About the Role
As a Care Design New York Care Manager, you will help people with intellectual and/or development disabilities identify and realize their long-term and short-term goals by developing, implementing, and monitoring their person-centered Life Plans. These plans help our members live their best life – so we’ll count on your best relational and organizational skills. Our Care Managers may come from different walks of life, but all receive the best training in the profession. You will plug your passion for service into our model of care to deliver the highest standard of service to our members.
Responsibilities
- Advocate for and with members to ensure informed decision making, informed consent, and appropriate guardianship.
- Schedule, lead, and collaborate with members and their interdisciplinary team to conduct meetings and assessments, ensuring the development of a comprehensive, person-centered Life Plan.
- Implement, update, and monitor Life Plans and facilitate individualized Life Plan reviews and approval processes.
- Ensure integration of all needed and preferred supports and services.
- Maintain ongoing contact with critical people in a member’s life.
- Ensure timely submission of all documentation.
- Assist members with maintaining benefits such as Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid and Medicare coverage, and Food Stamps.
- Assist members to resolve problems in living such as housing, utilities, the judicial system, and general safety.
- Report abuse or neglect immediately when observed or reported.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience, OR
- A License as a Registered Nurse with 2+ years of relevant experience, OR
- A Master’s degree with 1+ year of relevant experience.
- Strong communication skills, including verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills required.
Skills
- Relational skills
- Organizational skills
- Verbal communication skills
- Written communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- New York City
- Remote
- Home visits
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- 1+ year of relevant experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Registered Nurse license
- Master's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $30.00 / hour
- $31.24 / hour
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- $3000 tuition reimbursement per calendar year
- Up to $250 of professional development courses
- Qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
About the Company
- Care Design NY and Partnership Solutions provide equal employment opportunities to all.
- We celebrate the qualities that make each of us unique and greatly value how they enrich the work we do.
- We welcome candidates of color, candidates who identify as gender diverse, neurodiverse candidates, and candidates of all ages with diverse lived experiences and perspectives to apply.
Equal Opportunity
- Care Design NY and Partnership Solutions provide equal employment opportunities to all.
- We celebrate the qualities that make each of us unique and greatly value how they enrich the work we do.
- We welcome candidates of color, candidates who identify as gender diverse, neurodiverse candidates, and candidates of all ages with diverse lived experiences and perspectives to apply.
