Case Manager-(HRA) El Rio II
About The Position
Comunilife is seeking experienced Case Managers for its El Rio Residence Program in the Bronx. The Case Manager provides supportive services to assigned program participants in a housing setting, helping them define personal, vocational, and educational goals. Services use a person-centered, Harm Reduction model to support participants’ recovery, hopes, and opportunities. The role involves comprehensive assessments and service planning, ongoing case management and counseling, crisis intervention, coordination of health and other supportive services, housing-related assistance, advocacy, referrals, and required documentation. Case Managers maintain regular contact with participants to support their capacity for independent living and collaborate with providers inside and outside Comunilife. The position is full-time and offers a salary of $45,000–$48,000 per year. Travel is negligible.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- At least two years of field work experience.
- Direct mental illness work experience.
- Experience in individual, family, and group counseling, particularly with mentally ill populations.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with homeless individuals in congregate programs.
- Bilingual and bicultural Spanish skills are a plus.
Responsibilities
- Ensure each client receives appropriate and effective case management services.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop service plans with mutually agreed-upon long- and short-term goals.
- Conduct face-to-face contacts, including home or office visits, as specified in service plans, with at least one home visit and one contact per week.
- Help clients access primary medical care and adhere to medication regimens; teach activities of daily living; and connect clients with nutrition, recreation, employment assessment, training, private-sector placement, prevention with positives, and other services that support independent living.
- Conduct reassessments and review service plans quarterly, or as needed, to ensure services meet clients’ current needs.
- Ensure that each client has psychosocial support.
- Provide crisis intervention to clients and their families as needed.
- Monitor clients’ medical conditions and adapt services to changing needs.
- Arrange support and home health care services and make referrals to medical, home care, mental health, and substance abuse services.
- Provide counseling and orientation on tenants’ rights and responsibilities to help clients maintain housing.
- Assist clients moving from hospitals, nursing homes, or other locations into their apartments, and provide transportation when necessary.
- Coordinate with vocational counselors and entitlement specialists to advocate for and refer clients to educational, training, employment, and private-sector job placement programs.
- Help clients locate alternative housing when their health requires it.
- Provide and coordinate supportive services and collaborate with providers inside and outside Comunilife who are involved with clients and families.
- Maintain regular personal contact and build trusting working relationships to monitor clients’ physical and emotional capacity for independent living.
- Complete required documentation of client contacts and contacts made on their behalf.
- Participate in weekly supervision.
- Submit a weekly schedule of field visits.
- Participate in mandated training workshops, seminars, case presentations, and meetings with peers and supervisors.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dependent care
- Paid time off
- 401(k)
- Tuition assistance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
