Care Manager

LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY

REPORTS TO: Care Management

DEPARTMENT: Integrated Health - Care Management

SCHEDULE: Full Time / Hybrid

$1,000 Hiring Incentive

Mercy First is a not-for-profit human and social service agency that has been serving children and families in need since we were founded by the Sisters of Mercy/Hermanas de las Misericordia in 1894. Today our agency continues to address the emotional and physical needs of children and families in Brooklyn, Queens and across Long Island through innovative treatments and life-changing interventions.

We provide community-based prevention and family foster care services, group homes in the community for struggling children and families within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and short-term residential services for unaccompanied migrant children. Each year, Mercy First serves more than 3,000 children, teenagers and families overcome enormous obstacles, re-imagine their futures and develop their full potential.

Mercy First is a proud member of the Collaborative for Children and Families Health Home serving youths 0 to 20 years of age. In Mercy First Health Home operations and in the Care Management role specifically, we are expected to honor the following core values which guide our activities and programs:

Within the Health Home structure, the Care Manager plays a critical role in achieving the overall goals for coordination, integration and partnership in the delivery of care to children and families with complex needs. The Care Manager develops and implements a patient-centered, comprehensive Plan of Care for the member, in partnership with his/her caregivers and providers. The Care Manager also is a central point of contact for the family and child, to ensure that their needs are being met, their voices are heard, and their needs and preferences are integrated into plans of care.

Likewise, the Care Manager is the key link among all service providers for each family, working to ensure that all providers are operating with complete, current and consistent information, and that they are aligned in the goals they each are pursuing with the family and child.

The Care Manager is ultimately responsible for the overall provision and coordination of services to assigned caseload. The Care Manager guides program enrollees and their caretakers (legal guardians) through the health care system by assisting with access issues, developing relationships with service providers, and tracking interventions and outcomes.

• Bachelors in social work or Associates in related field
• Bi-Lingual Spanish
• 2 years of related work experience in serving children and families in child welfare, developmental disabilities, mental health, healthcare and/or other systems as well as those receiving preventive services.
• Experience providing service coordination and information, linkages, and referrals for community-based services.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Ability to engage with clients
• Understanding and willingness to commit to the agency’s Mission, core values, Sanctuary Commitments and Social Justice.

• Obtains required Care Management enrollment consents from the individual or legal guardian
• Completes initial and ongoing needs assessments (CANS) to determine the individual’s most appropriate level of care management.
• Responsible for the overall management of the patient’s Individualized Plan of Care.
• Develop a patient centered Individual Plan of Care and complete assessments.
• Support adherence…