Case Manager II

** I. Major Responsibilities:
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Child Safety:  Ensures the consistent safety of all children through active involvement, coordination, and participation in their daily activities. Maintains continuous visual contact with all children.  2.
Counseling and Clinical Monitoring:  Promotes successful involvement in regular, productive daily activity, such as work or school, and, as indicated, successful reintegration into family and community living.  Assesses overall health of parent-child relationship and parenting skills of residents, conducts individual assessment of social and emotional needs of individual children, works closely with Early Intervention and Schools to provide developmental assessment of all children.

Facilitates clinical assessment of children as needed.
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Community Living:  Works with children to assist with activities of daily living and foster a sense of safety in the residence which includes personal hygiene and self-care skills, and other interventions as necessary.
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Consultation:  Consults with other service providers or institutions providing services to children, e.g., courts, schools, Early Intervention Program, Department of Youth Services, Department of Social Services, etc.; documents all consultations.  5.
Nutrition:
Ensures healthy menu planning, food shopping, and meal preparation through coordination and assistance with meals.
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Medical and Medications:  Ensures children receive medical examinations in accordance with recommended schedules of pediatric care.  Monitors children’s medication refills, documentation of medication administration and changes in medication orders, assists with attending appointments, and safe storage of medications.  Ensures children's immunizations are up to date in accordance with BSAS recommendations unless the child's parent or legal guardian has stated in writing that vaccinations or immunizations conflict with his or her sincere religious beliefs or if the child's practitioner has stated in writing that the vaccination or immunization is medically contraindicated.  

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Services:  Provides on-site services and activities for children who are not in community-based childcare programs or in school. Such services shall be designed to promote the child's development and shall be available for children of all ages, including adolescents.  8.
Continuity of Care:  Participates in treatment teams, case conferences, and collaborate with other providers for designated residents. Refer children from birth to age three for a Developmental Assessment through an Early Intervention Program (EIP) certified by BSAS.  9.
Routine Paperwork:  Prepares daily log entries, incident reports, and other required paperwork to ensure the program meets applicable standards.
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Facility Upkeep:  Works with children to maintain the residence on a daily basis including age-appropriate chores, bedroom upkeep, etc.
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Other Duties:  Other related duties as assigned to provide quality rehabilitation services. May include transporting residents in personal car and/or program van, physical assistance, and other such duties.  12.
Maintain

Competencies:

Human Rights, Dual Diagnosis, Infection Control, CPR, First Aid, agency and divisional policy and procedures as well as other required competencies.  13.
Maintains confidentiality.  14.
Maintains and comply with regulations for DMH, HUD, BSAS and DPH Certification.  15.
Uses effective communication with consumers, peers and other professionals that is sensitive to the racial/ethnic/cultural/class backgrounds.  16.
Uses ability to write behaviorally stated treatment plans.
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Effective ability to observe, document, teach and respond to mental and physical health as well as other needs of consumers such as community living skills, medication education, crisis intervention, etc.
** Experience/

Skills:

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Experience working with the program’s population.  Preferred:  1.
Bilingual skills.

** III. Physical Demands and

Environmental Conditions:

** 1.
Travel is required as part of this position, which includes travel to/from families’ homes, community settings, and CHL sites.
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Work assigned hours may include weekend rotation and…