Developmental Instructor

Shift: First Shift
**Marklund in Bloomingdale is hiring a Developmental Instructor-QIDP, Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional**

Would you like to make a difference in the lives of others and be appreciated for what you do?

Join us in making everyday life possible for individuals with profound disabilities and love your job

**Paid Training Available**

We value our employees and always strive to maintain a stimulating work environment. **Join us today, so YOU can make the ‘Marklund Difference’ like Jessica has**

**Here is Jessica’s Story**

**"When I first started at Marklund, I had no clue what to expect. I thought it would just be a job and nothing more. As I started working I got much more out of Marklund than just a job, I got a second family. I enjoy every day coming to work and caring for all the residents. Days when I work I walk in to my name being shouted with joy by some of the residents and that's an amazing feeling to know they are happy to see me. It may be hard work sometimes, but it's more than rewarding. Every day I see the smiles on the resident's faces and I know I'm doing a good thing. Marklund is way more than just a job, it's a fun place to work."**

**Who We Are**:
Marklund is a nonprofit organization that provides residential, educational and therapy services to infants, children, teens and adults with serious and profound developmental disabilities and special healthcare needs. With three residential locations - the Marklund Hyde Center in Geneva, the Marklund Philip Center in Bloomingdale, and the Marklund Wasmond Center in Elgin, it is currently home to nearly 178 residents. The Marklund Day School offers Multi-Needs and Life Skills programs for children and young adults with multiple medical needs, and those diagnosed on the autism spectrum. In addition, our Community Day Services program at each site is a therapeutic day program for adults who reside at Marklund and those who come in from the community.

Marklund provides a rich culture where everything we do contributes to our mission of “making everyday life possible for individuals with profound disabilities.” Each and every employee’s job contributes to Marklund’s vision of providing a happy, safe purpose-filled life for every individual with intellectual and development disabilities, and is integral to enhancing the lives of the individuals we serve. As part of our private, not-for-profit network of services, you will learn what it’s like to have the individuals we serve not only change your career, but also change your life.

**Position** Overview**:
Complete responsibility for management of classroom on a daily basis. This includes programming, client care, and supervision of developmental training staff.

**Essential Job Functions** (include but are not limited to):

- Assessment of clients for vocational skills, plans schedule for classroom utilizing each client’s IPP. Communicate any problems or progress on each individual client in the classroom. Instruct staff on how to care for each client and how to achieve goals during the programming day. Work directly with all clients as a member of the classroom team to provide all areas of care.
- Document client’s goals on a daily basis, document output and feeding. Participates in IPP staffing to ensure proper development of each individual client’s objectives for development and behavior. Provide each classroom schedule that reflects all goals and individual client objectives in individual IPP.
- Maintains and charts. Enforces classroom rules or procedures, policies, and regulations.

**Keywords**:
Independent living skills, community skills, adult instructor, vocational instructor, community integration, residential instructor, developmental disabilities, program instructor, DHS certified qualified intellectual disabilities professional, DHS QIDP

**As an equal opportunity employer, Marklund respects and supports diversity, equity and inclusion as part of our work environment.**
**Experience and Skills**:
**Qualifications for this position**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services
- DHS certified Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP)
- 1 or more years of related experience

**Benefits**:
When you join the Marklund team, you receive the following:
**Compensation & Benefits we offer YOU**

Full-Time Employees:

- Competitive Pay
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- ** Company Paid** Life Insurance for all FT employees
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- Voluntary Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Short -Term Disability
- Paid Time Off (PTO)*
- School Employees Receive “Closed Days” and Sick/Personal
- PTO Cash-In & Conversion Twice Per Year
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Extended Sick Bank
- 7 Paid Holidays per Year

Full-Time and Part-Time Employee Benefits:

- Competitive pay
- Credit Union Membership
- Retirement Savings Plan - eligible upon hire