Rutland, MA, 01543, USA
2 days ago
Spanish Speaking Case Manager
**Description** **Base pay starting at $24.52/hr, additional compensation for higher education/experience in the field up to $28.95/hr.** **3 weeks Paid Orientation Training, M-F 8-5pm** **On-site position, located in Rutland** **Bilingual English/Spanish** **Devereux UCS Program:** Are you interested in making a life-saving difference for children and adolescents? Interested in joining a shelter program for unaccompanied children in Connecticut? If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team! In response to the humanitarian crisis at America’s ports of entry, Devereux provides short-term shelter care services for unaccompanied children who have come to the United States without a parent or legal guardian. Devereux provides extremely high-quality, trauma-informed residential and educational services for unaccompanied children, with support for their social and emotional health. We also ensure they receive excellent and immediate physical healthcare including pediatric, dental and nutritional supports for every child. Devereux’s ultimate goal is to ensure every unaccompanied child who receives our services is successfully and quickly discharged into the loving care of their family sponsor. During the short time they are with us, we ensure they have received best-in-class medical, therapeutic, recreational and educational services designed specifically to address the traumas they have sustained during, and often before, their migration journey. This is a very high benchmark to set, but we have already begun partnering with leading legal defense nonprofits to ensure children in our care have access to the finest immigration advocates and support our country offers. **Position:** The Bilingual Case Manager is responsible for case-specific advocacy and case monitoring activities, ensuring the safe and expedited release of children to potential sponsors that meet the Short-term Shelter program criteria for release. The Case Manager, in consultation with clinician(s), is responsible for assessing the needs of each child in care and develops, implements and coordinates the Individual Service Plan (ISP) for each child. The Case Manager reports to the Lead Case Manager. The Case Manager has a caseload of 8 cases. **Primary Responsibilities Include:** + Develops master treatment plan for child, family and all necessary providers, monitors plan to ensure progress and compliance + Attend medication appointments or psychiatric evaluations as needed + Serves as the liaison for resource and is responsible for ensuring all referral are made for medically necessary treatment + Initiates, develops and maintains collaborative relationships with children, their family members and significant support systems + Facilitates meetings and has primary responsibility for completion and compilation of documentation from all internal and external providers + Serves as liaison on the team for system navigation in obtaining community services and entitlements, securing appointments with outside services and agencies as needed, including identification of funding sources and linkages to other agencies/services + Complete referrals, assessments, treatment plans and required documents + Demonstrates knowledge and skill snecessary to obtain appropiate care, treatment and services for the behavioral health needs of the children + Serves as primary liaison in regard to all levels of care, discharge planning and/or any other area that the family needs support **Benefits & Rewards:** + 24 vacation days (increases with years of service) + 8 sick days + Quality low cost benefits (you can view our plans by visiting https://benefits.devereux.org) + 403(b) plan with employer match/contribution + Employee Assistance Program + **Interested in advancing your career?** Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND - the **first career accelerator program** exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers - the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered (up to $15k reimbursed annually for undergraduate and $25k reimbursed annually for graduate) and student loan repayment! Learn morehere _Keywords: spanish speaking, ORR, immigration, community, case management, child welfare, service referrals_ \#sponsored **Qualifications** **For consideration:** + Must be 21+ with a valid drivers license + Bachelor's degree **required.** behavioral science, human service or social service field preferred + Bilingual (English/Spanish) **required** + One year of child welfare experience working with children and/or adolescents **required** + Fully immunized/vaccinated (or have a medical/religious exemption) for Varicella, MMR, TdAp, Influenza prior to starting. **Schedule:** + Onboarding/background check process can take up to 4+ weeks. You will do a 20 minute phone interview followed by a 45 minute virtual interview with the hiring manager prior to offer + 3 weeks Paid orientation, Monday-Friday, 8-4pm, first 3 weeks of employment + Post orientation, schedule of M-F, day shift. 8 hour shifts. + Position is located on site, in Rutland, MA Devereux conducts a very thorough background check process to ensure the safety of the children in our care. Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible. **Posted Date** _2 days ago_ _(12/18/2024 3:26 PM)_ **_Requisition ID_** _2024-41526_ **_Category_** _Family Support_ **_Position Type_** _Full-Time_ **_Remote_** _No_ The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.
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