PROGRAM: Imagine! Innovations
STATUS: Independent Contract Provider - Non Employee
COMPENSATION: Reimbursement for room and board and related costs: additional
Compensation based upon difficulty of care of the individual.

Broad Scope and Function:
This rewarding position provides an opportunity for the applicant to apply her or his skills and lifetime of learning in helping another person have a full, rewarding life. The program is funded by the Medicaid HCB-DD waiver for adults and the Medicaid CHRP waiver for those under age 21.

Host Home Provider: an adult who has a disability lives in the provider’s home.
Foster Care Provider: a child or adolescent with a developmental disability lives in the provider’s home. Provider needs to attend supplemental social services foster care training.
Contract Companion: lives in the adult consumer’s home.

Duties Include:

• Provides a supportive and safe home for an individual with a developmental disability (Consumer)..
• Provides training and/or supports Consumer in team-identified objectives that include health and safety, leisure activities, social skills and activities, independent living skills, language skills, and money management.
• Attends and provides input into Consumer's annual Individual Plan (IP) meeting.
• Maintains records showing the Consumer's progress toward the (IP) goals and objectives and provides reports as required by the social worker/case manager.
• Maintains knowledge of state and Imagine! rules and regulations for HCB-DD programs.
• Coordinates communication and serves as liaison regarding the Consumer with the Imagine! staff, contract personnel, family, and other agencies.
• Completes training in First Aid, CPR, Medication Administration and other training as required by regulation and Imagine! policy.
• May perform other duties related to the training of the Consumer as determined through the IP.
• Assists the consumer with shopping, bill paying, other financial management as requested.

Applicants must:

• Complete a Host Home and Foster Parent Application and send to Jodi Walters, Imagine! Innovations, 1400 Dixon Street, Boulder, CO 80026. Phone: 303-926-6460. Fax: 303-665-2648.
• Successfully pass background checks and reference checks. Foster parents must also pass a Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Registry check.
• Maintain a valid Colorado Driver's License and safe driving records (for Consumers who require transportation).
• Provide a home (except companion services) that meets HUD and Imagine! standards.
• Maintain personal liability insurance and automobile liability insurance at the required levels.
• Complete an interview at Imagine! and another interview at the applicant's home.
• Successfully complete required training.
• Demonstrate writing skills adequate to complete necessary documentation of Consumer progress.
• Demonstrate knowledge of basic training techniques, good interpersonal skills, home management skills, and the ability to learn specific support needs of the individual to be served.