Care Manager (Auburn, MA)

About the position

Nonotuck Resource Associates is currently seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to join our team as a Care Manager. The Care Manager will play a crucial role in providing oversight and support for shared living homes, working closely with individuals receiving services, their families, caregivers, and service partners to enhance personalized services and relationships. If you are passionate about person-centered care and have experience in AFC, Shared Living, and Community Support, we invite you to apply.

Responsibilities

• Conduct the intake and assessments process, recruitment, and caregiver screening for new referrals and as required thereafter.
• Recruit, hire, train, schedule, and support Direct Care staff as needed.
• Provide supervision, training, and evaluation of caregivers.
• Develop and/or maintain detailed Individualized Plans of Care & assessments per service type.
• Conduct on-site visits with each member and caregiver per determined need, and more often as needed.
• Attend a variety of meetings, fully prepared beforehand, as required.
• Monitor the health status/general needs of all members and caregivers to ensure proper care delivery, making referrals as needed.
• Notify the team of any changes in health status and collaborate with the member's physician and other pertinent parties.
• Work within your team to ensure effective communication and collaboration with agency employees, caregivers, families, guardians, people supported, and funding sources.
• Complete progress notes at each visit, along with other requirements per service type, and distribute and file accordingly.
• Plan for and implement appropriate discharges or transitions of care.
• Serve as a Human Rights Officer per specific services.
• Participate in meaningful committees across the agency.
• Provide ongoing educational information and training to all members and caregivers on health and aging, including member-specific and seasonal health conditions.
• Ability to function as an Adult Family Care - Care Manager, Community Support Specialist (CSS), DDS Care Manager, as needed.
• Participate in the on-call system.
• Work weekends as required during the course of the year.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, Social Work License, and two years of experience working with elderly or disabled adults.
• Recent experience with elders, those who have been diagnosed with ID/D, ABI, or who have chronic conditions affecting their ability to live safely in the community.
• Knowledge of AFC and DDS regulations and guidelines.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Valid driver's license with an excellent RMV record (subject to RMV background check).
• Background check required.

Benefits

• Great health insurance at a reasonable cost.
• Plenty of time off.
• Good starting salary and yearly raises with potential profit sharing.