Job Location
Hoke Center - Raeford, NC 28376
Pay Scale
$23.08 - $24.04 per hour
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Health Spending Account
- Company-Paid Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- 401(k)
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
- Employee Assistant Program
- Referral Bonus Opportunities
- Extensive Internal Training Program
Summary
Under direct and indirect supervision, provides case management assessment, person‑centered planning and documentation, referral and linkage, and monitoring/follow‑up.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide care management assessment/reassessment, develop care plans, refer and link to needed services, monitor/follow up with clients and referrals, provide health promotion education, and ensure metrics for outcomes are met.
- Participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning, and consultation activities, ensuring all involved parties are aware of the plan of care.
- Provide crisis intervention consultation to all participants of TCM and involve crisis services when needed.
- Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Care Management Assessment
- Document the client’s service needs, strengths, resources, preferences, and goals to develop a Care Management Plan.
- Gather information regarding all aspects of the recipient, including medical, physical, psychosocial, behavioral, financial, social, cultural, environmental, legal, and vocational/educational areas.
- Integrate all current assessments, including the comprehensive clinical assessment and medical assessments, and information from the HIE/Tailored Plan and the primary care or specialty care physician.
- Identify early conditions and needs for prevention and amelioration.
- Consult with other natural and paid supports such as family members, medical and behavioral health providers, and educators.
- Perform periodic reassessment to determine whether a recipient’s needs or preferences have changed.
Care Management Plan / Documentation
- Ensure person‑centered information is gathered and that the consumer’s health and safety risks are assessed prior to developing the care plan.
- Work in conjunction with the client, family, friends, and providers who have experience with the person.
- Perform periodic revision of the plan based on information collected.
- Assist the person to obtain the desired outcomes/skills/symptom reduction.
- Contact the primary care physician to obtain clinical information necessary for goals.
- Facilitate provider choice process, maintain objectivity, and provide fact‑finding assistance.
- Ensure signed Authorization to Disclose Health Information forms are obtained and on file before releasing information.
- Document released information on the Accounting of Release and Disclosure form.
Referral / Linkage
- Coordinating the delivery of services to reduce fragmentation of care and maximize mutually agreed outcomes.
- Facilitate access to and connect recipients to services and supports identified in the Plan.
- Make referrals to providers, schedule appointments, and assist the recipient during transitions through levels of care.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration among all service providers and the recipient.
- Assist recipient in establishing and maintaining a medical home and in establishing OBGYN and prenatal care when needed.
Natural Support / Services Not Funded Through the Tailored Plan
- Assist consumer and legally responsible person in accessing natural community supports such as educational services, transportation, support from friends/family/church, etc.
- Coordinate paid supports/services with other available community resources to ensure best possible treatment and care.
Monitoring / Follow‑Up
- Ensure services are provided in accordance with the Care Management Plan.
- Confirm that the services in the plan are adequate and effective.
- Monitor changes in the needs or status of the recipient and assess progress toward goals.
- Document monitoring and actions taken or planned in the consumer’s record.
- Maintain a sufficient monitoring schedule to ensure health, safety and welfare.
- Monitors progress or lack thereof through observation, interview, and documentation review.
Coordination
- Work closely with the consumer, provider agencies, and others to avoid or resolve scheduling conflicts, duplication of effort, and other problems.
- Assist consumer in obtaining entitlement services whenever possible.
- Monitor the consumer’s continued eligibility for Medicaid and/or NC Health Choice and assist in preventing coverage lapse.
Outcomes
- Be responsible for the behavioral health quality metrics for assigned members.
Units Billed Minimum Requirement
- High Acuity: At least four care manager‑to‑member contacts per month, including at least one in‑person contact.
- Moderate Acuity: At least three contacts per month and at least one in‑person contact quarterly.
- Low Acuity: At least two contacts per month and at least two in‑person contacts per year, approximately six months apart.
Education and/or Experience
- An associates or bachelor’s degree in a human service field with two years MH/SA/DD experience with the population served;
- A licensed RN with two years MH/SA/DD experience with the population served;
- A Master’s with licensure, Master’s in a human service field with one year MH/SA/DD experience with the population served;
- A bachelor’s outside of a human service field with four years’ MH/SA/DD experience with the population served.