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Job Information

Stony Brook University Care Manager, Sayville Project in Bohemia, New York

Care Manager, Sayville Project (Bohemia, NY) Official Civil Service title: Associate Counselor

Required Qualifications (As evidenced by an attached resume):

  • Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in Human Services or a related discipline and two (2) years of relevant human services, healthcare or care management experience, or a Master's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in Social Work or a related discipline and one (1) year of relevant work or field work experience.
  • Ability to use one's vehicle for fieldwork and client appointments. Must have, keep and maintain the appropriate valid NYS Driver's License, and have a motor vehicle record which is free from major violations or a pattern of repeat violations.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Care management experience with adults with chronic physical or behavioral health conditions.
  • Knowledge of the public health/mental health system, health and other community resources, social service programs, public entitlements and advocacy.

Brief Description of Duties:

  • The Care Manager provides field-based care management services to adult persons with psychiatric disabilities and other chronic physical and behavioral health conditions who live in Suffolk County.
  • The Care Managers support clients in the development and fulfillment of recovery and other life goals and accessing the necessary resources and supports (i.e: housing, medical and mental, health care, legal rights and entitlements, vocational and educational support, etc.) to live healthy and productive lives in their community.

The selected candidate will:

  • Provide coordinated care management services to persons with psychiatric disabilities and other chronic behavioral and physical health conditions in accordance with agency/SBU, NYS OMH, NYS DOH, Health Home, Suffolk County DMH and Medicaid guidelines and regulations, policies and procedures.
  • Care Management services requires fieldwork and the use of one's own vehicle for travel to/from appointments and for transporting and accompaniment of clients as necessary.
  • Perform Health Home services and support agency clients in the development and fulfillment of life and recovery goals in an individual and group format.
  • Assist clients to improve health outcomes and to increase independent control over their lives and become active and contributing members of their community.
  • Complete required client and program record keeping and documentation in accordance with professional standards and the guidelines and regulations stipulated by the NYS DOH Health Home Initiative, the NYS OMH, Suffolk County Division of Community Mental Hygiene and the Office of Compliance and Audit for SBU.
  • Develop systematic and comprehensive knowledge of client rights and entitlements, community, behavioral and physical health, other resources and referral and grievance procedures.
  • Develop practices in accordance with the advocacy/empowerment theoretical model, operating from a client-centered, strengths and recovery-based social work practice orientation.
  • Develop necessary education and skills to assume the role of the Care Manager in the Medicaid Health Home Initiative.
  • Participate in outreach activities to potential and former clients.
  • Provide health education to client community and take leadership in implementing community-based programs and initiatives and advocacy-oriented projects, to organize and educate others on health and recovery-oriented issues and obstacles faced by client population.
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities assigned by the agency Director and in specific those necessary for the successful conversion of the agency's case management program to the Medicaid Health Home Initiative.
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