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Responsible for ensuring effective psychosocial intervention, positively impacting a patient's ability to manage his/her chronic illness.

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Social Work Case Manager

Responsible for ensuring effective psychosocial intervention, positively impacting a patient's ability to manage his/her chronic illness.

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Utilizes available community, government, and/or client resources needed to address participant's limitations or support interventions in the management of the participant's chronic condition.
• Manages behavioral and psychosocial needs that result in improved clinical and financial outcomes and delivers social work interventions.
• Assists members to effectively utilize available resources to meet their personal health needs and help them develop their own capabilities.
• Evaluates members' ability to independently manage self and locate alternative resources when limitations are identified via a Social Work Psychosocial evaluation.
• Provides guidance to members seeking alternative solutions to specific social, cultural or financial problems that impact their ability to manage their healthcare needs.
• Evaluates members' strengths related to health self-management, develops strategies to support healthcare needs and implements plans in support of case decisions.
• Facilitates and coordinates behavioral health resources as individual member needs are identified.

Requirements:

• Requires MS (at a minimum) in Social Work or 3 years of experience in case management in a health care environment; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
• Current unrestricted LMSW or LCSW (or equivalent) license in applicable state(s) required.
• Bilingual (Spanish) or multi-language skills preferred.

Compensation: $69,460K - $104,190K & bonus eligible

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