Manager Workers Compensation

FullBloom provides education and behavioral health solutions for children via school and community-based services. Our programs enable students to become stronger lifelong learners regardless of learning obstacles. FullBloom’s 12,500 educators, coaches, and healthcare professionals work in schools across the country to achieve sustainable growth in behavior and academics through evidence-based programs including special education, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), intervention services, alternative education, and professional development. Founded in 1976, FullBloom annually supports more than 170,000 children and 25,000 educators in over 1,100 school districts across three divisions, Catapult Learning, Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI), and Little Leaves Behavioral Services.

Flexible, solutions-minded workers compensation claims and risk professional needed for a fast-paced environment managing several locations across the US in the education industry. Serve as a primary resource for claims reporting, analysis, and insights. Coordinate with third party administrator (TPA), and brokers to swiftly and safely return employees to work. Work closely with internal and external team members to mitigate claims, evaluate practices, and procedures to assess risk and adherence to the law. Develop claims and safety reports to provide insight regarding claims and risk data and develop mitigation plans. Manages all Workers Compensation Programs in order to maintain the organizations’s objectives. Investigates workers’ compensation accidents/injuries as they arise and collaborates with leadership to ensure organizational compliance.

The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the duties and responsibilities performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

• Develops, maintains, and manages the workers' compensation program; establishes standards and procedures and implements all matters of the program, including report generation, training and communication with employees, managers, and insurance carriers
• Investigates accidents and injuries; reviews and processes claims and legal documents; participates in settlement negotiations; recommends loss control strategies; and develops strategies to handle specific cases in consultation with appropriate parties
• Assist division leaders to develop and execute a proactive accident prevention plan
• Execute trend analyses and provide guidance on mitigating future exposures
• Analyze data in order to make actionable strategies
• Identify where insureds can improve with respect to claims prevention
• Develop and tailor claim and safety reports to provide insightful claims and risk data
• Oversee Absence Management
• Manage relationship with TPA
• Monitor data flow to ensure data accuracy among all network
• Strong computer skills
• Compiles, analyzes, and prepares comprehensive reports for effective management of claims.
• Generates and analyzes reports from insurance company’s systems and evaluates claim data, determining trends in incidents.
• Develops, maintains, and analyzes departmental dashboards.
• Responds to claim handler and internal supervisor requests promptly
• Functions as the liaison to all WC partners including broker, Human Resources, internal department supervisors, and WC insurance company
• Assists with quarterly claim review and stewardship meetings

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree and 5 years work experience
• Experience with Education preferred but not required
• Experience with WC or safety incidents in a corporate, carrier, or TPA setting is required
• Assist in the development and execution for health and safety plans in the workplace according to legal guidelines
• Evaluate practices and procedures, to assess risk and adherence to the law
• Ensure compliance with all state and local regulations including written programs, record keeping and billing
• Ability to work independently
• Knowledge of leave process including FMLA, ADA and oversee claims processing

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Ability to write reports, correspondence, and draft relevant policy and procedure
• Ability to administer policies and procedures for effective Risk Prevention
• Ability to organize work for timely completion
• Ability to follow complex oral and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Ability to communicate and assist other team members as necessary
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships at all levels within the organization
• Ability to utilize MS Office based word processing, email communication, and spreadsheet software on a personal computer
• Skill in Microsoft Office applications

Salary : $75,000 - $85,000