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Title: Social Work Care Manager

Department: Social Services

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Reports To: Supervising Care Manager (SCM)

Summary: Responsible for providing case management services to frail seniors to avoid premature placement of persons in nursing facilities, while fostering independent living in the community.

Essential Functions

• Provides case management services to seniors. Specific responsibilities include:
  
  

i) Conducting intake;

ii) Completing a comprehensive assessment of the consumer's functional and cognitive capacity and limitations during a home visit;

iii) Collaborating and consulting with the NCM in the development of the participant's individualized care plan;

iv) Arranging, coordinating, and verifying services/interventions identified in the care plan;

v) Following up and monitoring the plan to ensure that the care plan continues to meet the consumer's needs;

vi) Ensuring participant record documentation meets program requirements;

vii) Ensuring that prior to purchasing and authorizing Waiver Services all other resources have been exhausted;

viii) Terminating case management services when appropriate.

• Maintains complete client files and completes all required data collection forms and reports.
• Reports incidents affecting case management clients to appropriate bodies including Adult Protective Services.
• Conducts outreach and community education to seniors, their family members, and service providers regarding the issue of elder abuse or other related social issues in the community.
• Assumes responsibility for own professional growth and continuing education to upgrade case management skills; gives input to the supervisor in developing the training plan to meet individual training needs.
• Participates in case conferences, in-service trainings and other meetings as required.
• Participates in evaluation and quality assurance activities to determine the effectiveness of the case management program as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, counseling, rehabilitation, gerontology, sociology, or related field, plus two years of experience working with frail older adults.
• Knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to assess the consumer's need for services and perform the core functions of case management. Training in and/or experience with elder abuse issues is strongly preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with consumers or their representatives and staff of other service agencies, and to work as part of a multidisciplinary team of service providers on behalf of consumers.
• Sensitive to the needs of the elderly and disabled adults from diverse ethnic and minority cultures.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Bilingual and bi-literate preferred. (English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, etc.).
• Must be able to travel via public transportation or personal vehicle for the performance of job duties. If driving, must have and maintain a valid CA driver license, satisfactory driving record, and auto insurance coverage as specified in Self-Help's policy.
  
  

Self-Help for the Elderly is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmation Action Employer and we welcome diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law. We participate in E-Verify.

Qualified applicants with criminal history will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

We may provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please call (415) ###-#### for special assistance.

Seniority level

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  Entry level

Employment type

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  Full-time

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  Health Care Provider

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