Case Manager- Summer Job

This full time temporary assignment starts ASAP and will last until the end of Aug.

8:30 AM. to 5:00 PM from Monday to Thursday and to 3:30 on Fridays.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in social work or a related field
• Current unrestricted CA Driver’s License and proof of auto insurance
• Experience and interest in providing care to older persons required
• Care management and community-based service delivery experience required
• Knowledge of community resources and the aging process
• Experience working with seniors, caregivers and mentally disabled clients
• Knowledge of safety issues when working with at-risk clients
• Experience conducting in-home visit strongly preferred
• Must be computer literate in MS Office applications (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Candidates must have interest and demonstrated ability to:
• • Work in an interdisciplinary community setting
  • Be culturally sensitive, able to work with a multicultural client population
  • Work in a non-judgmental manner and work as part of a team
  • Maintain professional boundaries
  • Exercise sound casework judgment and fiscal management skills
  • Comply with documentation procedures
• Must pass a criminal background check (Live Scan fingerprinting) prior to beginning employment

RESPONSIBILITIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Conducts in-depth intakes and assessment covering psychological, social, physical, and environmental concerns for clients that are survivors of the Holocaust
• Develops a comprehensive care plan including all social services needed by the client
• Coordinates the delivery of all services in the care plan
• Responds to intake callers and follows up on client situation as needed
• Reviews and authorizes services every month
• Offers crisis intervention
• Provides outreach and support per funding source requirements
• Prepares quarterly reports for the funding sources (Report include statistics on intake and outreach, number of clients serve, description of services, expenditures for each client served through grant)
• Provides short-term or ongoing psychotherapeutic support to low income Holocaust survivors and their families as needed
• Identifies and develops family and other informal support systems for the client
• Refer clients to specialist consultants to provide additional detailed evaluation and recommendations for improvement of the client’s functional level
• Prepares case recording, maintenance of financial records; and reporting on a timely and relevant basis
• Provide timely documentation and oversee chart record keeping per funding requirements.
• Selects, negotiates and budgets supportive services for clients