Summary: The Memory Care Specialist is responsible for coordinating services for tribal community elders with dementia and dementia-related conditions and their families receive culturally appropriate information and support. The three overall goals of the position are to facilitate dementia friendly community efforts, train staff in tribal departments to be dementia capable, and support elders with dementia and their family members.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
·Attend training offered for Memory Care Coordinators provided by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
·Engage in marketing and outreach to inform community members, tribal leadership, and health systems about services and program resources available.
·Provide information and assistance to tribal members about dementia and the needs of family caregivers through home visits, office visits, or over the phone.
·Provide memory screens in accordance with the memory screening manual published by the Department of Health Services. Offer follow-up when the screens are positive and assure that opportunities for support are available in accordance with the individual’s preferences.
·Provide training, consultation, and technical assistance to tribal department staff to be dementia capable.
·Develop referral relationships with health and long-term care systems, health care professionals, emergency responders, mental health systems, crisis teams, and other community organizations and businesses.
·Collaborate with other Alzheimer’s and dementia organizations serving the tribe, to include the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute and the statewide research centers.
·Develop programs and community initiatives that will create opportunities for tribal members with dementia to remain active and live safely in their own home and community.
· Participate in ongoing training and collaborative meetings offered by DHS, tribal agencies, ADRC’s and Alzheimer’s and dementia organizations to maintain knowledge and familiarity of dementia, research findings, new interventions, and other innovations for people with dementia.
· Collect required data and adhere to reporting requirements that include 100 percent time and task reporting for Federal Medicaid Administrative Claiming, Client Tracking Database System Reporting, and DCS SharePoint Site Outreach Reporting. All due to the Department of Health Services Grant Administrator and Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute Grant Evaluator monthly.
Education and/or Experience:
Required:
· A High School Diploma or its equivalent.
·Preferred: An associate degree in human services, gerontology, or related field and/or work experience with people that have dementia and their family caregivers (i.e., providing direct care, caregiver support, residential care management, home care).
·Must have strong knowledge of the Ojibwe culture to develop culturally specific information and materials.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
