Employment
POSITION: COBRA Case Manager
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
Provides intensive community-based case management for clients and their families/support system and advocates aggressively for clients to obtain the full range of needed services; ensures coordination of these services
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Conducts initial legal assessments of new admissions
- Carries a team case load of 40 families
- Promotes linkage development and monitors effectiveness of linkages with other service providers
- Ensures quality program services and referrals within program policies
- Ensures community follow-up to engage clients in care, promotes compliance with medical appointments, and encourages client self-sufficiency and empowerment
- Provides a minimum of 25 hours of direct case work/case management per week
- Assures timely intakes, assessments, service plans and referrals
- Maintains daily time sheets and documentation
- Performs assessment process; develops case plans and referrals for treatment
- Discusses program and services with clients from intake to discharge
- Establishes and maintains case records
- Conducts case conferences with all primary agencies involved with clients, obtaining case records when necessary
- Meets with clients as needed for planning, follow-up and recommendations
- Routinely conducts home visits, case finding and outreach to maintain caseload
- Supervises case activities conducted by other team members (CMT and CFW) and is responsible for ensuring that all team documentation and billing records are complete and up-to-date
- Avails him/herself for evening and weekend telephone coverage on rotating basis
- Actively participates in all internal and external training programs and committees as specified by supervision
The above is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions and the essential requirements for the performance of the job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all the job functions.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor degree in related field or AA in related field and two years of qualifying experience; Excellent organizational and oral communication skills; Knowledge of AIDS Opportunistic Infections, substance abuse, case management and the criminal justice system; Computer literacy: word processing and database management; Fluency in written and oral English. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
To apply, send your cover letter and resume. Include the position title and your salary requirements. No calls please.
PSI
1401 University Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452
Attn: Human Resources
Fax: 718.588.5709
jobs@projectsamaritan.org