Case Manager STAR Passaic

Looking for a Full-Time Case Manager for the STAR Program in Passaic County.

Job Summary:

Assist clients with needed resources and navigating multiple social services and health systems. Link clients to appropriate care and ensure clients achieve their wellness and recovery goals. Assure departmental goals are accomplished within the prescribed time by personally performing the job responsibilities.

What You Will Do:

• Facilitate and coordinate psycho-educational services for consumers and their family members relating to wellness, health promotion, prevention, skill-building, and recovery topics
• Offer on-site and outreach services (including transport of consumers)
• Fulfill case management services, including coordinating or directly facilitating linkages to services, service coordination, and treatment enrollment assistance.
• Ensure consumers have community supports in place that fulfill a positive corroborative role.
• Communicate observations and information about the consumer in the consumer's service record and to team members.
• Participate in supportive counseling, crisis intervention, quality assurance activities, and cross-functional action teams.
• Participate in the assessment and evaluation of consumers at intake/admissions, during ongoing recovery, service delivery, and discharge.
• Collaborate with team and treatment providers to establish comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessments and care plans.
• Contribute to formulating consumer-centered care plans in collaboration with team members, containing relevant, measurable goals and realistic time frames for achievement; perform progress reviews and evaluate the effectiveness of goals.
• Work with administrative staff to ensure that all services are documented based on billing and regulatory standards.

What We Need to See:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• 2 years experience working within a health care or behavioral health setting
• 2 years of Experience working with adults with acute symptoms of mental illness and with chronic healthcare conditions
• Substance abuse certification certified ? CADC, LCADC
• A valid driver's license and must be insurable by the agency's automobile insurance

What We Offer:

• 401K, no matching needed
• High-plan insurance at a generous cost
• Union benefits
• Life and Disability insurance
• Per diem opportunities
• Excellent supervision and training
• Continuing education, tuition reimbursement, and eligibility for loan forgiveness
• 10% daycare discount

About CarePlus New Jersey:

CPNJ embraces a culture of diversity and inclusion in all of it policies and procedures. Care Plus follows Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, et seq and NJ Law Against Discrimination.

Care Plus NJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has clarified that asking employees whether they have received the COVID-19 vaccine is not a disability-related inquiry under the ADA. Care Plus as a healthcare provider mandates that all new hires have the COVID vaccination before the start date of employment. Requiring all employees to have the COVID vaccination is for protecting our employees and the clients we serve. Therefore, before Orientation you will upload proof of your COVID vaccination or at the very least, proof of your first vaccine shot. Failure to have this information uploaded to the onboarding portal may result in delay of your start date and/or withdrawal of the job offer.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by Federal and State laws.