Case Manager, Housing & Health Access Advocate

HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS - HOUSTON; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston is seeking an experienced case manager to coordinate access to medical care, housing supports, and supportive services for clients who are medically underserved. You will assess needs, develop negotiated care plans, and advocate with outside agencies while maintaining confidentiality and documenting progress.

Responsibilities include building therapeutic relationships, coordinating with clinicians, and ensuring documentation and compliance with program

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a related field.
• At least 3 years of related experience working with homeless and/or medically underserved populations.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and Excel, spreadsheets, and computer data-base systems
• Clinical assessment experience
• Familiarity with working with consumers who have experienced homelessness, substance use, incarceration, and mental illness.
• Recommended: a valid TX driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Provides support services to consumers with physical health, mental health and/or substance abuse problems.
• Builds and maintains a therapeutic relationship with consumers through engagement and negotiated goal setting. Goals may include housing, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, transportation coordination, medical treatment, securing an ID, homeless court, and applying to government funded assistance programs
• Performs assessments of consumer needs and, with consumer, develops a negotiated care plan
• Evaluates and/or revises care plan as indicated with appropriate documentation in progress notes and communicates this to relevant multi-disciplinary team members
• Acts as a liaison and advocates between consumers and a variety of organizations and services, such as medical care, social services agencies, homeless court, and disability benefits
• Develops referral system and cultivates relationships with outside agencies, acts as liaison for patient care referrals
• Maintains all required documentation and required reports on each consumer served to ensure coordinated consumer services and to document program effectiveness
• Maintains agency and consumer confidentiality at all times
• Maintains knowledge of organizational policies
• Meets with the Director of Clinical Operations or the Director of Social Services to report any barriers encountered in obtaining consumer’s records
• Uses motivational interviewing trauma informed care, and other appropriate therapies
• Performs other duties as deemed necessary by supervisor
• Perform(s) travel to offsite destinations for meetings and client coordination.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Clinical assessment

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in a related field

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston is seeking an experienced case manager to coordinate access to medical care, housing supports, and supportive services for clients who are medically underserved. You will assess needs, develop negotiated care plans, and advocate with outside agencies while maintaining confidentiality and documenting progress.

Responsibilities include building therapeutic relationships, coordinating with clinicians, and ensuring documentation and compliance with program