Demo

Care Manager of Children's Health Home

BestSelf Behavioral Health
Buffalo, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 1/30/2026 CLOSED ON 5/20/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Care Manager of Children's Health Home position at BestSelf Behavioral Health?

Job Title: Care Manager of Children's Health Home

Reports To: Senior Care Manager Supervisor

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Starting range: $20.33-$22.21 per hour. Personalized salary reflecting your related experience and academic/credentialed background.

Summary Of Duties

Care Managers provide outreach and enrollment services to children presumed to meet eligibility requirements of New York State's Children's Health Home program. They gather assessments and enter documentation that confirms eligibility and identifies areas requiring supportive services. They work with children, families and service providers to create a comprehensive Plan of care, identify additional service providers as necessary, and coordinate the continuing involvement of families and service providers in the execution of the plan. Care Managers document progress and arrange for eventual transition between health homes as necessary, or from health homes to other levels of service following changes in eligibility.

Responsibilities

  • Document all case activity, including outreach, consent development and assessment, plan development, client progress and transition arrangements.
  • Administer CANS-NY, updating periodically.
  • Develop a comprehensive, family-driven youth-guided Plan of care.
  • Inventory and coordinate existing services relevant to the Plan of Care, identifying and securing additional services as appropriate.
  • Convene and conduct case reviews to assess process;update care plans, and confirm client eligibility.
  • Provide education to family and child concerning the nature and desired effect of services, along with information concerning conditions being treated.
  • Provide Health Home services for children including face to face home visits; collateral phone calls and community linkages.
  • Assure smooth transition of client service into and out of Health Home care, between child and adult health homes, and between inpatient and community care as appropriate.
  • Participate in mandatory and optional training, including but not confined to: CANS-NY, was CHHUNY guided including; family-driven, youth-guided, trauma-informed care; IT, LGBT, Safety in community work, and meeting facilitation.
  • Participate in supervision.
  • Schedule and assigned duties are subject to change based on the needs of the program and the clients we serve.

Required Knowledge And Skills

  • Relevant experience in serving children and families in child welfare, behavioral health, primary health care, or social services.
  • Experience coordinating and participating in team settings.
  • Solid writing and verbal communication.
  • Work effectively and knowledgeably across a broad spectrum of cultural, ethnic, and racial communities.
  • Ability to work in an effective and focused manner when self-directed and beyond immediate oversight.
  • Ability to deliver family-driven, youth-guided services.
  • Familiarity with basic computer functions.
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain a detailed, organized EHR.

Each Care Management Agency will ensure that its teams include Care Managers with experience with a range of special populations, to include experience with children/youth withsubstance abuse and/or complex medical conditions.

Qualifications

  • BA with 2 years relevant experience, OR
  • RN with 2 years relevant experience, OR
  • MA with 1 relevant year experience

Some Things You Can Look Forward To

  • Welcoming, team environment, that inspires you to thrive and be your BestSelf!
  • Rewarding work experience!
  • Generous paid time off
  • Flexible schedule
  • Various student loan forgiveness programs
  • Multiple and diverse health insurance options
  • Many other unique lifestyle & personal insurance options
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • CASAC certification tuition support
  • Professional license/certification renewal reimbursement
  • Defensive driving course reimbursement (if required for position)
  • Career growth and advancement opportunities
  • We look forward to telling you more!

Salary : $20 - $22

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs with skills like those required for the Care Manager of Children's Health Home.

Click the checkbox next to the jobs that you are interested in.

  • Assessment and Diagnosis Skill

    • Income Estimation: $68,757 - $85,089
    • Income Estimation: $68,177 - $89,517
  • Behavioral Therapy Management Skill

    • Income Estimation: $68,757 - $85,089
    • Income Estimation: $79,078 - $104,694
This job has expired.
Employees: Get a Salary Increase
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Care Manager of Children's Health Home jobs in the Buffalo, NY area that may be a better fit.

  • BestSelf Behavioral Health Buffalo, NY
  • Job Title: Care Manager of Children's Health Home Reports To: Senior Care Manager Supervisor FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Starting range: $20.33-$22.21 per hour... more
  • 2 Months Ago

  • Hillside Warsaw, NY
  • Job Summary The Care Manager II services youth and adults in their community setting with the goal of reducing and preventing emergency room visits, hospit... more
  • 2 Months Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!