Case Manager
The Case Manager develops, implements and monitors the facility’s reintegration program for each resident on his/her caseload and is a major contributor to the facility’s residential program planning and policy making team.
Responsibilities include the following:
· Interview residents to collect information and to evaluate and determine service needs.
· Directing the development, implementation, and monitoring of the resident’s Individualized Program Plan
· (IPP)from arrival to final release.
· Within 10 calendar days of the resident’s arrival at the RRC, Case Managers, in consultation with the
· Employment Specialist (EP), complete the IPP and identify the appropriate program component for the resident
· Assist residents in utilizing offered programs and applying the skills learned to effect successful transition into
· the community.
· Consult with other staff members involved with the resident to assess personal development progress.
· Provides developmental assistance to both the Transitional Skills Specialist and the Employment Specialist.
· Provides ongoing counseling to residents.
· Conducts monthly staff meetings with unit staff.
· Works as a part of facility administration to develop plans, policies and procedures for facility management and
· further assists with program/service evaluations.
· Performs case management functions, e.g. compiling, assessing, and maintaining data and information for specific reporting.
· Developing and implementing specialized services based on the resident’s IPP.
· Ensuring the accuracy of information provided in reports.
· Monitoring resident’s whereabouts when at work or away in an education, vocation and/or training program.
· Ensuring that the information in a resident’s file is current.
· Maintaining working relationships with community resource agencies with which resident will have contact
· upon release.
NECESSARY SKILLS
Must have good interviewing skills and knowledge of behavior.
Must have above average relationship skills.
· Ability to maintain confidentiality of resident information and court records.
· Ability to establish and maintain appropriate boundaries.
· Ability to establish and maintain accurate records.
· Ability to work independently within the program while maintaining policies and procedures.
· Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in a non-judgmental, courteous, and professional manner.
· Requires extensive written and verbal communication skills needed to motivate, convince, and/or change behavior or attitude of residents.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Four-year degree in a social, human services, criminal justice or behavioral science program from an accredited college or university.
EXPERIENCE: Minimum one (1) year of experience working in human services, corrections, or community-based services providing counseling and/or case management. Experience in residential community-based corrections is preferred. Work experience may be substituted for academic studies exchanging one year of work experience in a related field for one year of academic education. Total work experience needed in lieu of the combination of education and work experience is five years.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $21.63 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person