OASAS Case Manager

TITLE: Case Manager- OASAS Residential

REPORTS: Deputy Director/Clinical Director

FLSA CODE: Non-Exempt


PROGRAM: EDGECOMBE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM: 611 Edgecombe Avenue New York, NY 10032

Our Mission:

Since 1967, Odyssey House has gone beyond helping individuals beat drugs and alcohol. We help rebuild lives. There's more to recovery than just getting clean. We help individuals get healthy again, too, with medical and dental care, fitness programs, support for your mental health and more. Individuals can stay with their children while in treatment, while learning new life skills, so they can stay together and repair other broken relationships in their lives. We provide educational and work skill trainings, outpatient services and available housing assistance, so individuals can step back into real life with a real future.

If that sounds different than other treatment programs, you're right. Because Odyssey is where recovery gets real.

In addition to competitive salaries, Odyssey House offers:

• A 35-hour work week (as opposed to a 40-hour work week)
• Vacation Plan and Holiday Schedule
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance (Two Plans)
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Additional Insurance Coverages (hospitalization, accidental, critical illness coverage)
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account/Health Reimbursement Account
• 403(b) Plan
• Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) EAP benefit
• Ability Assist Counseling Services (through The Hartford)
• Commuter Benefits
• Educational Assistance Programs
• Special shopping discounts through ADP Marketplace and PlumBenefits
• RUFit?! Fitness Program
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Assistance
• Optum Financial Service through ConnectYourCare
• Benefit Advocacy Center through Gallagher

MAJOR FUNCTIONS:

The Case Manager is responsible for providing counseling and case management services related to substance abuse, legal, mental health, medical and vocational/educational issues. They work directly with the clients in individual and group counseling sessions on issues surrounding chemical abuse/dependency and advocates a drug-free lifestyle. The Case Manager works closely with the rest of the staff as an integral part of the clinical team.


SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provide individual counseling and case management services addressing all medical, psychiatric, housing and vocational concerns.
2. In collaboration with each client, formulate treatment plan, monitor achievement of objectives, review and update treatment plan in accordance with regulatory requirements and as clinically indicated.
3. Maintain up-to-date client clinical records including, at minimum, treatment plans, group counseling notes and progress notes in accordance with regulatory guidelines and program standards.
4. Conduct education/prevention groups to address topics which address chemical dependency and related issues.

1. Provide crisis intervention services.
2. Responsible for ongoing client discharge planning.
3. Perform room inspections and addresses client's needs in relation to successful completion of Activities of Daily Living (ADL), including money management, medication management, and personal hygiene and other life skills which support recovery.
4. Provide other therapeutic services through active participation, observation and evaluation of each assigned clients engagement in the resident hierarchy, job functions, and social and recreational activities.

1. Facilitate house and community meetings including morning & evening meeting, etc.
2. Operate as a liaison with all referral agencies providing regular verbal and written progress reports.
3. Establish community and agency affiliations which address client needs and strengthen the delivery of services.
4. Provide education and direct services to family members, as appropriate, in regards to resident's substance abuse and related behavioral issues.
5. When necessary, conduct client screening for contraband and collection of samples for urine toxicology testing.
6. Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings and case conferences.
7. Attend all required in-service training seminars.

1. Participate in quality improvement activities.

1. Other relevant duties as required.

REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION/TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

1. High School Diploma/GED required.

1. Familiarity with computer operation (Microsoft Word, AWARDS, Outlook programs) preferred.

1. Two (2) year's experience working as a case manager in a residential setting preferred.
2. CASAC-T preferred.
3. Must be able to work a flexible schedule.

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.