Role OverviewPerforms comprehensive assessments for persons seeking long term care services and needing public funding or home and community-based services. Works with family members, significant others, physicians, hospitals, and/or agencies to obtain necessary information to complete assessments and determine appropriate levels of care.
What You Will Do
Makes face to face visits with consumers, completes thorough and comprehensive assessments, and determines the most appropriate and least restrictive Level of Care. Completes required forms and documents, maintains accurate records, and prepares for appeal hearings.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Requires ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, other members of the staff, outside agencies, institutions, and the general public. Must be able to plan and organize work, prepare adequate records and reports, set priorities, and maintain a caseload of clients in an effective manner.
Requirements
- Two (2) years of casework experience
- One (1) year of experience performing assessments of clients' functional ability
- Bachelor's degree with 12 semester hours credit in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, or other related social sciences
- Acceptable Pre-Employment Criminal Background Check
- Acceptable Pre-Employment Drug Screening
- Acceptable Driver history
- Assessor Credentialing Exam and accreditation as an assessor
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Voluntary vaccination against Hepatitis B
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