Aging Care Manager

Job Description

Job Description

An Aging Care Manager 1 position for the Area Agency on Aging of Somerset County participates in formal and informal training sessions, which provide the methods, procedures, rules, and regulations that govern the program and the internal operations of the Area Agency on Aging to which the employee is assigned. This individual is also provided with an increasingly more difficult series of work assignments during their employment in this class title. As knowledge and skills are acquired, the difficulty of assignments increase through individual and group conferences, reading and evaluating records and reports, assignments of professional reading, attendance at training classes, and other training devices. This individual will complete psychosocial assessments and develop care plans that will define met and unmet needs of the consumer. The consumer will be assisted in meeting their individual care needs through the use of Agency and community resources. Monitoring will be required to assure that care needs are being met according to the standards defined by the Department of Aging. This individual will be required to complete data entry within the statewide reporting systems known as SAMS for each consumer assigned to their caseload. An Aging Care Manager 1 is required to complete assessments and perform other related duties within the defined Aging program, as needed.

Specific job duties include the following:

• Completes online self-study training programs for ISP, NFCE and SAMS.
• Reviews Care Management program manuals.
• Meets with department heads to acquire a knowledge base of agency structure and organizations and of the Agency’s programs and service providers.
• Learns how to identify appropriate Agency and community services available to meet consumer needs, as assessed and plan for care provision under the supervision of an Aging Care Management Supervisor.
• Shadows an Aging Care Manager 2 as they counsel consumers and their families to enable them to recognize and prioritize their needs.
• Along with a CM2, discusses care plans with consumers and responsible family members and obtain consent to implement.
• With guidance from a CM2 and supervisor, implements care plans for coordinated service delivery by referring consumers to community service providers and by working cooperatively with Agency staff to arrange for direct services.
• Advocates for consumers who require intensive and long-term assistance.
• Accompanies other care managers on scheduled home visits for reassessments and revisions of care plans, according to established Agency procedures.
• Reviews cases with supervisor and identifies the potential eligibility for consumers regarding additional financial benefits, such as Social Security, Black Lung, SSI, PACE, etc., and assists the consumer in completing applications for these benefits.
• Provides or arranges for consumer transportation and supportive assistance for social service appointments, medical appointments, etc., when required, as part of the care plan.
• With assistance from supervisor, documents all action taken on the consumers’ behalf in the individual consumer case files located on the computerized database.
• Learns how to develop care plans to meet consumer needs by reviewing the consumers’ comprehensive assessment that has been completed by the Care Management staff.
• Assures that all policies and regulations are met regarding consumer information in the Senior Assessment Management System (SAMS).
• Provides financial information to the Agency Fiscal Department as needed.
• Completes yearly paperwork for ongoing guardianships as needed
• Assists the consumer in the development and use of their own potential and resources for adequately resolving their own social, health and emotional problems.
• Assists the consumer in utilizing various community resources to meet identified needs.
• Makes appropriate referrals, with follow-up to other public and private social agencies and community resources in related fields concerning the needs and problems of the consumer.
• Prepares social studies and case histories and reports concerning information secured and services rendered and attends training courses and staff meetings.
• Perform other related duties in the defined aging program as needed.
• Attends work on a regular basis.
• Maintains a professional appearance and demeanor.
• Attends all required meetings and trainings.
• Adheres to and promotes maintenance of Agency confidentiality guidelines.
• Adheres to and promotes Agency policies and procedures.
• Operates and maintains Agency vehicles in a safe manner.
• Promotes safety awareness.
• Performs other related duties as required.

RECRUITMENT MEHTODS:

• Promotion without Examination – See below

• Transfer

• Reassignment

• Voluntary Demotion

• Reinstatement

ELIGIBILITY – ALL CANDIDATES MUST

• Meet the minimum requirements and training experience:

· A Bachelor's Degree which includes or is supplemented by 12 college-level credit hours in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology or other related social sciences; or three and one-half years of experience as an Aging Case Aide and 12 college-level credit hours in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology or other related social sciences; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 12 college-level credit hours in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology or other related social sciences.

• Must be a resident of Pennsylvania.

ELIGIBILITY – COMPETITIVE PROMOTION WITHOUT EXAMINATION ONLY:

• Must have or had regular civil service status in the following local and/or state government job title(s):

Aging Case Aide 2

• Meet the minimum experience and training requirements.

• Meritorious Service will be defined as: (a) the absence of any discipline above the level of written reprimand during the 12 months preceding the closing date on the posting, and (b) the last due regular or probationary performance evaluation was at least a Satisfactory overall rating.

• Seniority will be defined as a minimum of 12 months in the next lower class(es) by the closing date of the posting.

Applications will be reviewed to determine if employees previously held regular status or currently hold regular status in a class for which there is a logical occupational, functional or career development relationship to the posted position or if there is a clear linkage between the required knowledge, skills and abilities of the previously or currently held class with those needed for the posted position.

This job description should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. Incumbents will follow other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by the Director or Assistant Director.

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We are county government. We have lots of job opportunities with opportunity to advance.