C/S Health/Human Service Case Manager II

About the role

This class is distinguished from a licensed Social Worker as employees do not perform the following duties: diagnose individuals for mental, emotional, behavioral, addictive, and/or developmental disorders and disabilities; perform related client assessment or evaluation; provide psychotherapeutic treatment; or develop and implement assessment-based treatment plans. An employee in this class may participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to implement behavioral health services or treatment plans in accordance with Delaware Code, Title 24.

Responsibilities

• Interviews client, family, or professional sources to determine the client’s needs for a variety of health and human services which may include employment, job search, and basic skills remediation.
• Develops a comprehensive cost-effective service plan utilizing in-house sources, referrals, contracted providers, or institutions (Service plans may include job training and employability, housing, general public assistance, in-home services and supports or home-delivered meals, de-escalation techniques, peer services, or skill development).
• Counsels, case manages, and makes referrals for benefits DSS does not provide (such as Child Support, foreclosure assistance, or food closets).
• Fulfills the diverse needs of vulnerable and low-income residents by sharing information about benefits in a timely, accurate manner.
• Provides guidance and relevant information to connect clients with needed services which may include protective, adoption, and related services.
• Provides information and case coordination on-site, via email or telephone to individuals or groups.
• Supplies information and responses to inquiries regarding services for clients, family, community, and government agencies.
• May provide supportive casework to clients prior to, during, or after hospitalization based on physician diagnosis and recommended treatment.
• Uses automated information systems and computer software to research, review, evaluate, and report on health/human service data.
• Communicates and interacts effectively with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, ages, and races.

Requirements

• Six months' experience in case management which includes assessing, planning, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating options and services to meet an individual's human service needs.
• Six months' experience in making recommendations as part of a client's service plan such as clinical treatment, counseling, or determining eligibility for health or human services/benefits.
• Six months' experience in interpreting laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Six months' experience in using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire and report on data.
• Six months' experience in narrative report writing.

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Participation in E-Verify.
• Completion of Statewide New Employee Orientation (SNEO).

Skills

• Effective communication and interaction with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, ages, and races.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

Hourly: $23.43

Schedule

8:00am - 4:30pm; 29.75 hrs/week