Innovations Waiver – Care Manager

TRILLIUM HEALTH RESOURCES • New Caledonia, AR

3d • Remote

About The Position

Trillium Health Resources is hiring an Innovations Waiver Care Manager to join our Care Management Team! An Innovations Wavier Care Manager is responsible for providing complex care coordination and monitoring to members having a primary Intellectual or Developmental Disability, which may include secondary mental health or substance abuse, and/or complex medical/physical health need. This position requires a dynamic, proactive approach to assessment, monitoring and complex coordination of care, to ensure quality support and consistent adherence to waiver requirements. IDD/Care Manager. Assists with integrated care management through multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Requirements

• Must meet QP status.
• A. Fully licensed by the NC governing board regulating Human Services professions; OR Fully licensed RN who is licensed to practice in the state of NC by the NC Board of Nursing who also has four (4) years of full-time experience with the MH/DD/SA population served. OR
• B. A graduate of a college or university with a Master’s degree in a human service field and has one year of full-time, pre or post-graduate degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the MH/DD/SA population, or a substance abuse professional who has one year of full-time, pre or postgraduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; OR
• C. A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field and has two years of full-time, pre or post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the MH/DD/SA population, or a substance abuse professional who has two years of full-time, pre or post bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; OR
• D. A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field other than human services and has four years of full-time, pre or post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the MH/DD/SA population, or a substance abuse professional who has four years of full-time, pre or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.
• If serving members with LTSS needs, the care manager, must meet the minimum QP requirements defined above (A-D) and shall additionally have at a minimum two (2) years of prior LTSS and/or HCBS coordination, care delivery monitoring and care management experience. This experience may be concurrent with the years of experience required to become a Qualified Professional.
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Must reside in NC to be considered for remote status.
• Must be able to travel to a Trillium office location and within catchment as required.

Responsibilities

• Utilize person centered planning methods/strategies to gather information, to get to know the members supported and to adequately address specific needs of the individual.
• Provide education and support to members in learning about and exercising rights and responsibilities.
• Consistently complete Discovery activities (information gathering and assessment) as a component of the planning process.
• Ensure that members/legally responsible people are informed of services available (all types of Medicaid and state-funded services), service options available (e.g. Individual/Family Direction for Innovations participants), processes (e.g. requirements for specific service), Natural and community services, and so forth.
• Assist members/legally responsible people in choosing service providers, ensuring objectivity in the process.
• Assist the members supported to direct the planning process/plan development, to the extent desired by the member.
• Facilitate timely development of the Comprehensive Care management Assessment, Individual Support Plan/Care Plan, Crisis Plan, and other assessments as needed.

Benefits

• Typical working hours are 8:30am-5pm
• A remote work option available for most positions
• Health Insurance - no premium for employee coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) of 24 days, plus 12 paid holidays within first year of employment
• NC Local Government retirement pension. This is a defined-benefit retirement plan that will pay you a monthly amount upon retirement, for the rest of your life, with as little as five years of service. For more information, go to: https://files.nc.gov/retire/documents/files/Actives/LGERSHandbook.pdf [https://files.nc.gov/retire/documents/files/Actives/LGERSHandbook.pdf]
• 401k with 5% employer match & immediate vesting
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Qualifying Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees