Care Manager; Auburn, MA

Nonotuck Resource Associates is currently seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to join our team as a Care Manager. The Care Manager will play a crucial role in providing oversight and support for shared living homes, working closely with individuals receiving services, their families, caregivers, and service partners to enhance personalized services and relationships. If you are passionate about person-centered care and have experience in AFC, Shared Living, and Community Support, we invite you to apply.

Nonotuck Resources Associates () is a community-based agency providing residential services to people with disabilities since 1972. We believe in the vision of life sharing and its transformative power of caring for a person in a home-setting, Nonotuck provides personalized supports to people by matching them with caring providers who open their hearts, their minds and their homes.

Just shy of 1,200 people receive Caregiving with Love in either Shared Living or Adult Family Care. Each person is surrounded by loving, dedicated, experienced and compassionate team members who provide values-based services driven by personal preference, community inclusion, and the goal of a diversity of freely given relationships.

• Sign-On Bonus $2,000
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, and Dependent Care Account Options
• Paid Time Off
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Annual increase with Profit Sharing
• Hybrid Office/Work from Home Model
• Mileage reimbursement
• Flexibility

• Member Intake and Assessments
  • Conduct the intake and assessments process, recruitment, and caregiver screening for new referrals and as required thereafter.
• Staff Recruitment and Management
  • Recruit, hire, train, schedule, and support Direct Care staff as needed.
  • Provide supervision, training, and evaluation of caregivers.
• Individualized Plans of Care
  • Develop and/or maintain detailed Individualized Plans of Care & assessments per service type.
• On-Site Visits and Meetings
  • Conduct on-site visits with each member and caregiver per determined need, and more often as needed.
  • Attend a variety of meetings, fully prepared beforehand, as required.
• Health Monitoring and Referrals
  • Monitor the health status/general needs of all members and caregivers to ensure proper care delivery, making referrals as needed.
  • Notify the team of any changes in health status and collaborate with the member’s physician and other pertinent parties.
• Team Collaboration
  • Work within your team to ensure effective communication and collaboration with agency employees, caregivers, families, guardians, people supported, and funding sources.
• Documentation and Progress Notes
  • Complete progress notes at each visit, along with other requirements per service type, and distribute and file accordingly.
• Discharges and Transitions
  • Plan for and implement appropriate discharges or transitions of care.
• Human Rights Officer and Committees
  • Serve as a Human Rights Officer per specific services.
  • Participate in meaningful committees across the agency.
• Educational Information and Training
  • Provide ongoing educational information and training to all members and caregivers on health and aging, including member-specific and seasonal health conditions.
• Multi-Role Functionality
  • Ability to function as an Adult Family Care - Care Manager, Community Support Specialist (CSS), DDS Care Manager, as needed.
• On-Call System and Weekend Work
  • Participate in the on-call system.
  • Work weekends as required during the course of the year.

• Bachelor's Degree, Social Work License, and two years of experience working with elderly or disabled adults.
• Recent experience with elders, those who have been diagnosed with /D, ABI, or who have chronic conditions affecting their ability to live safely in the community.
• Experience with elders, those who have been diagnosed with /D, ABI, or who have chronic conditions affecting their ability to live safely in their community.
• Knowledge of AFC and DDS regulations and guidelines.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability…