Healthcare
Hire the right healthcare staff with speed and precision locally or nationwide.
Back to jobs
Case Manager
- Posted: February 13, 2025
- Salary:Up to US$22 per hour
- Location:Queens
- Job type: Contract
- Discipline:Care Management
- Reference:239001_1739458520
- Work Location:On-site
Job description
Responsibilities:
Provide clinical support to the Team by providing consultation, education information around conditions, interventions, resources to maintain focus on outcomes and best practices.
Conduct initial and ongoing assessments of clients to document strengths, needs, goals and resources.
Follow up with hospital care teams during admissions and discharges to facilitate discharge planning and arranging outpatient follow-up
Assist with applications for benefits such as SNAP, SSI/SSD, HEAP
Identify and address social determinants of health such as: food insecurity, transportation, housing
Provide face-to-face outreach, engagement and service planning in the field.
Act as a linkage to community services including medical, behavioral, residential, entitlement and any other needed services per interdisciplinary care plan.
linkage to community services including medical, behavioral, residential, entitlement and any other needed services per interdisciplinary care plan.
Provide crisis intervention and follow-up.
Maintain documents, records, and other related reports in an organized, timely and accurate manner as per policy and procedure.
May be assigned other tasks and duties reasonably related to the job responsibilities
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in one of the following fields: Social Work, Psychology, Education, Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, Counseling, Community Mental Health, Sociology, Physical or Recreational therapy. Degrees in other related areas may be considered
- Req SheetOverview
Need 1 Case Managers for their Brooklyn team and 1 for their Queens teams
Queens
Brooklyn
Overview of Responsibilities
- No day is ever the same; does require a fair amount of field work. At least 15-20 clients a month (in their county)
- Need to be able to travel independently. Mileage reimbursement for travel to clients. From office, not home.
- Mandatory office days as assigned by supervisor. Typically around twice a month but may be more than that when candidates start/if they need to improve performance
- May have to do an on site hospital follow up to make sure clients are safe and help discharge planning
- May need to attend doctors appointments/walk through benefits if bilingual to help the patients navigate needs.
- Advocate for their clients to reduce hospitalizations, connect to care in the community, and stay healthy.
- Caseload: 45-48 people.
- Medicaid mental health
For California Applicants:
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) , and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).
This position is subject to a background check based on its job duties, which may include patient care, working with vulnerable populations, access to financial and confidential information, driving, working with heavy machinery, or working in a warehouse or laboratory environment. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.