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Northwest Senior and Disability Services is seeking a social services worker to manage a set of consumer cases. Our agency is an innovative and forward thinking with a deep commitment to helping others. We are looking for someone who believes in serving the seniors and adults with disabilities in our community.
If you live with integrity and are professional, compassionate, and customer-service-oriented you are the type of person we want to hire. We live these principles every day, in all we do. These are our core values.
Recruitment #: 363-11-22
Location: Salem, OR
Salary: Starting at $4,391 per month, with excellent benefits (See below)
Closes: Open Until Filled
Agency Sponsored: Medical/Dental 100% paid for employee and 90-98% for dependents: generous Paid-time off, Public Employee Retirement (PERS), Employee Assistance Plan, Long Term Disability, great culture.
Employee paid: Deferred Compensation, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Colonial Life Supplemental Plans, Legal Shield.
General Description
Performs professional-level work in the provision of social services for a caseload comprised of either seniors and/or adults with disabilities.
Essential Functions
1. Collaborate with other staff members
2. Assess consumers’ non-financial needs for specific social services
3. Develop consumer care plans in accordance with regulations
4. Monitor and update the consumers’ care plan according to the changing care needs of consumers
5. Provide customer service to the consumer according to privacy regulations
6. Know about a broad range of social services options
Job-Specific Skills Needed to Meet Agency Expectations
In order to best serve consumers, case managers must know, or be able to learn:
General Skills Needed to Meet Agency Expectations
Must be able and willing to perform the following:
(For Bilingual positions only)
Ensure Non-English speaking consumers receive services
Minimum Qualifications - Experience and Education
A qualified applicant will have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, humanities, or liberal arts. In addition, the qualified applicant will have at least two (2) years of equivalent combination of education and experience, which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities required will be considered.
(For Bilingual positions only)
This role is best suited to people with social services experience. While not required, experience working with seniors or adults with disabilities and familiarity with Oregon ACCESS and CAPS and other related software is a plus.
Work Environment and Physical Demands
Case Managers typically work in an office environment. They:
Contact with the public in home or office environments may risk exposure to people with contagious diseases or irrational/hostile behavior and contact with domestic animals.
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Other Requirements
COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
In accordance with the vaccination order issued by the state of Oregon all new hires in this position must comply with Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 333-019-1010, COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Healthcare Providers and Healthcare Staff in Healthcare Settings. To be in compliance with this rule, an employee must be fully vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination, or provide a medical or religious exemption request form by their first day of employment.
Proof of vaccination means documentation provided by a tribal, federal, state or local government, or a health care provider, that includes an individual’s name, date of birth, type of COVID-19 vaccination given, date or dates given, depending on whether it is a one-dose or two-dose vaccine, and the name/location of the health care provider or site where the vaccine was administered. Documentation may include but is not limited to a COVID-19 vaccination record card or a copy or digital picture of the vaccination record card, a print-out from the clinic, or the Oregon Health Authority’s immunization registry.
Religious or Medical exceptions must be documented on an OHA COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Exception Request Form or COVID-19 Vaccine Religious Exception Request Form. These forms can be found online or requested from the HR department.
To be successful, candidates must:
Supervisory Responsibilities
None.
Classification: Case Manager, Bilingual Case Manager
Position Number: Varies
Salary Range: R20/R21 for bilingual
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Unit: Varies
Location: Varies
Reports to: Program Manager
Union Status: Represented
Last Revision: July 2022
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by an employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned, including work in other Agency unit/location to ensure workload coverage. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.
Full Time
$79k-96k (estimate)
05/17/2023
05/22/2024