Medical Social Worker - Full Time

Unicity Care Management; Paramus, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

AD&D Insurance

401K with company match

Paid Holidays

Company Cell Phone

Company Laptop

Hybrid Schedule

PTO

Job summary

Unicity Care Management is seeking a Care Manager to oversee a small private-pay caseload, coordinating services and monitoring clients in their homes. The role involves working with Independent Living, Assisted Living, or Nursing Facility residents and collaborating with referral sources to drive client referrals.

The CM will conduct comprehensive assessments, develop care plans with families, and provide crisis support and ongoing counseling.

Qualifications

• Licensed Social Worker with 7–10 years of experience in geriatrics.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Valid Driver’s License and dependable personal vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Perform in depth client assessments across medical, psychosocial, environmental, financial, legal and family factors.
• Complete Fall Risk Assessment, MMSE and Depression Screening for each client.
• Coordinate all service needs and develop a care plan with client/family.
• Conduct regular home visits to monitor status and environment.
• Provide emotional support and counseling to clients and families.
• Collaborate with hospitals, nursing facilities, physicians and other professionals.
• Track time spent on each client for accurate billing.

Skills

Assessment skills

Home visits

Care planning

Crisis intervention

Counseling

Billing documentation

Referral coordination

Education

Licensed Social Worker

7–10 years geriatrics experience

Job description

The Care Manager (CM) will manage a small caseload of private pay clients, provide coordination of services, resources and ongoing monitoring and management to clients in their home. This can include clients who are residents of Independent Living,Assisted Living or Nursing Facilities. Additionally, the Care Manager will help drive business and work with referral sources. Develops strong relationships with Community and professional organizations that will generate client referrals.

Job Duties May include:

• Perform in depth client assessments including medical, psychosocial, environmental, financial, legal and family assessment
• Complete Fall Risk Assessment, Mini Mental Status Examination and Depression Screening for each client
• Recommend and coordinate all service needs for clients
• Work with client and family to develop plan of care to ensure client safety and all other needs are addressed
• Work with client, family, and professional staff to implement plan of care
• Collaborate with hospital, nursing home and AL/memory care staff, physicians and other medical providers as well as attorneys, financial planners, meals on wheels, and other professionals in geriatric service provider world
• Perform regular home visits to monitor client status, home environment or senior community
• Provide ongoing emotional support and counseling to the client and their family as needed
• Provide problem solving support to clients and fellow care managers as needed
• Provide crisis intervention and display critical thinking/problem solving skills
• Work with business development team to meet prospective clients, families and/or referral sources
• Provide back-up support to the GCM team as needed
• Carefully track and document time that is spent on each client to facilitate accurate billing
• Attend educational programs and networking events

Job requirements.

• Licensed Social Workerwith 7-10 years of experience working in Geriatrics
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Valid Driver’s License and dependable personal vehicle

Benefits

• Company sponsored Health Insurance (Medical/Dental/Vision)
• Voluntary life insurance, Short Term Disability, AD&D insurance
• 401K withcompany match
• 15+PTO days a year/ paid company holidays
• Company cell phone &Company Computer
• Hybrid position with flexible schedule