CARE MANAGER

The Care Manager is responsible for the Care Coordination of Targeted Case Management Cases. This includes assessment of new referrals, outreach to gain referrals and coordinating medical and mental health services with assigned Health Home.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform CANSAssessment andHealth HomeAppropriateness Screening Assessment on all new referrals, determining qualifications for Health Home admission
• Maintain allnecessary Client consents for service
• Conduct outreach in designated venues to generateprogram referrals
• Utilization of web based: Health Commerce System MAPP,UAS CANS and Health Home, GSI software
• Coordinate withHealth Home on Consumer service needs
• Demonstrate anunderstanding and put into practice the 5 elements of client HealthHomeservice delivery
• Conduct mandatedmonthly client contacts
• Attend necessaryappointments with clients
• Develop clientPlan of Care by the required due dates to include the DOH required 10 CarePlan elements
• Follow all HealthHomeguidelines, policies andprocedures

Attendall mandated and necessary Health Home and DOH training

• Adhere to Agency contemporaneous documentationtimeframe of 5 days from point of client contact
• Adhere to Agency Humans ResourcesPolicies and Procedures
• Maintain required agency yearly training hours
• Work flexible hours when required
• Attend weekly Supervision
• Perform other related tasks as indicated bySupervisor and Executive Vice President
• Travel to Rockland County to providecare management is required
• Ability to interact with andcomplete assignments in a manner sensitive to the service population’s culturaland socioeconomic characteristics.

CULTURAL AND SOCIOECONOMICCHARACTERISTICS:

Ability to interact with andcomplete assignments in a manner sensitive to the service population’s culturaland socioeconomic characteristics.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability toread, interpret, and communicate effectively with clients and Stakeholders andability to write client progress notes and client reports.

Computer/IT SKILLS:

Ability to understand various software and webbased program applications

CERTIFICATES,LICENSE AND REGISTRATIONS:

Completionand yearly renewal of CANS certification

Education & Experience

Associate Degree in one of the following Fields:Audiology, Child and Family Studies, Communication Disorders, Community MentalHealth, Counseling, Education, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy,Psychology, Recreation, Recreational Therapy, Rehabilitation, Social Work,Sociology, Speech and Language Pathology,Human Services, Human Development, Criminal Justice or other related degrees. One(1) years experience providing direct services to Severely EmotionallyDisturbed (SED) children and adolescents, or providing linkage to services forchildren with one mental health diagnoses.

Physical Requirements:

Whileperforming the duties for this job, the employee is regularly required to communicateclearly and effectively.The employee isrequired to stand; use mobility, handle, feel; and reach. The employee isoccasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel or crouch.The employee must occasionally lift and/ormove up to 25 pounds.