Case Manager

placeBronx calendar_month 

Min: USD $50,000.00/Yr.

Max: USD $54,080.00/Yr.

Position Overview:

 I.  SCOPE OF ROLE:
Experienced Case Manager to work on a NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
(OASAS) funded innovative care transition team that exclusively serves individuals transitioning to the
community from an Inpatient Detox and/or Rehabilitation stay. The role will involve facilitating
transition from inpatient detox and/or rehabilitation to the community by addressing the preparatory
needs of participants in the early stages of recovery, discharge planning, development of daily living
skills, and coping mechanisms through group and individual work in the community. The team will
follow individuals into the community using the Pathway Home model of care to ensure that they
become both linked and engaged with identified community providers and that their support network
is sufficient to meet their needs. The role will require on call coverage and a willingness to work flexible

hours.

II. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Engagement beginning during inpatient detox or rehab stay, involvement in discharge planning, and
a needs assessment of community transition supports essential to stabilizing the individual
  • Individual or group support sessions with emphasis on relapse prevention and preparing for
independent community living and the promotion of optimum mental and emotional health. Helping
individuals deal with issues associated with addictions and substance use; family and social
relationships; stress and symptom management; activities of daily living; medication management; and housing readiness
  • Work with recipients’ and their housing providers to resolve clinical issues that are impacting on the
recipient’s ability to obtain, manage, and retain supportive housing
  • Assist recipients in applying and navigating SSI/SSD, Medicaid, and other necessary benefit services
  • Foster relationship and advocacy with community provides to ensure that recipients are connected
with appropriate services as they transition back into the community and to expedite and solidity
placement in community housing
  • Community navigation including accompanying to first behavioral health and medical appointment,
travel training, reengagement in community care, referral to services with ability to identify and
address potential services and barriers to obtain and maintain such services
  • Establish collaborative working relationships with inpatient treatment teams and other partners and
plan with them for appropriate discharges for recipients
  • Provide intensive emotional and practical support to recipients as they transition back into their
communities
  • Provide out of hours crisis intervention services to recipients and their support network, including
respite referrals and other diversion and stabilization services
  • Assessing Housing Supports and Housing Assistance and Placement for those who are homeless.

Services may include completing HRA 2010e, applying for housing, prepping for interviews, follow

up with housing providers, and assistance with moving in (day of move) with obtaining housing

supplies and learning the neighborhood; • Attend and participate in team meetings and supervisory sessions; • Develop short-term person-centered treatment plans to assist recipient towards achieving their
goals related and unrelated to their recovery; • Monitor and record recipient’s progress with respect to treatment goals; • Assist and instruct individuals in attending to personal hygiene, grooming and laundry, nutrition and

meal preparation, budgeting, and other daily living and socialization tasks and skills needed to live, work, and socialize successfully in the community environments of their choice and also in

maintaining a safe living environment; • Comply with all required in-service training and staff development
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

III. REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
  • Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, sociology, or related field
  • 2 years’ experience in case management from a social service agency or serving mental health
and/or substance using populations
  • Knowledge of substance use, mental illness, treatment options, and the needs of an individual
integrating back into the community
  • Excellent written, verbal and computational skills to present and document records in accordance

with program standards

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
  • Master’s degree
  • NY State CASAC
  • Knowledge of treatment, rehabilitation, and community support programs as they relate to
recipients and their families
  • Knowledge of techniques for identifying risk, including crisis management techniques

Company Overview:

Join a team of employees who cares about the wellbeing of others. We believe in fostering a culture built on our core values: respect, integrity, support, maximizing individual potential and continuous quality improvement. S:US is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. S:US is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities, including allowance of the use of services animals.

To request reasonable accommodation or if you believe such a request was improperly handled or denied, contact the Director of Recruitment.

ID: 2024-16395

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