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About the Role
Options for Community Living, Inc. is seeking a Case Manager to provide supportive case management services to individuals with mental illness in permanent housing. The role involves monitoring housing sites, evaluating service plans, and connecting residents with community resources.
Responsibilities
- Provide supportive case management services to individuals with mental illness in permanent housing.
- Monitor maintenance of sites and provide on-site visits to scattered housing locations.
- Plan and evaluate service plans and monitor objectives.
- Write progress notes at least bi-weekly.
- Review case management plans and prepare periodic reassessments.
- Perform site visits 1-3 times weekly dependent on client need and desire.
- Provide information regarding community resources and orient residents to the area.
- Assist in securing vocational assessment services, job training, and education programs.
- Provide advocacy services to gain appropriate entitlements and services.
- Intervene in situations requiring immediate attention to ensure resident safety.
- Provide mediation, counseling, behavioral intervention, and crisis management services.
- Consult and coordinate with clients’ families and providers as needed for coordinated service delivery.
- Notify program supervisor/manager of any medical or psychiatric emergency.
- Oversee medication maintenance and assist residents in the development of self-medication skills as needed.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or the equivalent and 2 years of qualifying experience, or a Bachelor's degree and 1 year of qualifying experience.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Valid driver’s license, safe driving record, valid auto insurance, and access to a vehicle is required.
- Qualifying experience: verifiable full or part-time case management or case work with persons with a history of mental illness, homelessness, or chemical dependence.
Skills
- Case management
- Case work
- Time management
- Mediation
- Counseling
- Behavioral intervention
- Crisis management
- Advocacy
Location
- Ronkonkoma
Work Type
- In person
- Field visits required
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1-2 years of qualifying experience
Education Level
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $42,900/year - $54,600/year
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 5 Wellness Days
- 10-22 Vacation Days
- 8 Sick Days
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Assistance
- Wellness Initiatives
- Paid Training
- On-the-Job Training
- Promotional Opportunities
- Mileage reimbursement
- Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- $500 Sign-on Bonus
About the Company
- Options for Community Living, Inc. is committed to helping Long Island’s most vulnerable families and individuals live healthier, more stable, and productive lives.
- Established in 1982 to respond to the need for housing in the community for people with serious mental illness.
- Serves over 2,000 adults and children annually and manages more than 160 residential properties across Long Island.
- Incredible people doing meaningful work.
- Welcoming workforce dedicated to helping the most vulnerable Long Islanders reach their fullest potential.