Case Manager-(OMH) Walton

Essential Duties

• Ensure that each client is receiving appropriate and effective case management services.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop comprehensive integrated Individual Recovery Plans that identify mutually agreed upon goals and objectives.
• Conduct face-to-face contacts (home visits/office visits) as specified in the integrated Individual Recovery Plan(s); with a minimum of one home visit per month and one contact per week.
• Provide assistance in accessing primary medical care, mental health, and substance abuse as needed; assistance with adherence to medication regiments; teach activities for daily living; nutritional services; recreation programs; assistance in employment assessments, training, and private sector placement services; prevention with positives; and other necessary services to clients to increase their capacity for independent living.
• Conduct reassessments and review integrated Individual Recovery Plans as needed on a quarterly basis to ensure that services are appropriate for the clients' current needs.
• Ensures that each client has an annual psychosocial.
• Provide crisis intervention to clients and their families as needed.
• Maintain ongoing awareness of clients' medical conditions so that services are appropriate to changing needs.
• Arrange support and home health care services as necessary, making referrals to medical, home care, mental health, and/or substance abuse services.
• Ensure that clients pay the portion of their rent (30% of household income), telephone and utility bills.
• Provide counseling and orientation regarding tenant's rights and responsibilities to maintain and retain housing.
• Assist clients in moving from hospitals, nursing homes, or other locations into their apartments, and provide transportation when necessary.
• In collaboration with the vocational counselor and Entitlement Specialist provide advocacy & referrals to educational, training, and/or employment programs and/or job placement in the private sector.
• Assist clients in locating alternative housing options, when a client's health so requires.
• Provide and coordinate all supportive services as needed.
• Collaborate with all providers within and outside of Comunilife involved with the client/family.
• Maintain regular personal contact, developing a trusting working relationship with clients in order to monitor physical and emotional capacity for independent living.
• Maintain and complete required documentation including all contacts made with the client and any contact on their behalf.
• Participate in weekly supervision.
• Submit a weekly schedule of field visits.
• Participate in mandated training workshops on evidence-based practices, seminars, and case presentations as well as meetings with peers and supervisors.