Sr. Case Worker

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The University of Miami Health System, "UHealth", Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal Care has a has an exciting opportunity for a Full-time Sr. Case Worker. The Senior Case Worker serves as the primary development resource for families and delivers direct social services to families. The incumbent works in close collaboration with medical doctors and other members of the health team to further their understanding of significant social, emotional, and developmental factors affecting families. Moreover, the incumbent is responsible for providing maternal child health services to Healthy Start clients (pregnant women and infants) participating in the Healthy Start Program. Duties also include service data quality assurance and quality improvement activities.  Must be willing to conduct regular home visits with personal vehicle to provide services to clients and interact with other community providers. The position is salaried, and requires working evenings and weekends as needed to ensure that job duties are met.                                                                             

• Monitors outcomes, data collection, and record keeping.

• Leads weekly group supervision meetings for staff.

• Meets monthly data and budgetary reporting requirements.

• Participates in visits with physicians during scheduled office hours or by appointment.

• Assesses developmental progress at home and office visits and promotes knowledge of development progress.

• Maintains a resource and referral file to assist families in finding timely and appropriate community-based programs and resources.

• Scores and interprets developmental assessments.

• Maximizes the continuity of care provided to enhance developmental potential.

• Maintains ongoing communications with family members to capitalize on service effectiveness.

• Participates as a member of an interdisciplinary team while serving as the single point of contact for families in need of early intervention services.

• Ensures the provision of early intervention services in a cost-efficient manner.

• Contributes to the development of a family support plan and monitors its implementation and modification.

• Coordinates activities with other case-related medical and non-medical personnel.

• Tracks services provided to each family.

• Provide maternal child health services that may include:  making initial contacts/phone calls, recruitment, and referral of eligible participants; conducting client assessments; developing individualized care plans to address service needs and risk factors; and providing comprehensive care coordination and wraparound services including parenting education, breastfeeding support, tobacco cessation, inter-conception care education, childbirth education, and psychosocial referral services as needed. 

• Assess client needs for housing and vocational training and make referrals as needed; establish partnerships with local housing providers and employers to further facilitate referrals.

• For high risk clients with substance use or substance exposure risk-factors, develop a plan of care to address risks, assess motivation to engage in treatment, and make treatment referrals.

• Work in conjunction with supervisor and multidisciplinary service team to ensure implementation of coordinated services as related to program participant needs.  

• Provide case management/care coordination referrals to participants when appropriate for the range of maternal child health psychosocial and behavioral health needs.

• Perform quality assurance tasks, service-related administrative duties and data tasks related to the preparation of programmatic documentation and agency reports and compliance with program performance measures.

• Performs targeted chart reviews in conjunction with administrative staff.

• Conduct programmatic educational outreach activities in community settings and facilitate collaborative relationships with community partners.

• Complete all required client-related service and programmatic written and electronic documentation in compliance with programmatic requirements.

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