Family Caregiver Support Specialist

4 days ago

Leominster, Massachusetts, United States 95149 Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Adult Family Care Case Manager to join our team at 95149. As a key member of our care coordination team, you will be responsible for implementing and administering our Adult Family Care (AFC) programs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Implement and administer AFC programs, including maintaining records, advocating for participants, counseling host families and participants, and coordinating services with other community agencies.
  • Participate in the admission process, including screening and matching of host families and participants, arranging pre-placement visits, and making follow-up visits as indicated.
  • Create, review, and maintain paper and electronic case records, and ongoing tracking mechanisms.
  • Act as an educator and advocate for consumers and caregivers in identifying and accessing healthcare and other services or supports.
  • Participate in meetings, case discussions, and discharge planning and implementation.
  • Submit information for documentation required by Division Medical Assistance (DMA), including billing data forms, completion of incident reports, and discharge forms.
  • Complete Home Community Services Information System (HCSIS) reports for Department Developmental Service (DDS) contract consumers.
  • Serve on an after-hours on-call team to respond to consumer needs as assigned.
  • Follow AFC regulations, including regular visitation, caregiver training, annual home safety evaluation, and re-contracting.
  • Advocate, support, and counsel AFC consumers, caregivers, and coworkers.
  • Encourage and assist participant caregivers and guardians to complete Mass Health eligibility forms to secure ongoing Mass Health coverage.
  • Maintain up-to-date records through SAMS.
  • Appropriately refer participants to internal ASNCM programs as needed.
  • Attend outside/external meetings and case conferences as necessary.
Requirements and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • A bachelor's degree in social work or a related field and two years' experience as a Case Manager.
  • A thorough knowledge base of program eligibility criteria for the agency's numerous in-home service options, as well as community resources.
  • Good computer and documentation skills, excellent organizational skills, and a strong ability to prioritize.
  • A Massachusetts social work license, eligibility for such, and/or willingness to establish eligibility within a reasonable time following employment.
  • A master's degree in social work or a related field and one year of related experience is preferred.
Essential Functions

The following physical and mental abilities are required for this role:

  • Visual, speaking, auditory, and mobile capacity necessary.
  • Capacity to see computer screen, read written material, and drive a car.
  • Capacity to hear and speak on the telephone.
  • Capacity to communicate verbally with consumers, caregivers, supervisors, and managers.
  • Capacity for fine manipulation in the frequent use of office equipment such as computers, copy machines, fax machines, telephones, calculators, etc.
  • Capacity to drive in all-weather to visit consumers in their homes.
  • Capacity to navigate uneven terrain in all-weather to visit consumers in their homes.
  • Capacity to climb stairs.
  • Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
  • Occasional reaching and grabbing objects with both hands, twisting of hand and wrist, and pushing and pulling of objects.
  • Occasional bending, squatting, and twisting to perform work functions.
  • Occasional capacity to lift up to 25 pounds.

The following mental abilities are required for this role:

  • Ability to understand and/or interpret complicated program instructions and laws.
  • Capacity to learn complicated computer software.
  • Capacity to deal rationally and calmly with varying personalities.
  • Capacity to work well in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments.
Work Environment

This role will require working in an indoor office environment and traveling outdoors to meetings, trainings, and consumers' homes.

Compensation and Benefits

We offer competitive pay, mileage reimbursement, a great work environment, and a benefits package that includes dental, vision, a 403B retirement plan, flex scheduling/remote options, and generous paid time off.

95149 is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

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