Case Manager, Family School

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Payrate: $18.27/HR

Schedule: Monday-Thursday 8:00am-3:30pm, Friday 9:00am-2:00pm and on the assigned Saturday 9:00am-2:00pm

Join a Team That Changes Lives

For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we’re here to create real change – helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Now, we’re looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives – including your own. You’ll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.

At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
• Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay
• Paid On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
• Flexible Schedules
• Retirement Savings Plan

Join us and be a part of something bigger. Apply today.

Responsibilities

The Case Manager assesses the client and referral including, but not limited to, demographic information for parents and children, circumstances that brought the case into care, medical information for the child, court information, and goals to address at Family School to determine appropriate services for the client family. The Case Manager determines, sets, and assists clients in accomplishing their Family Service Plan goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Set goals and provide counseling to alleviate stresses interfering with a positive parent-child relationship and track progress towards completion of goals
• Assist parents in the use of other human services resources including but not limited to, medical, mental health, and income supplemental services
• Assesses and provides counseling on issues of child safety and appropriate parent behaviors related to specific problems in the parent-child relationship and/or family functioning
• Communicate concerns about child safety immediately to supervisor and Department of Human Services (DHS)
• Prepare for and support the family’s attendance at center-based program and support progress of child and parent goals per DHS Family Service Plan developed by the primary case manager from the Community Umbrella Agency (CUA) and/or DHS and develops child’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
• Complete accurate and timely family assessment forms, summary of service, quarterly, court and closing reports
  Coordinate services including, but not limited to, mental health, drug and alcohol, anger management, housing with the Family’s DHS worker
• Conduct monthly home visits to each family /parent assigned to caseload
• Work one Saturday per month, as assigned
• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and crisis intervention using agency-trained protocols
• Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s in social work, psychology, sociology, education, or related human services field; licensed social worker and master’s preferred
• Previous experience in direct service casework preferred
• Non-profit human service experience highly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated strong time management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated excellent judgment with the ability to independently solve problems and make decisions with little or no need for direct supervision
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate future needed changes or identify problem areas and take effective actions
• Demonstrated intermediate experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint; Access, Publisher and report-writer experience preferred
• Must have current, valid driver’s license in state of residence, three (3) years driving experience in the United States, and acceptable driving record
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage and prioritize multiple, often competing, priorities
• Must be able to perform CPR using agency-trained protocols
• Must possess excellent customer interaction, collaboration, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Electronic Health Record (EHR) / Electronic Medical Record (EMR) preferred