Care Manager
Care Design NY - Kingston, NY
posted 4 days ago
About the position
As a Care Design New York Care Manager, you will help people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities identify and realize their long-term and short-term goals by developing, implementing, and monitoring their person-centered Life Plans. These plans help our members live their best life - so we'll count on your best relational and organizational skills. Our Care Managers may come from different walks of life, but all receive the best training in the profession. You will plug your passion for service into our model of care to deliver the highest standard of service to our members. Much of your work will be performed from your own home, but you will periodically visit the people you serve in their home and occasionally report to an office. If you support our members outside of New York City, you will need a driver's license, reliable transportation and appropriate insurance. Our membership is diverse and so is our workforce. We welcome bilingual candidates who can support that diversity and we may provide ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION for fluency in English and languages such as Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Yiddish, Hebrew, and ASL.
Responsibilities
- Advocate for and with members to ensure informed decision making, informed consent, and appropriate guardianship.
- Schedule, lead, and actively collaborate with members and their interdisciplinary team to conduct meetings and assessments for developing comprehensive, person-centered Life Plans.
- Implement, update, and monitor Life Plans and facilitate individualized Life Plan reviews and approval processes.
- Ensure integration of all needed and preferred supports and services (i.e., medical, behavioral, social, habilitation, dental, psychosocial, and community-based, and facility-based long-term supports and services).
- Maintain ongoing contact with the critical people in a member's life.
- Ensure timely submission of all documentation (Life Plan, Progress notes, etc.).
- Assist members with maintaining benefits such as Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid and Medicare coverage, and Food Stamps.
- Assist members to resolve problems in living such as housing, utilities, the judicial system, and general safety.
- Report abuse or neglect immediately when observed or reported.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience, OR
- A License as a Registered Nurse with 2+ years of relevant experience, which can include any employment experience and is not limited to case management/service coordination duties, OR
- A Master's degree with 1+ year of relevant experience.
- Strong communication skills, including verbal and written communication skills, along with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Bilingual in English & Spanish preferred.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills required.
Benefits
- Health, vision and dental insurance
- Paid time off
- $3000 tuition reimbursement per calendar year
- Up to $250 of professional development courses
- Qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
