Case Manager coordinates the overall interdisciplinary plan of care for patients, from admission to discharge. Monitors care and acts as a liaison between patient/family, healthcare personnel, and insurers. Being a Case Manager evaluates the needs of the patient, the resources available, and recommends and facilitates the plan for the best outcome. Develops a discharge plan that provides the best available resources to meet ongoing patient needs and that encourages compliance with medical advice. Additionally, Case Manager identifies patient care issues and suggests revisions to or new clinical pathways to improve quality of care. May also be responsible for conducting utilization reviews. Typically requires a bachelor's degree of Nursing. Typically reports to a head of a department/unit. Requires Registered Nurse (RN). Case Manager's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Ambassadors For Christ Youth Ministries, Inc. (AFC) is a model 501(c)3 nonprofit organization formed in 2006 for the purpose of providing multifaceted prevention and intervention programs for at-risk, underprivileged, and displaced youth. AFC has provided service as an outlet and platform for growth to over 16,000 at risk youth in partnership with schools, churches, and other community serving youth programs throughout the Houston, Texas, and Pine Bluff/Little Rock, Arkansas areas for more than 15 years. AFC's overarching goal is to inspire excellence and promote leadership in youth, regardless of their backgrounds, through the implementation of multifaceted youth development programs centered around homelessness prevention, mental health and substance use prevention/intervention, and the overall reduction of sexual and other risky behaviors.
We are presently seeking candidates with excellent skills and experience working with at-risk youth to serve as Case-Managers for all of our youth prevention, intervention, treatment, and referral programs. The Case Managers will facilitate intake and assessments, referrals, outreach, recruitment and retention efforts, and will report to the programs’ Project Managers. All positions are salary/full-time.
As a member of our team, The Full-Time Case Manager will provide holistic and comprehensive case management services working to provide support to youth and young adults who are most impacted by community violence, or are at-risk of, to advance equity, particularly in areas of concentrated crime and poverty and support them with obtaining high quality jobs and careers.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS:
Project EQUIP: a prevention navigator program that delivers substance abuse, HIV and hepatitis prevention education, HIV and viral hepatitis (VH) testing, and navigation services. The Case Manager will ensure that his/her assigned clients receives a coordinated range of client-centered services linking clients with health care, psychosocial and other services. The case manager is responsible for completing quarterly reassessments with clients to include completion of a care plan in addition to seeing clients periodically to address their current needs and checking compliance to medical care and adherence HIV medications. The case manager is responsible for entering all client data, units of service, and case notes into the database in a timely manner.
Project REACH: serves homeless individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED), substance use disorders (SUD), and/or co-occurring disorders. The goal of this program is to increase capacity and provide accessible, effective, comprehensive, coordinated, integrated, and evidence-based treatment services, peer support and other recovery support services, and linkages to sustainable permanent housing. The case manager is responsible for completing quarterly reassessments with clients to include completion of a care plan in addition to seeing clients periodically to address their current needs and checking compliance and adherence to Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) and overdose prevention care. The case manager will also make proper referrals for housing to the HUD Coordinated Entry system.
Transitional Living Program (TLP): a holistic service approach to operating within a framework of positive youth development (PYD), trauma-informed care, evidence-informed practices, Social Support and Relationship Capacity Building, and Coping Strategies that helps runaway and homeless youth (RHY) between the ages of 16 to under 22 establish sustainable living and well-being for themselves. Through the provision of shelter and services, TLP youth will realize improvements in four core outcome areas (i.e., stable housing, education/employment, permanent connections, and social and emotional well-being). Case managers will assess a youths’ needs for referral services and support; and identify, obtain, coordinate, and connect youth with continuum service linkages to meet those needs; as well as manage communications across service linkages.
Street Outreach Program (SOP): a street-based services program that targets unduplicated runaway, homeless, and street youth who are 21 years of age and younger, and who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of trafficking. SOP aims to build relationships between street outreach workers and runaway, homeless, and street youth to move youth into stable housing, and prepare them for independence. Case managers will work to increase young people's personal safety, social and emotional well-being, and self-sufficiency, and help them build permanent connections with families, communities, schools, and other positive social networks through outreach, prevention (life skills and positive youth development), individualized assessment, service linkages, service planning, and follow-up.
Domestic/Dating Violence Prevention Program: a community-based prevention, intervention, treatment, and response services program for youth (ages 12-18) impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Case managers will provide a continuum of services for eligible program participants including assessments, crisis intervention, and advocacy to assist participants with recovery from victimization.
Growth Opportunities: : The purpose of this program is to introduce and prepare justice-involved youth and young adults for the world of work through placement into paid work experiences, and on a path to more equitable career opportunities with their peers. In addition to paid work experiences, the program encompasses occupational education and training in in-demand industries, leadership development, a mentorship component, and post-work experience placement into unsubsidized employment and/or education. These grants focus on youth and young adults most impacted by community violence to advance equity, particularly in areas of concentrated crime and poverty as well as communities that have recently experienced significant unrest.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION: Bachelor degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or a related field
preferred.
HOURS: Full Time. Some evenings and weekends required.
EXPERIENCE: Minimum of two (2) years case management experience preferred.
SALARY: TBD
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