Case Manager - Developmental Disabilities

Essential Job Functions

• Conducts and documents comprehensive assessment of client and/or client's needs.
• Participates in development of client's service plan, consistent with assessment.
• Arranges for delivery of needed services, as identified in assessment.
• Assists client in accessing needed services through, for example, referrals or linkages.
• Monitors client's progress by making referrals, tracking client's appointments, performing follow-up on services rendered, and performing periodic reassessments of client's changing needs.
• Performs advocacy activities on behalf of client (e.g., writing letters to expedite entitlement payments, encouraging client or family members to advocate on own behalf).
• Prepares and maintains case records documenting contacts, services needed, reports, client's progress, etc., in accordance with SCS and regulatory standards.
• Provides case consultation (i.e., consulting with service providers/collaterals in determining client's status and progress).
• Communicates with supervisor about issues related to case management, resourcing, service collaboration, and development of new resources.
• Provides psychosocial education to clients and/or family members to increase their understanding of client's illness, physical condition, or social situation.
• Performs crisis assistance (i.e., intervention on behalf of client, making arrangements for emergency referrals, coordinates other needed emergency services).
• May serve as Primary Case Coordinator (PCC), with volume and complexity of PCC assignments depending on incumbent's skill and autonomy.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Human Services, or related field as approved by Medicaid, or as required by applicable funding source.

Qualifications

• Minimum of zero year's experience in case management/service coordination with a Bachelor's degree.
• Working knowledge of mental and physical characteristics of assigned population group (e.g., growth and development), human behavior, treatment/service options, and related issues.
• Working knowledge of SCS programs and services, policy, and procedure.
• Working knowledge of applicable regulations and licensure standards.
• Good interpersonal skills and written and oral communication skills.

Physical Demands & Requirements

• Position requires lifting of 20 pounds maximum, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of items weighing up to 10 pounds, or requires significant periods of walking or standing.
• Normal tasks may involve exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissue.
• May involve 24-hour on-call responsibilities.
• Reliable transportation for frequent travel.
• Within the bounds of their respective job descriptions, all staff are expected to exercise principle-centered leadership, focused on customer service responsiveness, with a continuous quality improvement orientation.
• Additionally, all staff are expected to develop a working knowledge of and follow all policies and procedures related to safety management and other Joint Commission standards.

Time Type: Full time