Care Manager

About the role

As a Care Design New York Care Manager, you will help people with intellectual and/or development 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 - so we'll count on your best relational and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for and with our members to ensure informed decision making, informed consent, and appropriate guardianship.
• Schedule, lead, and actively collaborate with our 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 (i.e., medical, behavioral, social, habilitation, dental, psychosocial, and community-based, and facility-based long-term supports and services, etc.).
• Maintain ongoing contact with the critical people in a member’s life.
• Ensure timely submission of all documentation (Life Plan, Progress notes, etc.).
• Aid our members with maintaining benefits such as Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid and Medicare coverage, and Food Stamps.
• Aid 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.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience, OR
• A License as a Registered Nurse with 2+ years of relevant experience, which can include any employment experience and is not limited to case management/service coordination duties, OR
• A Master’s degree with 1+ year of relevant experience.

Strong communication skills, including verbal and written communication skills, along with strong interpersonal and organizational skills also required.

Qualifications

Care Managers who serve individuals with I/DD must meet the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience, OR
• A License as a Registered Nurse with 2+ years of relevant experience, which can include any employment experience and is not limited to case management/service coordination duties, OR
• A Master’s degree with 1+ year of relevant experience.

Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills required.

Benefits

All full-time positions come with generous benefits including health, vision and dental insurance, paid time off, $3000 tuition reimbursement per calendar year, and up to $250 of professional development courses!

CDNY is also a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.