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Recuperative Care Coordinator

Job ID:3927

Salary:$31.45 - $33.1 Per Hour

Area of Interest:Health Support Services

Division:Adult Services

Shift Type:Day

About Us:

VOALA

Helping Our Most Vulnerable Change Their Life Stories

Volunteers of America is a non-profit human services organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities. VOALA provides a variety of social services to Los Angeles area communities such as Head Start programs, Upward Bound college prep programs, veterans- services, homeless shelters, low-income housing programs as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Learn more atwww.voala.org.

PAY RATE:$31.45 - $33.10 Per Hour

BENEFITS:VOALA offers competitive medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

JOB SUMMARY AND PURPOSE

The Recuperative Care Coordinator will provide case management of clients and for housing, benefits, psychiatric appointments, as well as doctor follow up appointments when clients are directly admitted from a hospital. The Recuperative Care Coordinator shall also oversee medication fills and refills with pharmacy, as required, and locate primary care doctors for clients if they do not have one.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Handles caseload of higher acuity clients

+ Conducts comprehensive screenings and assessments with individuals (and families as appropriate) to collect functional, environmental, psycho-social, financial, employment, housing, educational, and health information, as appropriate

+ Assess barriers facing the clients and develop a case plan.

+ Coordinate individualized planning with clients to meet short- and long-term needs.

+ Provide service linkages and support systems to ensure identified needs are met.

+ Coordinates case conferences with clients, consults with service team, monitors progress of clients on case plan, assists clients to meet the agreed upon goals.

+ Acts as advocate for client before judicial, community, social service, and administrative bodies as needed; facilitates support groups and client participation

+ Network and communicate with referral agencies and community resources, including coordination with primary health providers, as well as family members

+ Participates and assists with outreach events

+ Other tasks as may be required to meet the program goals, and goals of program participants

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

+ Assessment: through individual meetings on a regular basis and as part of Case Management team develop a detailed plan of action to meet the client-s needs, set goals and find the necessary resources to meet those goals

+ Coaching and Social Support - accompany participants to activities and services

+ Coordinate Care and Case Management as part of team, connecting participants to appropriate services

+ Advocacy for participants before other agencies/community settings

+ Capacity Building - motivating participant progress

+ Outreach and Engagement - Network with service providers, client family members and other natural supports to promote client goals.

+ Other duties as required and may be subject to change

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

+ Must be able to pass a fingerprint clearance, background check, including criminal history, personal references, employment and education verifications

EDUCATION:

+ Master's degree in social work, psychology, or counseling from fully-accredited college or university.

EXPERIENCE:

+ Minimum of 2 years of providing human services to a special needs- population, including at least 1 years of complex clinical experience in homelessness, addictions, under-served population, or prison re-entry/diversion program;

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

+ 3 years of complex clinical experience in program(s) serving homelessness, addictions, under-served populations or prison re-entry/diversion.

Volunteers of America is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This employer participates in E-Verify as required by the federal government and will provide the federal government with your Form 1-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (OHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.