Sr Case Manager/Case Manager, Ryer Avenue

ACMH INC•New York, NY

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Provides case coordination and delivers community rehabilitation services. The role involves conducting home visits, obtaining psychosocial histories, conducting functional skills assessments, and establishing liaisons with primary psychiatric care providers. The Case Manager ensures access to psychiatric, substance abuse, and medical services, as well as entitlement benefits. They administer health screening tools, monitor client medication adherence and side-effects, and develop individualized rehabilitation plans (Service/Support Plans) in consultation with the treatment team and client. Services delivered include Assertiveness/Self-Advocacy Training, Community Integration Services/Resource Development, Daily Living Skills Training, Health Services, Medication Management Training, Parenting Training, Rehabilitation Counseling, Skill Development Services, Socialization, Substance Abuse Services, and Symptom Management. The role requires documenting client responses, updating plans, training clients in safety procedures, preparing residents for independent living, facilitating crisis intervention, and staffing the Emergency Phone on a rotating basis. Additionally, the Case Manager maintains client charts, submits necessary notes and reports, oversees apartment maintenance, inventories furniture, and alerts the program director of maintenance issues. They attend in-service training, provide coverage for other staff as needed, serve as a "Qualified Mental Health Staff Person", and perform other duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Requirements

B.A. in psychology or a human service related field.
A.A. degree in psychology or a human service related field with a minimum of 3 years of experience providing direct care in human services.
Experience working with adults with serious mental illness preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Conducts home visits on a regular basis for assigned caseload.
Obtains psychosocial histories and conducts functional skills assessments.
Establishes and maintains liaison with primary provider of psychiatric care.
Assures access to psychiatric, substance abuse and medical services, and entitlement benefits.
Administers standardized health screening tools
Monitors client medication, including adherence and side-effects.
Develops an individualized rehabilitation plan (Service/Support Plan) in accordance with client needs, strengths, and goals and in consultation with the treatment team and others of the client’s choice.
Delivers community rehabilitation services according to individual need, including: Assertiveness/Self-Advocacy Training, Community Integration Services/Resource Development, Daily Living Skills Training, Health Services, Medication Management Training, Parenting Training, Rehabilitation Counseling, Skill Development Services, Socialization, Substance Abuse Services, and Symptom Management.
Documents client response to service, progress and regressions, and regularly updates the Service/Support Plan.
Trains clients in safety procedures and conducts fire drills and self-preservation tests.
Prepares residents for transition to independent living and makes necessary referrals.
Facilitates crisis intervention in the event of an emergency.
Staffs Emergency Phone on a rotating basis.
Maintains client charts and submits necessary notes and reports, including incident reports, in compliance with agency procedures.
Oversees maintenance of apartments, inventories furniture, and alerts program director of maintenance problems.
Attends in-service training as requested by supervisory personnel.
Provides coverage as needed for other staff on the program team.
Serves as “Qualified Mental Health Staff Person”
Duties as assigned by supervisor.