Title: Supported Case Manager
Program: PSTP
Salary: $38,000 - $40,000
Program Description:
Project Renewal’s Re-Entry Permanent Housing provides supported housing to 25 men/women with serious and persistent mental illness/dual diagnoses – who also have a history of significant criminal justice involvement/may be under parole supervision. The program directly delivers and/or facilitates access to a broad range of services geared towards clients’ stabilization and community integration.
Overall Responsibilities
Under the general direction of either the Senior Case Manager the Supported Case Manager is responsible for assessing clients to determine what is needed to stabilize them and working with them to create an Individual case Management Plan to address these needs, so they can learn to live independently, acquire appropriate housing to enable them to return to the community; performs related work.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential duties of the Supported Case Manager include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Conducts assessments of clients entering the program, assists them in getting entitlements and benefits, and in collaboration with the clients, develop their Independent Service Plans.
• Reviews the progress with the Independent Service Plans every 3 months, and after 6 months works on the housing plan.
• Visits each client at least two (2) times each month to see if he/she is adhering to the goals in the Individual Case Management Plan as well as adjusting to their living arrangements.
• Inputs contact information regarding each client into the CAIRS and IMA systems, making sure that all notes are done by the end of the month.
• Monitors clients to ensure that they are doing well in managing their affairs such as attending programs, staying on their medication plan, managing their budgets, keeping scheduled appointments, not showing any signs of relapsing, and taking action to move to the next level of the Service Plan.
• As appropriate, identifies issues and liaisons with the Housing Counselors to resolve them.
• Participates in weekly meetings with the entire staff of PSTP to discuss the status of each client in the program.
• Attends weekly and monthly meetings scheduled with the clients.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Valid New York State Driver’s License preferred
• Prior experience working with forensic, mental health, substance abusing population preferred
• Spanish speaking preferred

All newly hired Project Renewal staff must provide verification of being fully vaccinated against Covid-19.