Care Manager - Passport​/Assisted Living Waiver

Care Manager - Passport/Assisted Living Waiver

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$50,000.00/yr - $58,593.60/yr

Reports to:
Passport Care Manager Supervisor

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Dedicate yourself to an Organization and Mission you can be proud of by joining the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging!

Our Mission: We provide choices for people to live independently in the place they want to call home.

About Us: Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging (WRAAA) is a private non-profit corporation located, organized and designated by the State of Ohio to be the planning, coordinating and administrative agency for federal and state aging programs in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina Counties. It is one of twelve Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) in the state organized together with local service provider organizations and the Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) to form the state's public aging services network.

The network works together to create opportunities for Ohioan's to receive needed home and community services and supports; and to age successfully in their own homes and communities.

Candidates we love…

• Self-motivated and compassionate Social Workers (LSWs) and Registered Nurses (RNs) looking to be part of a Best-in Class organization
• Team players who are committed to providing superior service to all they serve
• Enthusiastic professionals excited to grow with an organization that values dedication, innovation and collaboration.

What Our Staff Loves About Us…

• A generous six week PTO program and paid holidays
• An investment in professional development through a substantial, annual training funds allotment
• Paid Parking in a covered garage
• A 401K program with company match
• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits and so much more…

Position Overview: The goal of the Passport Care Manager is to assess, arrange, coordinate, monitor, evaluate, educate, and advocate for a package of multiple services to meet the consumer’s needs in the community.

Job Duties:

• Conduct comprehensive in-person needs assessment on an ongoing basis and as required. Assessment includes obtaining the consumer’s health history through consumer/caregiver reporting, data collection, medical records, and collaboration with physicians and related health care professionals. Assessment addresses the consumer’s functional, psychosocial, socio-cultural, and resource/financial status in relationship to their strengths, challenges, opportunities, and formal/informal support systems.
• Establish a care plan to meet the consumer’s health care needs in the community. Care planning includes direct intervention by the care manager and direct service provision from community resources and from the contracted provider network. Care planning addresses specific consumer outcomes. Care planning at the system level includes reporting unmet needs to the appropriate department for strategic planning within the Agency for resource development.
• Implement and coordinate the delivery of services through the authorization of contracted services, through referrals to community agencies and through the mobilization of consumer’s informal supports.
• Evaluate and monitor the appropriateness of the care plan in meeting consumer needs based on consumer outcomes and make necessary adjustments to the plan to assure that goals are met.
• Advocate in the best interest of the consumer through negotiation, collaboration, and communication on issues relating to the goals and objectives of the established care plan. In doing so, the care manager may act as a representative, liaison, mediator, or educator to obtain and maintain the most supportive environment for the consumer.
• Educate the consumer on issues of health promotion, illness prevention, crisis management, general well-being, and in maneuvering within the health care system.
• Educate the consumer and service providers regarding the roles and…