Client Services Manager​/Social Worker; BSW

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Elder

SAFE Client Services Manager is a key contributor to the Elder

SAFE Center at Charles

E. Smith Life Communities (CESLC). The primary focus for our Client Services Manager is to manage the Elder

SAFE shelter admission process, collaborating with the resident, family members, the Elder

SAFE team, and CESLC associates.

Duties include:

• Collaborating with admissions, accounting, social work, nursing and medical to evaluate clients for eligibility for temporary shelter admission.
• Provide case management, coordinate services and safe protection of confidential information for shelter clients.

Essential job responsibilities:

• Manages the Elder
  
  SAFE shelter admission process and collaborates with the Elder
  
  SAFE team and CESLC associates, including: admission, accounting, social work, nursing and medical to evaluate clients for eligibility for temporary shelter admission, provide case management, coordinate services and safe protection of confidential information for shelter clients.
• Input and review client information in the healthcare portal PCC.
• Manages the helpline (Mon‑Fri 9am‑5pm) providing community referrals and resources to professionals and community members.
• Participates in care plan meetings for shelter clients and coordinates safe discharge from the temporary shelter program.
• Coordinates with internal team members and external partners to assist clients with medical, legal and other appointments during their shelter stay. Coordinate health care aides and transportation services to accompany clients as appropriate.
• Coordinate with outside vendors to schedule and provide trauma informed services to shelter clients.
• Provides safety planning to shelter clients in coordination with the Elder
  
  SAFE team and CESLC security team.
• Sends out communications to campus partners via campus security alerts upon client admission and discharge.
• Provides consultative guidance and training to CESLC associates on issues of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.
• Assists Elder
  
  SAFE team in training internal and external partners on abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.
• Participates in internal and external meetings, coalitions and conferences. Maintains program data and assists in writing reports. Provides occasional after‑hours coverage, in coordination with Elder
  
  SAFE team members. Performs other duties as required.

• This position requires a BSW;
  Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) preferred.
• Must hold State of Maryland licensure. License can be in pending status.
• Two or more years of experience as a social worker providing direct services and case management to older adults in a health care setting, senior living community or Adult Day Care Center.
• Experience working with survivors of elder abuse, domestic violence, family violence or a related field is preferred.

Our commitment to caring for older adults reaches beyond our campus. Elder

SAFE™ Center is an award‑winning program of Charles

E. Smith Life Communities in Rockville, MD, established in 2014 as a comprehensive healthcare‑based elder abuse prevention center whose mission is to provide safe temporary shelter, education and advocacy on behalf of older adults (60 and above) who experience abuse, neglect or financial exploitation by a spouse, partner, family member, caregiver or another third party.

Eligible shelter clients reside at one of the skilled or independent living residences on the CESLC campus and receive comprehensive healthcare and trauma informed services, including: case management and state‑of‑the‑art Holistic Therapy Program offerings (trauma‑informed counseling, yoga, music and art therapy) during their shelter stay.

For more information on our Elder

SAFE Center, visit: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Our total rewards package includes competitive compensation, health benefits, retirement plan, PTO, tuition reimbursement, and proximity to public transportation.

Rockville, Maryland.

This is an EXEMPT, FULL TIME position with standard hours from 9AM to 5:30PM (with flexibility to adjust start/end time). Remote on‑call coverage after normal business hours is required and shared on a rotating schedule with other members of the Elder

SAFE team.