What are the responsibilities and job description for the Case Manager - Prevention & Aftercare position at HEALTHRIGHT 360?
Job Overview
Prevention & Aftercare is a comprehensive child maltreatment prevention and aftercare program in the San Gabriel Valley. Through collaboration with DFCS, SPIRITT Family Services, community partners, and stakeholders. We provide strength-based approach to surrounding families in supportive services that prevent involvement in the child protective services system or helping those with an open case, obtain family reunification.
The Case Manager provides 3 levels of prevention services to comprehensively meet with needs of vulnerable families. Primary Prevention services include outreach, education, training, and forums to support and engage parents in our community. Secondary Prevention services provide support to parents and families who are "at risk" of abuse or neglect with intense case navigation, parenting skills, anger management, and domestic violence advocacy. Tertiary services support families with an open DCFS case fulfill their goals of creating a safe and stable home for family reunification.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct outreach and engagement, recruitment, and enrolling of participants.
- Conduct needs assessment, identify strengths, and collaboratively develop an Individualized Service Plan to help participants define goals.
- Provide linkages, referrals, “warm hard-off”, and follow-up for Case Navigation Services.
- Provide intensive Case Navigation including home-visitation and assistance with housing, benefits, employment, education, transportation, childcare, medical and other services.
- Co-facilitate and lead evidence-based parenting groups and workshops.
- Engage participants in ongoing follow-up and motivation to support their goals.
- Empathetic support and feedback that is trauma informed and culturally competent.
- Provide advocacy for parents to navigate institutions that affect families such as schools, health care facilities, or social services. Provide advocacy for those with an open DCFS case.
- Motivate clients to follow their case plan and engage in services or activities which prevent child abuse and neglect.
- Co-lead and/or participate in quarterly community events, family activities, and social support.
- Maintain confidentiality in compliance with agency, HIPAA and DCFS standards.
- Responsible for maintenance of client charts and all contact documentation.
- Ensure that all documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner.
- Collect all pre and post surveys and outcome measures.
- Maintain confidentiality in compliance with agency, HIPAA and 42-CFR standards
- Comply with all agency’s policies, procedures, and codes of ethics.
- Attend internal and outside meetings as assigned.
Education and Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in early child development, public health, psychology, social work or related field.
- Minimum 3 years field-based clinical work experience with at-risk families who have complex needs.
- Experience with evidence-based, culturally competent, gender responsive, and trauma informed services.
- Willingness to travel to provide field-based services
- Dependable automobile, California Driver's License, and valid car insurance.
- Must be able to pass background/criminal check.
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