Case Manager to Work with Individuals with Special Needs

Job Purpose:

Accomplishes clients' care by assessing treatment needs; developing, monitoring, and evaluating treatment plans and progress; facilitating interdisciplinary approaches; monitoring staff performance.

Duties:

* Determines clients' needs by completing intake interviews; determining need for In home care, therapeutic, medical and social needs; reviewing evaluations, treatment objectives, and plans.

* Establishing and coordinating services; arranging resources.

* Monitors cases by observing and evaluating treatments and responses; advocating for needed services and entitlements; obtaining additional resources; intervening in crises; providing personal support.

* Maintains clients' records by reviewing case notes; logging events and progress.

* Communicates clients' progress by conducting meetings and evaluations; disseminating results and to team and family; identifying treatment influences

* Improves treatment results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.

* Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing treatment and results data and trends; compiling statistics; completing grant and subsidy applications.

* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

* Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Skills/Qualifications:

Documentation Skills, Analyzing Information, Decision Making, Research Skills, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, People Skills, Resolving Conflict, Integrity.