Care Manager (PASSPORT Home Visits)

We want you! Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio (COA) is looking for a Care Manager to help support clients and caregivers enrolled in our PASSPORT program. If you are passionate about making a difference in other people’s lives and enjoy working with the aging and disabled population, please consider applying. The work that we do is rewarding and in each of our positions you will play a critical role within COA to help support clients to remain independent in their own homes.

Our mission: Enhance lives by assisting people to remain independent through a range of quality services.

COA offers:

• Competitive benefits package
• Flexible hours (no evenings, weekends or on-call)
• Opportunities for professional development
• LISW Group Supervision
• Opportunities to advocate and participate in community events for the elderly and disabled population
• Casual work environment except when visiting clients or vendors
• Health, dental and vision care
• Health savings account
• 12 paid holidays each calendar year
• Paid time off
• Pension plan
• Pet Insurance
• Tax sheltered annuities

Primary function: Provide intake, assessment and care management services to clients, which includes ongoing assessment for program eligibility, monitoring all aspects of care and client services (social and medical), ensuring needs of clients and caregivers are met through a collaborative process.

Your duties will include:

• Providing support and education to individuals with complicated social, behavioral, and/or environmental issues through home visits and advanced care planning.
• Using clinical judgment and critical thinking skills to facilitate appropriate client physical and behavioral healthcare and coordinate psychosocial and medical wraparound services to promote effective utilization of available resources.
• Developing, assessing, and adjusting as necessary, the patient centered care plan, promoting desired outcomes along with monitoring the effectiveness of the plan and establishing measurable goals and outcomes.
• Providing coaching, information, and support to empower clients to make ongoing independent lifestyle choices
• Creating service and care plans with the most efficient means possible, using the service guidelines, individual and family input, and assessment, promoting the individual’s understanding of the service rationale.
• Meeting compliance standards established for the program including, but not limited to, timely completion of annual reassessments, adhering to documentation timeframe, timely submission of IMS reports, etc.

• Ohio Licensed Social Worker (LSW), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), or Registered Nurse (RN) in good standing with the credentialing board.
• At least one year of experience working with people with disabilities/chronic conditions and LTSS.
• Prior case management experience and prior experience completing electronic documentation a plus.
• A good working knowledge and understanding of issues related to the elderly population.
• Knowledge of the individual, family, social and the individuals functioning in the aging process.
• A valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for travel within the five southwestern counties serviced by COA (Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clinton and Clermont).

Council on Aging is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Council on Aging considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.