11-037 - Icms Case Manager - Sc/ Bell Shelter - The Salvation Army Southern CA Division

The Salvation Army Southern CA Division

Verified Company

Bell, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Mission Statement
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God.

Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Position Summary

The Salvation Army Bell Oasis Apartments form a 64-unit permanent supportive housing program with on-site property management and case management services.

The Bell Oasis ICMS Case Manager's primary duty is to provide professional and individualized case management services, information, and referrals designed to assist clients with achieving and maintaining health, mental health, and housing stability.

Pay Rate
$23.00/hr. - $27.00/hr.

Essential Functions

Project a clientcentered approach and provide excellent customer service that is sensitive to the challenges that homeless persons with a range of medical and behavioral health issues face as they move into and maintain permanent supportive housing.
Assist clients in their transition from homelessness to permanent housing, motivating, and encouraging clients to work toward their goals, and providing ongoing client support.
Assist individuals at every stage of the housing stabilization process. The services provided must be flexible to meet the individual needs of clients. The intensity of services shall be regularly monitored and adjusted based on each client's level of functioning and acuity of needs. Case management will range from highly intensive individualized support as clients transition from homelessness to permanent housing to less intense support for activities related to maintaining housing and supportive services.
Services provided shall include outreach and engagement; intake and assessment; individualized service planning; housing and rental assistance; linkages to health, mental health, substance use disorder services and other supportive services; ongoing monitoring and followup; assistance with benefits establishment, transportation, and legal issues; crisis management; eviction prevention; client education; housing location services; coordination and collaboration with community partners.
Outreach/Engagement: Process and accept referrals through the Coordinated Entry System (CES), establishing rapport and building a trusting relationship with the potential client and determining whether the potential client is appropriate for the permanent supportive housing program.
Move-

In Assistance:

Coordinate move-in and orient new tenants to their unit/building, including meetings with onsite supportive services staff and other residents, and review of rules and responsibilities included in lease and other documents.

Client Support Services: Assist clients with accessing services to address their immediate needs (e.g., access to food, clothes, and other basic necessities).
Conduct a Department of Health Services (DHS)approved comprehensive psychosocial assessment within Seven (7) business days of the client's enrollment. Assessments must be conducted facetoface and must include an evaluation of the clients' medical, psychosocial, environmental, legal, financial, education, strengths and needs, and available resources.
Ensure there is an understating/ and implement Housing for Health ICMS Program guide.
Develop and implement an individualized Care plans with the client based on the client's psychosocial assessment and/or reassessment. The ISP shall address the needs identified in the psychosocial assessment and describe client's goals, steps to reach goals, timeframes for completing goals, and disposition of each goal as it is met or changed.
Conduct DHSapproved comprehensive psychosocial reassessments and update Care Plan on an ongoing basis, but not less than once every three (3) months. Updates to the Care Plan must include development of new goals, progress made on achieving stated goals, and any changes to goals, steps and/or target dates. Care Plan and case notes shall be entered into the Comprehensive Health Accompaniment and Management Platform (CHAMP), and the Case Manager is responsible for participating in routine CHAMP and other staff training.
Complete every three (3) months quarterly forms required by DHS statement of work; 5x5, Acuity Index, Budget Forms, and Care plans. Complete Satisfactory surveys every 6 months. Ensure its all updated on CHAMP.
Ensure once (1) a month home visits are conducted to observe and explore client's needs.
Participate in Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) trainings.
Maintain regular ongoing client contact and tailor the intensity of services provided, including the frequency of facetoface and home visits conducted, to client's level of functioning and acuity of needs. The frequency of visits will vary and may require a minimum of three (3) or more facetoface visits per week at initial engage