**D&S Community Services** , a part of the Sevita family, provides community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You’ll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived. **Operations Management Assistive Technology Director** **Starting Pay $50k** **OUR MISSION:** The MENTOR Network is a mission driven organization dedicated first and foremost to the children and adults we serve and support. The Network expects all employees to be mindful of this mission, and to perform their job to its fullest, and as stated in their job description. **POSITION SUMMARY:** The Assistive Technology Director will be an integral key team member of the state’s operations management team responsible to help expand the use of remote supports and assistive technology to help the individuals that MENTOR serves increase their level of independence. **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below. · Maintain a passion for helping to identify and coordinate quality services and supports that lead to growth and independence for the individuals that MENTOR serves. · Collaborate with the leadership across the state (including Regional Directors, Area Directors, and Program Directors) to assess individuals for the use of remote supports and assistive technology to support their care needs. · Coordinate all follow-ups related to these assessments, including identifying and vetting the technology options. · Work with team members to incorporate any remote supports and/or assistive technology into the individual service plans. · Serve as the liaison with the technology vendor companies, including scheduling demos, developing program specific implementation plans, and engaging ongoing with the vendors as applicable. · Drive the training plan to ensure internal staff are well-versed with remote support and assistive technology capabilities, any state applicable policies, as well as have the necessary skills to discuss the options with individuals, their guardians and case managers. · Engage with guardians and families to educate them on the use of remote supports and assistive technology, answer questions, and obtain consent. · Engage with case managers, county boards, and other key local and regional stakeholders to educate them on the use of remote supports and assistive technology and to drive support. Performs other related duties and activities as required. **MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED BY THE JOB:** _The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job._ **_Education and Experience:_** · Bachelor’s Degree · 7-10 professional experience with preference for those with Health and Human Services industry and/or operational consulting experience **_Other Skills and Abilities:_** · Strong communication, analytical, facilitation, critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills. · Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and with a high degree of initiative. **_Other Requirements:_** · Travel as needed to the regions within the state **_Physical Requirements:_** **Normal Office Work, Data Entry:** **Sedentary work.** Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met **_._** **AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT** External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process. **_Why Join Us?_** + Full compensation/benefits package. + 401(k) with company match. + Paid time off and holiday pay. + Complex work adding value to the organization’s mission alongside a great team of coworkers. + Enjoy job security with nationwide career development and advancement opportunities. **We have meaningful work for you – come join our team –** **_apply today!_** Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face. We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S. _As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law._