Social Work Care Manager

Job Overview
The Care Manager is responsible for the physical, environmental, psychological, and social evaluation of the MSSP client, and for the development and delivery of needed services to promote safety and independent living.

Education and Experience

Possession of a Bachelor's or Master's degree in social work, nursing, psychology, counseling, rehabilitation, gerontology, sociology, or related field, plus two years of experience working with the elderly.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Social Work Care Manager must evaluate the potential client as a total person and identify the functional limitations that impede independent living. This position is responsible for the following activities:

• Conduct in-depth assessments and reassessments covering psychosocial, rehabilitation, and environmental concerns.
• Refer clients to special consultants to provide detailed evaluations and recommendations to improve the client's functional level.
• Consult with Nurse Case Manager.
• Collaborate in the development of the care plan.
• Conduct follow up and monitoring of client's needs and care plan.
• Case recording and reporting.
• The duties of this position include, but are not limited to the above responsibilities. This job description is not permanent and serves as a guideline that can normally be expected to change when appropriate.
• From time to time, employees are asked to perform duties and handle responsibilities that are not in their job descriptions. If, over the months, the new duties and responsibilities remain a significant part of the assignment, the job description is changed.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to relate to the frail elderly in a caring and non-judgmental manner.
• Ability to understand the psychosocial/medical needs of the elderly in order to formulate an integrated, creative, cost-effective Care Plan.
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in problem solving.
• Ability to network, develop and maintain positive working relationships with community agencies, service providers, and the health care team.
• Knowledge of medically oriented social work.
• Ability to organize time and set priorities.
• Ability to interview and assess client's needs.
• Ability to interpret eligibility requirements of community/state social service programs to clients and families.
• Develop creative cost-effective care plans and conduct follow-up monitoring of the plan.
• Ability to assess homes for safety and handicap modifications.
• Ability to read and interpret documents and procedure manuals.
• Ability to work in stressful situations.
• Ability to transport supplies and equipment to client homes.
• Ability to respond to occasional job demands which extend beyond the usual work day.
• Ability to work with individuals with communicable diseases.
• Ability to maintain the boundaries of a professional relationship with clients.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to use a calculator a must.
• Demonstrates attention to detail.
• Ability to cultivate and maintain cohesive working relationships with coworkers.
• Works well in group problem solving situations.
• Ability to speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
• Ability to write clearly and informatively; edit work for spelling and grammar; able to read and interpret written information.
• Ability to operate a computer, related equipment and software.
• Ability to manage time and tasks in order to meet strict deadlines while maintaining quality of work.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions provided those accommodations pose no danger or threat to the employee, staff, clients, vendors, etc., or create undue hardship for the agency or its staff.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations, and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard. The employee frequently is required to sit for long periods of time, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Ability to operate a motor vehicle in order to visit other sites and run errands.

Work Environment

Frequent interruptions from fellow staff members and clients is expected. The sound level is generally low to moderate. Frequent travel to perform essential functions of the job is to be expected. The Social Work Care Manager is required to take occasional trips to other sites and outside the County to attend training, department meetings, and attend agency events.

Additional Requirements

• All employees must pass a State and Federal Live Scan background check before the start of employment.
• All employees of Community Care must carry minimum state required automobile insurance.
• Community Care is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit. Agency policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender, pregnancy or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, State, or local laws.
• Community Care is an at will employer. Employment with Community Care is for an indefinite period of time and is subject to termination by the employee or Community Care, with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.52 - $27.89 per hour

Expected hours: 32 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• No nights
• No weekends

Work Location: In person

Salary : $26 - $28