Care Manager

All Care Homecare•Marshfield, MA

About The Position

All Care Wellness is a privately owned mental health provider offering compassionate patient centered care with both in home and outpatient settings. Our goal of treatment is to promote physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being by teaching the patient how to work with him or herself naturally with or without the use of psychiatric medication. We also manage a variety of mental health issues with an integrative approach or practicing psychiatry by blending traditional medicine with holistic therapies. Some of the areas we can assist with include anxiety, substance abuse, panic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, life skills, career, and relationship issues. Our practice also offers individual psychotherapy, medication management, home visits, and group therapy in addition to the Group Adult Foster Care Program services. We are responsible for ensuring that service is delivered in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with relevant Agency policies and industry standards. All Care Homecare, LLC care manager's primary function will be to provide support to members enrolled in the Group Adult Foster Care Program. This is a home care program so much of the time will be spent traveling to members' homes. It is therefore imperative that the Care Manager has reliable transportation.

Requirements

Skilled in assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, coordinating, and managing member care in keeping with facility standards
Knowledgeable in communicating and collaborating with members, family members, physicians and other health care professionals in achieving the best quality of care for the members
Thorough understanding of assessing members to recognize suitable community interventions
Ability to handle emergency situations in an opportune and safe manner
Demonstrate leadership skills to efficiently supervise skills of the Direct Care Aide
Proficient in entering, accessing, and retrieving patient data, and creating customized reports
Listening/attending skills: clarifying, paraphrasing, summarizing, reframing, non-verbal attending
Research, including practice evaluation
Policy practice
Effective use of supervision and consultation
Good physical and mental health
Ability to travel to members' homes within our service area
Mental fortitude and stability to handle stress
Proof of negative TB screen

Responsibilities

Completion of biopsychosocial for each member
Bi-monthly home visits with each of the members
Maintain member records, charts, and other pertinent information
Participate in case conferencing
Provide direct member care as needed
Coordinate care with other treatment providers
Evaluation of direct participant care performed by the Direct Care Aide
Develop, along with the nurse, the member plan of care to be carried out by the Direct Care Aide (DCA)
Collect and document members current health providers and make additional referrals as necessary
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside DCA, Nurse, and Program Coordinator along with other treatment providers the members may see
Respond to telephone inquiries relating to members requests and/or referrals for additional services.
Follow ups on doctor's appointments, medical releases, and medical equipment