Case Manager - Alternatives to Incarceration
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Compensation Range: $24/hr - $26/hr commensurate with experience
Benefits: We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.
Overview: The Housing Works Inc. Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) Program is a collaboration between Housing Works and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to provide court mandated, risk‑need‑responsivity services to jail‑bound individuals 18 years of age and older who are involved in Manhattan criminal and supreme court systems. Under the supervision of the Clinical Coordinator, the ATI Program Case Manager provides comprehensive, holistic case management support services to clients enrolled and engaging in ATI program services. These support services include referrals to additional medical and behavioral health services, treatment planning and treatment plan reviews, benefits enrollment, connection to external community resources, and program compliance support. The Case Manager will be knowledgeable of court systems and operations and criminal justice risk‑need‑responsivity interventions. They will also have familiarity and skill sets to assist clients with mental health, substance use behavioral health related issues and specific, unique needs of the criminal justice involved population.
Primary Responsibilities:
Provides individualized supportive case management to Housing Works ATI Program clients while engaged in mandated services
Facilitate group level interventions for individuals enrolled in the ATI Program
Refers clients to Housing Works infrastructure of healthcare, employment and re-entry services
Conducts client outreach weekly, including but not limited to phone calls, text alerts, appointment reminders and letters
Participate in interdisciplinary case conferences
Co‑develop comprehensive treatment plans with clients assigned to caseload
Responsible for obtaining weekly client compliance reports from external referral or continuing education services
Maintains essential data for reporting and program evaluation in e ICare, including program enrollment, progress notes, care plans, referral activity, and updating contact information
Builds and maintains resource lists for external services and emergency services (i.e., housing, domestic violence, food pantry, etc.)
Participates in weekly supervision sessions with the Clinical Coordinator
Participates in monthly all‑staff program meetings and bi‑weekly team meetings
Performs other tasks as assigned by supervisor
Displays Housing Works core values in daily activities
Secondary Responsibilities:
Work collaboratively with multi‑disciplinary teams
Provide culturally competent services in accordance to Housing Works policies and practices.
Other Functions:
Attend and participate staff meetings and trainings as scheduled.
Responsiveness to emails, texts and phone calls.
Actively participate in advocacy events and calls to action.
Displays Housing Works core values: All-in, Stronger Together, Membership and High Performance in all day‑to‑day activities.