Case Manager: $1,500 Sign on Bonus

Providing Care Management in the Hudson Valley Region (Dutchess, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan)! 

Care Management is a service model whereby all of an individual's caregivers communicate and interface so that the patient's needs are addressed in a comprehensive manner. This is done primarily through a 'care manager' who oversees and provides access to all the services an individual needs to assure that they receive everything necessary to prevent hospitalizations, stay healthy, and maintain stability in their home and community. The Care Manager is ultimately responsible for the overall provision and coordination of services to an assigned caseload. The Care Manager carries an average caseload of 20-25 children presumed to meet eligibility requirements of New York State’s Children’s Health Homes program. The Care Manager uses problem solving strategies to assist families in managing behavioral health crises with their children through care coordination. The Care Manager guides program enrollees and their caretakers (legal guardians) through the health care system by assisting with identifying providers and community-based supports, developing relationships with service providers, and tracking interventions and outcomes. Responsibilities include gathering and completing assessments to document eligibility and identifying areas requiring supportive services. They work with children, families, and service providers to create a comprehensive Plan of Care, identifying additional service providers as necessary and coordinating the continuing involvement of families and service providers in executing the Plan of Care.  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Care Management Experience

Responsibilities:

• Completes initial and ongoing needs assessments (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths; CANS) to determine the individual’s most appropriate level of care management.
• Responsible for the overall management of the patient’s Individualized Plan of Care. Through the creation of an Individual Plan of Care the Care Manager is able to: Coordinate the enrollee’s provision of services including as per their acuity level; Support adherence to treatment recommendations; Monitor and evaluate a patient’s needs, including prevention, wellness, medical, mental health, care transitions, and social and community services where appropriate.
• Meets client contact requirements (keeping in mind that caseloads may be “blended”) Care Managers serving children will be required to have some face-face visits on a consistent schedule as per the mandates of their acuity level (high, medium, or low).
• Meets Care Management documentation requirements in a timely and accurate manner by effectively utilizing designated Care Management Portal (Medicaid Analytics Performance Portal; MAPP) and Electronic Health Records (EHRs) as needed.
• Functions as an advocate for clients within the agency and external service providers.
• Promotes wellness and prevention by linking enrollees with resources and services based on their individual needs and preferences.
• Educate the child/caregiver on care of chronic conditions, immunization, screening and other preventive interventions.
• Helps clients to obtain and maintain public benefits necessary to gain health care services, including Medicaid and cash assistance eligibility, Social Security, SNAP, housing, legal services, employment and training supports, and others.
• Effectively communicates and shares information with the individual and their families and other caregivers with appropriate consideration for language, literacy and cultural preferences.
• Conducts care planning meetings/conferences and serves as an interdisciplinary team member to effectively provide/coordinate comprehensive and holistic care.
• Identifies available community-based resources and actively manages appropriate referrals, access, engagement, follow-up and coordination of services.
• In the event of hospital admissions, actively engages in the discharge planning process ensuring that the patient has all recommended post discharge services in place prior to discharge.
• Attends and participates in ongoing staff development trainings to enhance skills needed to effectively meet the demands of the Care Manager position.
• Ensure that child has periodic evaluations and follow up treatment for dental, vision and hearing care, following Medicaid EPSDT guidelines.

Job Benefits:

• Benefits for Full Time employees:· 
• 4 weeks paid vacation annually
• 13 paid holidays, 4 personal days
• 1 sick day per month, accruable to 150 days
• Fully paid individual LTD and life insurance
• Eligible for participation in agency medical and dental plan both individual and family, with small employee contribution.  

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Astor Services is a community based, non-profit organization that provides children mental health services, child welfare services, and early childhood development programs. Astor serves children and families in New York State Mid-Hudson Valley region and the Bronx.

Through a wide variety of premier quality education and mental health services, Astor provides support for pre-schoolers, children with behavioral and emotional health problems, children at risk of placement in foster care, and families that need assistance in developing the skills necessary to raise their children in an environment filled with increasing challenges. Astor currently serves thousands of children each year through its prevention, early childhood, special education, community behavioral health and residential treatment programs.

We are committed to providing high quality treatment and child development services for youngsters and their families in the least restrictive setting and at the earliest possible point of intervention. In 1966, Astor opened its first outpatient mental health clinic in Rhinebeck. Today, the agency operates a wide range of community-based behavioral health treatment programs as well as early childhood development and parenting programs at multiple locations in the Hudson Valley and in the Bronx, New York.