Innovations Waiver Care Manager

Role Overview

• Provide complex care coordination and monitoring to members having a primary Intellectual or Developmental Disability, which may include secondary mental health or substance abuse, and/or complex medical/physical health needs.
• Utilize person centered planning methods/strategies to gather information, to get to know the members supported and to adequately address specific needs of the individual.
• Provide education and support to members in learning about and exercising rights and responsibilities.
• Consistently complete Discovery activities (information gathering and assessment) as a component of the planning process.
• Ensure that members/legally responsible people are informed of services available (all types of Medicaid and state-funded services), service options available (e.g. Individual/Family Direction for Innovations participants), processes (e.g. requirements for specific service), Natural and community services, and so forth.
• Assist members/legally responsible people in choosing service providers, ensuring objectivity in the process.

Requirements

• Must meet QP status.
• Fully licensed by the NC governing board regulating Human Services professions; OR Fully licensed RN who is licensed to practice in the state of NC by the NC Board of Nursing who also has four (4) years of full-time experience with the MH/DD/SA population served.
• A graduate of a college or university with a Master’s degree in a human service field and has one year of full-time, pre or post-graduate degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the MH/DD/SA population, or a substance abuse professional who has one year of full-time, pre or postgraduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; OR A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field and has two years of full-time, pre or post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the MH/DD/SA population, or a substance abuse professional who has two years of full-time, pre or post bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling; OR A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field other than human services and has four years of full-time, pre or post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the MH/DD/SA population, or a substance abuse professional who has four years of full-time, pre or post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling.
• Additionally, If serving members with LTSS needs, the care manager, must meet the minimum QP requirements defined above (A-D) and shall additionally have at a minimum two (2) years of prior LTSS and/or HCBS coordination, care delivery monitoring and care management experience. This experience may be concurrent with the years of experience required to become a Qualified Professional.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must reside in North Carolina and within 75 miles of the following Trillium counties: Duplin, Sampson, Wayne, or Lenoir.
• Must be able to travel within catchment as required.

Benefits

• Health Insurance with no premium for employee coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 24 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) plus 12 paid holidays in your first year
• NC Local Government Retirement Pension (defined-benefit plan)
• 401k with 5% employer match and immediate vesting
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying employer
• Quarterly stipend for remote work supplies