Supported Housing Case Manager
About The Position
Our Supportive Housing Case Managers build meaningful, collaborative relationships with individuals living with psychiatric disabilities within our OMH Supportive Housing Program. Your primary goal is to empower residents to access the formal services and natural community supports essential for maintaining a healthy, independent, and productive lifestyle. As a key member of our direct service team, you will provide hands-on support that furthers the mission of the Association for Mental Health & Wellness. This role focuses on high-quality direct care and collaborative teamwork to ensure our residents thrive.
Requirements
- Experience with and knowledge of the New York State and Suffolk County public mental health system. Knowledge of advocacy, self-help and empowerment programs for recipients of mental health services.
- The ability to convey a message of hope and recovery for people with psychiatric disabilities in presentations to providers of mental health services.
- To act in a manner that exemplifies positive morale, role modeling, and judgment in the promotion of a recovery directed program culture.
- To continually seek to enhance one’s skills, proficiency, and practical understanding in all areas pertinent to Peer Support Values, Recovery and Wellness and healthy boundaries.
- Planning, organizing and attention to detail
Responsibilities
- To provide regular scheduled Peer Support visits to OMH Supportive Housing Residents identified by direct supervisor. The Peer Specialist may also be asked to reach out to residents who are struggling with any barriers to wellness and living independently to assist them to identify and use appropriate strategies and access resources.
- To provide transportation and support to residents in the OMH Supportive Housing Program to help to ensure the understanding of the outcomes of medical or mental health care appointments. Assist in obtaining any relevant documentation from any appointments with these providers, as well as helping to ensure that any follow-up appointments are scheduled.
- To provide individual contacts with OMH SH residents that serve to support the resident’s success in living independently. To accurately record these individual contacts on the SH daily encounter log.
- To generate and maintain documentation of individual services in our electronic health record in a manner that is timely and consistent with expected protocols provided in training and supervision.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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