How many significant incidents have been reported to the OPWDD?
•Additional Categories of Significant Incidents were added effective January 1, 2016 4/28/2016 11 OPWDD Justice Center Updates 4/28/2016 12 Submissions of Reportable Abuse/Neglect Records to the Justice Center There are currently 76 outstanding cases from June 30, 2013-December 2015 investigated by provider agencies 4/28/2016 13
What is the role of the team lead in incident management?
Team Lead The team lead (sometimes also called an incident manager) is responsible for a given incident response effort from end to end. They drive and coordinate incident response activities, delivering information or deciding on best course of action on behalf of your IMT.
What does a senior occupational therapist do at OPWDD?
Senior Occupational Therapists at OPWDD function as an advanced clinician, evaluating, planning and carrying out individual treatment procedures for people based on their needs and treatment goals. You would also supervise Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants.
Who is on the OPWDD membership committee?
Members of the Committee are appointed by OPWDD leadership and include individuals who perform a variety of functions at the agency's Central and Regional offices. Membership also includes representation from not-for-profit providers and provider organizations across the state.
Clinical Positions at OPWDD
Clinical positions within OPWDD perform a wide range of duties to provide care to people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Positions within this category include treatment in areas such as Social Work, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Language Pathology.
Licensed Master Social Worker 1 and 2
Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW) 1 and 2 serve as members of interdisciplinary treatment teams providing the full range of social work services to people in a variety of settings.
Social Work Assistant (SWA) 2 and 3
As a Social Work Assistant (SWA) 2 and 3 at OPWDD, you would perform a variety of case management and service coordination activities for an assigned caseload; interview people, their families, and/or others to gather background information, prepare case histories, and determine eligibility for services; advocate on behalf of and assist people to identify and obtain services; work with interdisciplinary treatment teams and participate in the development and implementation of treatment and service plans; coordinate services between agencies, programs and providers; and follow-up to ensure needs are met..
Dietician 2
As a Dietician 2 with OPWDD, you would be a member of an interdisciplinary team and provide Medical Nutrition Therapy, which may include consulting with physicians on nutrition support requests; planning and supervising the preparation of special diets and menus; maintaining safe and sanitary conditions; and training or assisting people, families and staff to plan specialized and therapeutic nutrition care plans..
Occupational Therapy Assistant 2
As an Occupational Therapy Assistant 2, you would use constructive activity, usually in manual and creative arts, to improve or correct mental, emotional or motor status disorders.
Senior Occupational Therapist
Senior Occupational Therapists at OPWDD function as an advanced clinician, evaluating, planning and carrying out individual treatment procedures for people based on their needs and treatment goals. You would also supervise Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants.
Physical Therapy Assistant 2
As a Physical Therapy Assistant 2, you would administer a variety of selected forms of physical therapy, such as ultraviolet or infrared rays and massage; give patient instructions for simple exercises and transfer procedures, and clean and store equipment after treatment, all under the supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist.
Role of the Care Manager
The coordination of an individual’s care is done through a dedicated Care Manager who oversees and coordinates access to all services.
Life Plan Goals
The Life Plan development is a team effort driven by the person in collaboration with the entire care planning team to ensure that the Life Plan captures the individual’s comprehensive needs and meaningful goals/supports so that services and supports are tailored to help the person achieve what is most important to him/her.
Key Questions to Ask
There are some key questions care managers can ask to ensure the Life Planning and Service Delivery Process is helping the person achieve his/her meaningful life goals.
What is the role of an incident manager?
Primary responsibility: The incident manager has the overall responsibility and authority during the incident. They coordinate and direct all facets of the incident response effort. As a rule of thumb, the incident manager is responsible for all roles and and responsibilities until they designate that role to someone else.
What is the role of a tech lead?
Primary responsibility: The tech lead is typically a senior technical responder. They are responsible for developing theories about what's broken and why, deciding on changes, and running the technical team during the incident. This role works closely with the incident manager.
What is the primary responsibility of a technical responder?
Primary responsibility: A technical responder familiar with the system or service experiencing an incident. Often responsible for suggesting and implementing fixes. Secondary responsibilities: Providing context and updates to the incident team, paging additional subject matter experts.
Who is responsible for all roles and responsibilities until they designate that role to someone else?
As a rule of thumb, the incident manager is responsible for all roles and and responsibilities until they designate that role to someone else. At Atlassian, the incident manager can also devise and delegate ad hoc roles as required by the incident.
Why is it bad to have important tasks ignored?
It’s also a terrible time to have important tasks ignored, all because everyone thought somebody else was working on it. Incidents are made worse when incident response team members can’t communicate, can’t cooperate, and don’t know what each other is working on. Work gets repeated, work gets ignored, customers and the business suffer.
