Social Worker (Hybrid)

New Horizons Care Coordinators, serves elderly and disabled clients with complex medical and psychosocial problems, under the guidelines of the Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver Program. The Social Worker plays a key role providing care coordination, and case management services for a client caseload in collaboration with a dynamic interdisciplinary team (IDT). The Social Worker supports client self-determination and promotes client-centered care while ensuring patient care needs are being met with dignity and respect.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Cultivates relationships and partnerships with community providers that support and extend social work interventions.

Establishes and maintains a care management relationship with participants and their significant others as appropriate, offering respect, dignity and support.

Provides advocacy, problem solving and other appropriate interventions as needed.

Consistent with program guidelines, meets regularly with participants to review progress on plan of care goals and modifies as needed.

Documents via CRM service delivery notes, all care management activity regarding identified problems in compliance with program requirements.

Maintains required paperwork and follows a clear, concise, and consistent system of charting to allow for continuity of care.

Establishes and maintains open and effective communication with IDT and other community providers. Provides appropriate information on all significant aspects of individual participant care and program operations, while maintaining necessary confidentiality.

Attends and actively participates in interdisciplinary team and program meetings and contributes to open lines of communication within the team.

Maintaining open lines of communication and providing updates on caseload activity.

All other reasonably related responsibilities as assigned.

EDUCATION:

B.S. in Social Work, psychology, counseling, rehabilitation, gerontology or sociology.

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE:

One year working with disabled adults and/or older adults required.

Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin or Spanish helpful.

Experience with and understanding of the medical and psycho-social problems of functionally impaired adults and older adults.

Experience working with individuals with mental and/or behavioral health diagnoses and substance abuse disorders highly desired.

Detail oriented with good problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

Computer literacy required.

Job Type: Per Diem

Benefits:

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Schedule: Flexible

Ability to Commute:

San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Work Location: In person