Case Manager I/DD Job Opening

Summary Supports the Mission, Philosophies and Goals of the Agency, coordinates service delivery for caseload by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitates Person Centered Support Plans and PCSP updates.
• Participates in BASIS meetings.
• Participates in WORKS assessments.
• Maintains HCBS documentation for individuals receiving services.
• Maintains WORKS documentation for individuals receiving services.
• Writes, implements and routes Person Centered Support Plans.
• Reviews written Person Centered Support Plans.
• Participates in admission/discharge, transfer meetings and completes all documentation from those meetings.
• Coordinates disability benefits and funding for recipients.
• Coordinates mental health consultations.
• Functions as liaison between service providers and recipients.
• Completes and maintains Targeted Case Management Documentation.
• Serves as advocate by maintaining contact with families, guardians and interested parties.
• Conducts regular reviews or visits at home and/or work.
• Connects individuals to crisis interventions
• Writes, routes and monitors Risk Assessments, Behavior Support Plans, Needs Assessments and Individual Justice Plans.
• Monitors programs and supports to ensure they are being implemented.
• Coordinates and attends support team meetings with schools or alternate agency/programs.
• Completes annual Quality Assurance Surveys at the recipient's residence.
• Initiates and maintains communication with SRS, Fiscal Management providers and CDDO representatives.
• Must complete trainings as required within specified timeframe. (See Employee Handbook Section 2.11) Complies with all agency policies and procedures including HIPAA/Confidentiality policies.
• Other duties may be assigned

Education/Experience/Licenses: Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university is preferred; six months experience is required. Knowledge of Database software; Excel Spreadsheet software and Microsoft Word Processing software. Valid Kansas driver’s license; Targeted Case Management certification or must have the ability to receive certification within 60 days. Must be able to travel 25% of the time.

Physical Demands/Work Environment: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move a minimum of 50 pounds; push wheelchairs and provide stability support to people while walking. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.