Care Manager

About the role

As a Care Design New York Care Manager, you will help people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities identify and realize their long-term and short-term goals by developing, implementing, and monitoring their person-centered Life Plans. These plans help our members live their best life. Our Care Managers may come from different walks of life, but all receive the best training in the profession. You will apply your passion for service to deliver the highest standard of care to our members.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for and with our members to ensure informed decision making, informed consent, and appropriate guardianship.
• Schedule, lead, and actively collaborate with members and their interdisciplinary team to conduct meetings and assessments, ensuring the development of a comprehensive, person-centered Life Plan that reflects the person’s needs and desired life goals.
• Implement, update, and monitor Life Plans and facilitate individualized Life Plan reviews and approval processes.
• Ensure integration of all needed and preferred supports and services (e.g., medical, behavioral, social, habilitation, dental, psychosocial, community-based, and facility-based long-term supports and services).
• Maintain ongoing contact with critical people in a member’s life.
• Ensure timely submission of all documentation (Life Plan, Progress notes, etc.).
• Assist members with maintaining benefits such as Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, Medicare, and Food Stamps.
• Assist members to resolve problems in living such as housing, utilities, the judicial system, and general safety.
• Report abuse or neglect immediately when observed or reported.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• OR a Registered Nurse license with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• OR a Master’s degree with 1+ year of relevant experience.

Skills

• Strong communication skills, including verbal and written communication.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Paid time off.
• $3,000 tuition reimbursement per calendar year.
• Up to $250 for professional development courses.
• Qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Pay

• $30.00 per hour.
• $31.24 per hour.

Schedule

This dynamic position is performed in a hybrid environment that includes required visits with members and their families in their homes, attending periodic trainings and meetings in the office, and working from home. If you support members outside of New York City, you will need a driver’s license, reliable transportation, and appropriate insurance.

We welcome bilingual candidates who can support our diverse membership. Additional compensation may be provided for fluency in English and languages such as Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Yiddish, Hebrew, and ASL.