Willowbrook Care Manager

• Responsible for all care management duties and providing comprehensive care coordination including monitoring the Participants Life Plans according to everyones unique needs and circumstances.
• Responsible for scheduling leading and actively collaborating with the Participant and IDT to conduct meetings and assessments ensuring the development of a comprehensive Life Plan that reflects the persons needs and desired life goals.
• Utilizing planning tools such as I AM Council of Quality and Leadership Personal Outcome Measure the Coordinated Assessment System Developmental Disability Profile the Level of Care the Comprehensive Emergency Plan Environmental Assessment and Care Giver Adequacy Assessment.
• Implement update and monitor Life Plan(s) and facilitate individualized Life Plan reviews and approval processes at a minimum of every six months or when a trigger event occurs.
• 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 etc.).
• Communicate with IDT physicians and other providers at regular intervals to monitor and update Life Plan(s) and to advocate for participant needs and preferences.
• Provide education to participants caregivers circles of support IDTs and other stakeholders.
• Maintain participant Life Plan and health risk assessment information in a secure system and meet all confidentiality requirements.
• Conduct in-person visits per OPWDD requirements.
• Flexibility in work schedule is required with some evening and or weekend hours as needed.
• Promote CDNYs mission and values.
• Utilize a person-centered approach supporting an individuals preferences and desires to promote reaching their highest level of independence.
• Maintain ongoing contact with the critical people in a participants life as appropriate.
• Ensure timely submission of all documentation (Life Plan Progress notes etc.) per regulated time frames.
• Assist Individuals in ensuring the maintenance of entitlements including recertifications. Guardianship informed decision making.
• Care Managers are expected to assist individuals with maintaining benefits such as Social Security Supplemental Security Income Medicaid and Medicare coverage and Food Stamps.
• Monitoring benefits for individuals whose representative payee is the agency operating their certified residence and assisting individuals with their benefits when the individual does not have a representative payee or when the non-residential representative payee requests assistance.
• Assist individuals to resolve problems in living such as housing utilities the judicial system and general safety.
• Responsible for advocating for and with an individual to ensure informed decision making informed consent and guardianship that is appropriately carried out.
• Meet all training requirements on time.
• Report abuse or neglect immediately when observed or reported.
• May be required to provide transportation for individuals based on their unique needs. (i.e. Doctors appointments planning meetings etc.)

• QIDP (Qualified Intellectual Developmental Professional)
  • MA/BA in the Human Services Field (sociology special education rehabilitation counseling psychology social work other related fields may be considered)
  • At least one year of experience working directly with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
  • 1 year of additional relevant experience (This requirement is waived for applicants that have a QIDP qualifyingmastersdegree)
• Strong communication skills including verbal and written communication skills along with strong interpersonal and organizational skills also required.
• Excellent organizational interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills required.
• Travel is primarily local during the business day. Reliable transportation is needed and a valid drivers license may be required depending on location.

Care Design NY and Partnership Solutions provide equal employment opportunities to all. We celebrate the qualities that make each of us unique and greatly value how they enrich the work we do. As such we welcome candidates of color candidates who identify as gender diverse neurodiverse candidates and candidates of all ages with diverse lived experiences and perspectives to apply.