Job Information
Project Renewal, Inc. Case Manager in Bronx, New York
Title: Case Manager
Program: Leona Blanche House
Salary: $48,000 per year
Program Description:
Leona Blanche House Residence is an extended stay, service-enriched single-room occupancy residence providing housing for 53 formerly homeless single adults with chronic mental illness, some of whom are dually diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder.
Overall Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Assistant Program Director, the Case Manager will work as a key member of an interdisciplinary team including a Nurse, Psychiatrist, Case Managers, and Case Aides.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential duties of the Case Manager include but are not limited to the following activities:
Provide direct client service including assessment, service planning, groups, and counseling
Complete psychosocial assessments and detailed, accurate progress notes within required timeframes
Work collaboratively with the on-site Nurse, Psychiatrist, and Case Aides to assess and provide support for residents with regards to medication management, activities of daily living, and money management
Develop individualized service plans in collaboration with residents
Maintain regular and ongoing collateral contact with mental health treatment providers, and other community-based providers of service.
Advocate on behalf of residents, and accompany to appointments where necessary
Participate in weekly clinical team meetings and monthly community meetings
Qualifications:
Must have at minimum a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or other Human Services related field with significant experience working with the mentally ill and or dually-diagnosed, homeless population.
Master’s Degree in Social Work is strongly preferred.
Bilingual preferred; Spanish.
Project Renewal is an equal opportunity employer. Its long-standing policy has been to embrace the equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to actual or perceived race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, religion or creed, gender (see separately issued Gender Discrimination policy for more detail), physical or mental disability, age (18 and over), military status, arrest record, marital status, domestic partnership status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, sexual orientation, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, unemployment status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.
Job Details
Pay Type Hourly
Employment Indicator Regular
Education Level Bachelor’s Degree
Hiring Min Rate 48,000 USD