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https://bhchpjobs.applytojob.com/apply/EAKl58uPTu/Case-Manager-Southampton-Shelter Job Summary: We are seeking a Case Manager (CM) to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide comprehensive case management services to homeless individuals. These services include, but are not limited to, benefits (SSI, General Relief), housing, primary and other health care, and social and psychiatric services. As the Case Manager you will follow individual patients through a course of treatment while identifying barriers for further care and participating in treatment and discharge planning. In this role you will also accompany patients to appointments as needed, provide training and assistance in decision- making, vocational guidance, skills building, problem solving, and support in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Responsibilities: Participate as a member of multidisciplinary care team to provide comprehensive case management services, including outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness; participate in city-wide network of case management for individuals experiencing homelessness; identify and develop cooperative working relationships with providers of care and AmeriCorps members, as well as services to homeless persons, such as organizing cancer screening health fairs Follow patients through the entire course of treatment, whether inpatient, outpatient, or in the community and provide them the education they need; provide service coordination and linkage, including benefits (i.e., SSI, Medicaid), housing, health care, social and behavioral health services, and all other necessary services; provide prevention, intervention, and development of a crisis plan with patients; assist patients with setting up transportation Participate in ongoing quality improvement endeavors, in the identification of and care planning for high risk/enhanced care patients, and in the discharge planning from medical acute care and behavioral health facilities to facilitate continuity of care; foster empowerment and recovery, including linkages to peer support and self-help groups Provide outreach (to shelters, patients? homes, day program, inpatient unit) to clients as needed to facilitate all of the above Participate in regional CSP provider meetings as assigned; attend clinic staff meetings and team meetings Qualifications: 1-2 years of experience working with individuals experiencing homelessness and knowledge of the network of services available to individuals experiencing homelessness preferable BA/BS preferred; behavioral health or social services related degree Excellent verbal and written English communication skills required, problem solving skills required Bilingual in Spanish/English strongly preferred, additional compensation for demonstrated verbal proficiency in Spanish and English Compensation and Benefits: The compensation starts at \$22.07 per hour and increases with years of experience.