What are the responsibilities and job description for the Case Management Professional position at EAC Network?
About the Job
">EAC Network is seeking a full-time Case Manager to join the Suffolk Transitional Case Management (TCM) program. The Case Manager will work with individuals being released from local correctional facilities and New York State prisons, providing enhanced transition planning and care management services.
">The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or Criminal Justice, with at least two years of experience working with the mentally ill criminal justice involved population.
">- Develop integrated reentry service plans and provide a copy of service plans with linkages to post-release services.
- Assist individuals being released from incarceration in applying for and obtaining all necessary benefits and entitlements.
- Facilitate the connection of individuals to appropriate aftercare services, housing, vocational/educational services, and related peer support networks.
Responsibilities
">- Provide services to a target population of incarcerated Suffolk County residents, eighteen years of age and older with a documented psychiatric illness.
- Meet with Suffolk County Correctional Facility's Jail Behavioral Health Unit staff to identify and accept clients who could benefit from TCM services.
- Work closely with the Suffolk County Department of Social Services to ensure timely activation of Medicaid and other benefits.
- Enroll and dis-enroll persons to/from the Medication Grant Program.
About EAC Network
">EAC Network is a leading not-for-profit social service agency dedicated to helping over 79,000 people through 100 impactful programs across Long Island and NYC.
">We offer many roles with flexible and hybrid schedules to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
">Our commitment to wellness also earned us the 2024 Gold Healthy Workforce Designation from Cigna.
">EAC employees may be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
