Director, Training & Professional Development IDD Services (California) - Monrovia, CA

Full Time

$105K - $120K/yr

Candidate will be expected to travel to Elwyn locations throughout the state of California

The Director, Professional Development, Adult IDD California, works alongside the leadership teams to ensure high quality staff development activities for clinical, direct support, leadership, and allied health professionals, and support staff, working within Elwyn's programs in all locations. The Director oversees program-specific professional development staff to coordinate, schedule, deliver, and evaluate the effectiveness and impact of all professional development initiatives across Elwyn's Adult IDD programs.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure a robust curriculum-based annual training calendar that addresses the varied learning and/or development needs of staff including DSP's, support staff, clinical supports, supervisors and leadership through the development and refinement of content that incorporates appropriate regulatory requirements, as well as alignment with service area best practices of service delivery
• Design, or oversee the design, of performance-based training programs that meet course objectives and include measurement of employee achievement and competency
• Provide supervision of assigned staff in areas including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, leadership, coaching, training, performance management, promotion, discipline, and termination
• Serve as the primary liaison to leadership team regarding areas of professional development activities, initiatives, and workforce needs with activities including but not limited to the development and implementation of core curricula, elective content, and the assessment and measurement of staff outcomes as well as the development of program-specific professional development structure, course content development and delivery, and assessment of competencies and of ongoing application of learned content to ensure the transfer of learning
• Enhance the effectiveness and preparedness of all Adult IDD staff by developing tools, tests, and performance measures that directly address the required subject matter and content relevant to the specific roles within IDD programs
• Facilitate a variety of programs to audiences at all levels with audiences between two (2) and 100 employees
• Develop and maintain a working relationship and directory of local subject matter experts (SMEs) in adult intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and allied health services including, but not limited to: speech and language pathology (SLP), occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), vision, hearing, nursing, applied behavior specialists, administration, regulatory/compliance, and leadership to ensure staff access to the most relevant and innovative content available within the field
• Conduct cross-consultations with the leadership regarding overall program performance, data trends, and staff needs through activities including but not limited to department-specific and/or division-wide collaborations which ensures staff development cohesion across the division
• Oversee an array of learning and development modalities, including but not limited to, classroom-based training, web-based training, consultation, coaching, modeling and observation, discipline-specific meetings, group supervision, peer supervision, mentoring, information-sharing, and internship supervision to ensure high-quality and well-rounded delivery of professional development to staff
• Lead program-specific professional development teams in ensuring staff development-related compliance with regulations and requirements through identified federal or state systems of oversight including, but not limited to, state departments of health (DOH), departments of human services (DHS), departments of social services, and other state agencies; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and Community Behavioral Health (CBH)
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  Lead the staff development specialists across IDD in developing and implementing discipline-specific professional development courses and developing and implementing programs for general professional development by activities including but not limited to networking with the key stakeholders associated with each program, ensuring cohesion of content across programs where applicable and oversight of ongoing content improvement efforts

  
  
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  Create strategy, planning, and global and targeted activities to address the ongoing professional and development needs of staff, including but not limited to staff surveys, service area learning needs assessments, and the staff trainer initiative to support the holistic needs of the staff

  
  

QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in education or related field; Master's degree in field preferred. Applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
• Five (5) years experience in education or related field
• Two (2) years of program administrative experience, including staff development and appraisal management
• Ability to assess broad-based education and related service needs
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage and prioritize multiple, often competing, priorities
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated strong time management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated excellent judgment with the ability to independently solve problems and make decisions with little or no need for direct supervision
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate future needed changes or identify problem areas and take effective actions
• Must possess excellent customer interaction, collaboration, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated intermediate experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint; Publisher preferred
• Experience using/knowledge of electronic record preferred; Frontline preferred
• Must have current, valid driver's license in state of residence, three (3) years driving experience in the United States, and acceptable driving record

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