Case Manager (Supportive Housing) - Sound Community Services, Inc.

$1,000.00 - $2,000.00 Sign-On Incentive, based upon experience (25% paid in first paycheck, 75% after successful completion of new-hire probationary period)!

Compensation:  $21.16/hour

*And, individuals who are bilingual in Spanish and English (proficiency test required) also earn an additional $0.50/hour! 

COMPETITIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE!

 Full Time Employees earn:

• Generous PTO package includes:
  • 13 paid federal holidays annually
  • 5 paid personal/floating holidays annually
  • Paid sick time
  • Paid birthday holiday
  • PLUS, up to 20 Vacation days per year!
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Company paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• 401K Available
• Opt-in benefits available: Aflac, Pet Insurance, Employee/Spouse/Child Life Insurance, and Long Term Disability
• Plus, Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance!

Who We Are:

Sound Community Services, Inc. (SCSI) inspires hope by empowering our diverse community to find healing and growth!

Sound Community Services, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating, assisting, and supporting individuals with persistent mental illness and substance use disorders.

We work tirelessly to create a culture and environment in which recovery and wellness are possible.

Who You Are:

Sound Community Services, Inc. is seeking team members whose mission is to display compassion, accountability, respect and excellence in our communities. 

Position Overview: 

Title:  Community Care Coordinator

Department:  Supportive Housing

Classification:  Non-Exempt; Union

Schedule:   Full Time; Monday-Friday, 8:30 - 4:30

Position Overview: 

To determine, plan and provide a complete network of aftercare services for individuals to make a successful transition to independent living in the community.

Essential Functions:

• Develops and reviews recovery plans (according to policy) with person served, identifying their goals and objectives.
• Completes crisis plans as needed with person served and other collaborative partners.
• Assures appropriate entitlements are in place or completes paperwork to apply for benefits. Develops monthly budget with clients when appropriate. Submits monthly budget by the 25th of each month for those with rep payee status.
• Monitors and keeps accurate records or medication compliance for persons who utilize medication monitoring.
• Maintains person served record, completing documentation 90% concurrent.
• Provides advocacy and crisis intervention as indicated or requested by persons served.
• Develops linkage and follow-up program for person served to other support services as needed such as medical evaluation and treatment, social services, employment services and other agencies.
• Service Coordinator will see persons served within 24 hours when they are admitted to a higher level of care. Service Coordinator will attend treatment team meetings as scheduled.
• Supervises and instructs in Activities of Daily Living as outlined in persons served Recovery Plan.
• Attend the mandatory PSRB Acquittee Fundamental Training Program and refresher courses in accordance with DMHAS requirements. Understand the responsibilities of community providers when providing services to an acquittee.
• Provides time limited transportation to persons served as well as teaching persons served how to utilize public transportation.
• Provides health education to persons served as needed; this may include but it not limited to sex education, communicable disease prevention, etc.
• Service Coordinator will conduct ongoing assessments of persons served by completing MGAF forms during quarterly Recovery Plan reviews and the completion of functional assessments (CASIG).
• Follows general work rules.
• Attends 30 hours clinical in-service annually.
• Service Coordinator will complete assessment annually for person served receiving clinical services elsewhere in the community.
• Adheres to productivity requirements. Meets the minimum monthly standard.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Human Services, Social Work, Education, Psychology or related field, plus,
• Minimum of two (2) years providing care management services to individuals with behavioral health needs.
• Additional years of experience can be substituted for a degree at management's discretion.
• Current, valid Motor Vehicle Driver's license and automobile available for use during the workday required
• Competent use of technology including e-mail, agency intranet and the electronic client record
• Demonstrated knowledge of evidence-based recovery practices including, but not limited to, outreach and engagement, motivational interventions, and rapid job search
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• CPR/First Aid certified or eligible.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and climb stairs
• Regularly required to walk, talk and/or hear
• Speaking and hearing ability should be sufficient to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes
• Vision adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include the ability to adjust focus
• Occasionally required to stand and climb or balance
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Sound Community Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.  All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status or any other basis prohibited by law.