Resident Advocate Care Manager

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Volunteers of America is a non-profit human services organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities. VOALA provides a variety of social services to Los Angeles area communities such as Head Start programs, Upward Bound college prep programs, veterans’ services, homeless shelters, low-income housing program as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Learn more la.org.

PAY RATE: $24.99 - $26.30 Per Hour

BENEFITS: VOALA offers competitive medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

The Resident Advocate / Care Manager I advocates for residents and provides intensive care and intensive case management services to eligible clients, meeting participants at least weekly. The Resident Advocate / Care Manager is the primary point of contact to coordinate services and care for assigned clients. Each Resident Advocate / Care Manager handles a caseload of individuals in need of a wide variety of human services resources and provides the full range of services available, as described below:
Intensive Case Management

Duties include:

The Resident Advocate / Care Manager I shall coordinate the participant’s care in collaboration with the participant, and all members of the participant’s care team (e.g., primary care physician, mental health service provider, substance use disorder service provider, ECM providers, housing navigators, street outreach case managers, family members, etc.) and support the day-to-day operations of the Community by performing the following duties:

• Conducts comprehensive screenings and assessments with individuals (or families) to collect functional, environmental, psycho-social, financial, employment, housing, educational, and health information, as appropriate
  • Assess barriers facing the clients and develop a case plan.
  • Coordinate individualized planning with clients to meet short- and long-term needs.
  • Provide service linkages and support systems to ensure identified needs are met.
• Coordinates case conferences with residents, consults with service team, monitors progress of clients on case plan, assists clients to meet the agreed upon goals.
• Acts as advocate for client before judicial, community, social service, and administrative bodies as needed; facilitates support groups and client participation as appropriate.
• Works with Community Property Management to provide service linkages and support systems to residents to assure individual needs are met.
• Maintains daily contact to identify new and ongoing service needs.
• Coordinates access to supportive services including, but not limited to, health services, medical appointments, and crisis intervention, as needed.
• Other duties as required.

• Assessment: through individual meetings on a regular basis and as part of Intensive Case Management team develop a detailed plan of action to meet the clients needs and find the necessary resources to meet client goals.
• Coaching and Social Support – accompany participants to activities and services.
• Coordinate Case Management as part of team, connecting participants to appropriate services.
• Advocacy for participants before other agencies/community settings.
• Capacity Building – motivating participant progress.
• Coordinate the participant’s care in collaboration with the participant, and all members of the participant’s care team.
• Other duties as required and may be subject to change.

• Must be able to pass a fingerprint clearance, background check, including criminal history, personal references, employment and education verifications.

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Mental Health or other related discipline.
• OR Two (2) years of experience providing direct mental health services or ICMS.

• Minimum one (1) year of experience working with homeless individuals.
• Have experience working with participants with mental…