Job DescriptionJob Purpose:
Accomplishes clients' care by assessing treatment needs; developing, monitoring, and evaluating treatment plans and progress; facilitating interdisciplinary approaches; monitoring staff performance.
Duties:
*Admits new clients by reviewing records and applications; conducting orientations.
* Determines clients' requirements by completing intake interviews; determining need for therapeutic medical, psycho-social, and psychiatric evaluations; reviewing therapist evaluations, treatment objectives, and plans.
* Establishes clients goals by setting schedules and routines; coordinating services being provided; arranging resources, including transportation and escort.
* Monitors cases by verifying clients' attendance; observing and evaluating treatments and responses; advocating for needed services and entitlements; obtaining additional resources; intervening in crises; providing personal support.
* Maintains clients' records by reviewing and updating case notes; logging events and progress.
* Communicates clients' progress by conducting weekly interdisciplinary meetings and evaluations; disseminating results and obstacles to therapeutic team and family; identifying treatment influences.
*Coordinating discharge and providing resources to support caregivers and family members.
* Meets budget by monitoring expenses; implementing cost-saving actions.
* Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing treatment and results data and trends; compiling statistics; completing grant and subsidy applications.
* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
* Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Skills/Qualifications:
Documentation Skills,
Analyzing Information,
Decision Making,
Research Skills,
Verbal Communication,
Written Communication,
People Skills,
Resolving Conflict,
People Management,
Integrity & Connecting with Children