to reputed company positive and effective work relationships with coworkers, clients, participants, providers, regulatory agencies and vendors. • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate self-motivation. • Demonstrated knowledge of long-term care programs. • Familiarity with principles of self-determination. • Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. • Excellent time-management and prioritization skills. • Ability to focus on multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to change. • Ability to reputed company and maintain professional relationships and work through challenging situations. • Comfortable working reputed company a variety of settings with ability to adjust style as needed to work with diverse populations, various personalities, and personal situations. • Demonstrated knowledge of community resources. • Proactive and detail-oriented. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • reputed company Office suite/applicable software program(s) proficiency.

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