Social Worker

Job Title: Healthcare Consultant

Location: NE OHIO Counties: Cuyahoga, Summit, Marion, Sandusky, Stark, Belmont, Jefferson, Huron, Harrison, L/ake, Geauga, Lorain

Duration:3Months

Schedule:Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, as needed. ·

Pay Rate:$ 27.00/ Hourly/ W-2

Position Summary

• The Case Management Coordinator utilizes critical thinking and judgment to collaborate and inform the case management process, in order to facilitate appropriate healthcare outcomes for members by providing care coordination, support and education for members through the use of care management tools and resources. Must reside in Ohio.

Duties :

• Be clinically and culturally competent/responsive with training and experience necessary to manage complex cases in the community across child-serving systems.

• Evaluation of Members: o Through the use of care management tools and information/data review, conducts comprehensive evaluation of referred member's needs/eligibility and recommends an approach to case resolution and/or meeting needs by evaluating member's benefit plan and available internal and external programs/services.

• Identifies high risk factors and service needs that may impact member outcomes and care planning components with appropriate referral to clinical case management or crisis intervention as appropriate. o Coordinates and implements assigned care plan activities and monitors care plan progress.

Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree or non-licensed master level clinician required

• 2+ years of experience in behavioral health, social services, or human services

• 2+ years of experience with personal computers, keyboard and multi-system navigation, and MS Office Suite applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint).

• 2+ years of experience in children's mental health, child welfare, developmental disabilities, juvenile justice, or a public sector human services or behavioral health care field, providing community-based services to children and youth, and their family/caregivers.

• 2+ years experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise: family systems, community systems and resources, case management, child and family counseling/therapy, child protection, or child development.

• 2+ year of experience with Ohio delivery systems, including local community networks and resources.

• Case management and discharge planning experience.

• Managed Care experience.

• Medicaid experience.

Education :

• Bachelor’s degree or non-licensed master level clinician required, with either degree being in behavioral health, human services, health services, or public health preferred. (i.e. sychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, juvenile justice).