CARE MANAGER

Job Details

Job Location:

Gloucester, MA 01930

Salary Range: $23.00 Hourly

Senior Care Inc.

Gloucester, Ma

Full-Time Care Manager

35 hours per week M-F

Senior Care Inc. has a full time Care Manager position to provide client-centered assessments and then authorizes, coordinates and monitors services provided to elders to assist them in living independently in their community.

We are seeking an individual with a bachelor’s degree in social work or related field. Effective communication skills are necessary for interaction with the client, family, and other supports. Must be able to utilize a computer for data entry, word processing and to research resources. Experience with elders and/or in a community service setting is preferred.

We offer ongoing training, supportive supervision, great team relations and a sense of challenging, worthwhile work within the local communities we serve. This position is an important part of an Agency that has been in operation for over 50 years and devoted to multiple programs supporting people’s ability to live in the setting of their choice as they age. We have a competitive compensation and benefit package with an emphasis on work life balance in a comfortably sized 100 employee operations with offices in Gloucester and Beverly.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualified veteran, minority, female, disabled, bilingual and LBGTQ+ candidates of all ages, religions and national origins are encouraged to apply.

www.seniorcareinc.org

Licensure:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Licensure in Social Work at the LSW level, or eligible, or licensure pending; or commitment to obtain said licensure within a reasonable time frame. If not licensed upon hiring, agrees to attend bi-weekly licensure supervision until licensed.

Continuing

Education:

Will be maintained by Care Managers in accordance with their licensure requirements.

Experience working with older people and/or experience working in a community service setting is preferred.

Skill/Knowledge:
Ability to assess needs and problems, and to develop appropriate, individualized, goal-oriented service plans.

Intermediate Computer Skills. Must be able to utilize a computer for data entry, word processing, and to research resources.

Ability to work independently.

Ability to establish an effective consumer/case manager relationship.

Effective communication skills necessary for appropriate interaction with consumer, family and other formal and informal care systems.

Awareness of the aging process, and of dependency issues and their effect on consumers, as well as a respect for the consumers’ right to self-determination.

• Lifting & Carrying at a light level (up to 10 pounds).
• Pushing & Pulling at a light level (up to 10 pounds).
• Stooping & Crouching on a frequent basis.
• Reaching the hands and arms in any direction.
• Seeing: acuity, depth perception, and field of vision are such that one can identify, judge, and react to objects or the environment.
• Oral & Graphic Expression of the English language in a clear and effective manner.
• Understanding of Spoken & Written English in a manner that promotes effective communication.
• Organizing, Directing, & Planning an entire activity/process or the activities of others.

• Intelligence displayed through an ability to learn, reason, and make judgments given a variety of situations, tasks, or environments.
• Generalizing, Judging, or Decision Making of information against judgmental or verifiable criteria.
• Perform job tasks under stress when confronted with critical or unexpected situations.

• Motor Coordination displayed through eye, hand/finger movement and accuracy.
• Handling by seizing, holding, grasping,…