Health Home Care Manager

Seeking: compassionate individuals looking to help make a difference!

If you are passionate about making a difference in someones life and want to work for an organization that appreciates and recognizes their employees success we encourage you to apply today!

Seeking a Full Time Health Home Plus Care Manager on our Utica Corps Team

Our Full Time opportunities offer:

Generous time off every year including 14 paid holidays up to 3 personal days vacation time and sick time

Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of continuous employment)

Comprehensive Health Care Coverage with low cost employee premiums co-pays and deductibles

Company Paid Basic Term Life Insurance for Employee

Long Term Disability Insurance

Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability AFLAC and Voluntary Term Life

Flexible Spending Account

Eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program

Tax Deferred Annuity (403B)

Christmas Bonus

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Care Manager provides outreach and enrollment services to individuals presumed to meet eligibility requirements of New York States Health Home program. They gather assessments and enter documentation that confirms eligibility and identifies areas requiring supportive services. They work with individuals and service providers to create a comprehensive Plan of Health Care identify additional service providers as necessary and coordinate the continuing involvement of individuals and service providers in the execution of the plan. Care Manager documents progress and arrange for eventual transition between health homes as necessary or from health homes to other levels of service following changes in eligibility.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assesses engages and enrolls clients into health home program per NYSDOH and Lead Health Home
• Develop relationships with local hospitals and jails to connect individuals returning to the community from inpatient/incarceration with health homes program.
• Maintain engagement with individuals who are often disengaged from care have difficulty adhering to treatment recommendations or have a history of homelessness criminal justice involvement or high ED/Inpatient utilization.
• Work within the community to engage individuals who meet Health Home Plus
• Complete face-to-face visits with enrolled members at least once/month; at a frequency determined by client need.
• Collaboratively complete a yearly assessment of needs strengths and goals with the member/family and care teams.
• Facilitates yearly (minimum) meetings with members care teams and works within that team to develop a comprehensive Plan of Care.
• Provide the following core services to enrolled members: care coordination comprehensive care management transitional care crisis intervention and caregiver/family support (coordinating with care team making referrals to other providers ensuring follow up from hospital discharges/ED visits ensures preventive medical/dental care etc.)
• Document all case activities in an Electronic Health Record following the NYS guidelines around documentation quality and time frames.
• Ensure that monthly billing standards are met for each enrolled member and that a billing questionnaire is submitted within the month that the activity took place.
• Participate in mandatory and optional
• Participate in weekly

SPECIAL SKILLS CERTIFICATES LICENSES REGISTRATIONS:
Bachelors Degree with two years of experience; Masters Degree with one year of experience preferred.
Relevant experience in serving children and families in child welfare developmental disabilities behavioral health primary health care or social services
Experience coordinating and participating in team settings
Solid writing and verbal communication
Work effectively and knowledgeably across a broad spectrum of cultural ethnic and racial communities
Ability to work in an effective and focused manner when self-directed and beyond immediate oversight
Ability to deliver family-driven youth-guided services
Requires computer proficiency including word processing skills and the ability to provide culturally competent practice
Must have valid drivers license that meets The Salvation Army insurance requirements
Must have access to a vehicle to provide home visits.
Perform all duties associated with job responsibilities

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.