Case Associate

Jewish Board; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Jewish Board is seeking a PROS Case Associate to provide supportive and psychiatric rehabilitation services to program participants, helping them achieve housing, work, education, and social goals and integrate into the community.

Under social worker supervision, you will conduct assessments, plan services, document progress, make referrals, and facilitate wellness and skills-building groups while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• BA or BSW degree with some community or social service experience.
• Experience with adults with mental illness preferred; strong writing skills.
• Two years related work experience in behavioral health desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and provide services for assigned caseload under supervision.
• Meet with participants individually to provide PROS services.
• Record progress notes for records and groups.
• Make referrals to other agencies as part of discharge plans.
• Plan and facilitate wellness, skills-building and rehabilitation readiness groups.
• Provide information, advocacy, support and outreach to clients.
• Coordinate care among service providers and involve family in treatment.
• Provide structure and assess independent living skills and guide clients.
• Participate in staff meetings and trainings.
• Prepare for treatment conferences and participate in intake/assessment/discharge.
• Communicate with the treatment team in a timely manner for appropriate client care.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clinical skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Documentation

Assessment & planning

Education

BA or BSW Degree

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

EMR (Electronic Medical Record)

Job description

PURPOSE:

The Jewish Board’s Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff use a culturally affirming, person-centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resiliency of our communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The PROS Case Associate provides program participants with supportive and psychiatric rehabilitation services. The program aims to help each participant achieve a psychiatric rehabilitation goal related to housing, work, education and/or socialization and help participants integrate into the community.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for assessment, service planning and provision of services for assigned caseload, under the supervision of the social worker.
• Meet individually with participants to provide PROS services.
• Recording progress notes for the record and for groups.
• Making appropriate referrals to other agencies as part of discharge plans.
• Planning and facilitating wellness, skills-building and rehabilitation readiness groups, under the supervision of the social worker.
• Participate in program activities aimed at helping individuals reach their goals.
• Provide information, advocacy, support and outreach/engagement services to clients.
• Perform clinically-focused case management activities, including linkage and referrals, coordination of plans between various service providers, and involving family in treatment.
• Provide structure to the client, evaluate and assess usage of independent living skills, and provide guidance in these areas to the client.
• Participate in staff meetings and trainings.
• Prepare material for and participation in treatment conferences. May participate in intake, assessment, discharge and follow-up treatment conferences.
• Communicate in a timely, responsible way with other members of the treatment team for purposes of appropriate client care.
• Other duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Strong clinical direct practice skills and knowledge of evidenced based practices
• Strong communication skills, ability to collaborate well in a multi-disciplinary team

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:

• BA or BSW Degree, with some experience in a community or social service group.
• Experience working with adults who are mentally ill strongly preferred. Good writing skills.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• Minimum work experience of two years related work experience, preferably working with adults with mental illness.
• General knowledge in job development, and job securing is strongly desired.
• Excellent organizational skills, leadership, team work and communication skills. For vocational focused positions related vocational experience is preferred.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook and Word required.
• Experience working in an electronic medical record preferred.

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXTERITY:

• The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform significant data entry into various computer programs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• The work environment involves no physical risk or hazardous conditions.
• To perform the essential functions of this job, the candidate is routinely required to sit (90% of the time) and stand (10% of the time)