Under the supervision of the Case Manager and Kairos Program Director, the Social Services Assistant supports the case management functions on the medical respite unit and Kairos House, our permanent, supportive housing and recovery program.
Essential Functions:
Supports the case management functions on the medical respite unit (20 hours per week) by:
- Assisting with tasks related to patient intake on the respite unit.
- Assisting with verification of insurance status of new admissions and applies for appropriate insurance coverage.
- Coordinating appointments with the Unit Clerk that have been arranged by the case managers.
- Collecting, maintaining, and summarizing case management statistics and records as required by The Community Partnership and Ryan White Grant.
- Assisting in obtaining and verifying patient entitlements.
- Assisting in developing and maintaining resources used to support case management services (i.e. manuals, lists, etc.)
- Facilitating weekly psychiatric referrals and appointment scheduling.
- Gathering patients for daily meetings and appointments.
Supports case management functions at Kairos House (20 hours per week) by:
- Serving as a therapeutic, supportive presence for the Kairos Program members.
- Providing regular face-to-face contact with Kairos Program members to assess case management needs.
- Assisting Kairos Program member with obtaining or recertifying benefits (e.g. SNAP, SSI/SSDI, Medicaid, LifeLine, etc.)
- Overseeing Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data entry and HMIS compliance with The Community Partnership contract requirements.
- Maintaining paper client files.
- Tracking Kairos Program member meeting attendance and volunteer hours.
- Assisting Kairos Program Director with planning and facilitating community building events.
- Developing reports as needed.
- Participating in weekly Kairos Program team meeting.
Performs other duties as requested.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person