Case Manager (Hepatitis C Initiative)-Prevention Program

Compensation: $22.54

Case Manager-Prevention Program

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Job Summary

Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc. is seeking a full-time Case Manager for the Prevention Program. The schedule is Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. This role is a full-time grant funded position by the Hepatitis C Elimination Initiative Pilot.   The Case Manager/Peer Support plays a vital role in the Hep C Free grant by helping participants navigate medical, behavioral health, and social service systems while providing peer-based support, advocacy, and individualized care coordination. This position assists clients with HCV-related care, addresses interconnected needs, and helps remove barriers such as lack of identification, stigma, and transportation. Case Managers connect participants to treatment, housing, benefits (including Medicaid), and other essential services, while providing ongoing follow-up, goal setting, crisis support, and documentation. Individuals with lived experience in substance use disorder, serious mental illness, HCV/HIV, or homelessness bring cultural alignment and mutual understanding to empower participants and support long-term health and stability.

Duties & Responsibilities

It is the duty and responsibility of the Case Manager to:

• Assesses client needs, connects them to services, supports Medicaid enrollment, coordinates care, documents progress, and builds relationships
• Assess guest(s) Medicaid status and follow agencies policy and procedures to obtain and maintain Medicaid status.
• Make necessary referrals to fill potential gaps in assistance
• Case management will involve screening, intake, assessment, individualized housing plan development, monitoring, linkage to appropriate community resources, follow up, appropriate transition to housing, etc.
• Ensure guest(s) are referred to and/or aware of available vocational, educational, housing, and social services in the community
• Delivering health education programs and community outreach to targeted communities through grant-funded initiatives
• Deliver specialty support, psychoeducational services, and prevention and harm reduction services
• Ensure that 100% of enrolled participants have an individualized care plan, maximize units of services, and maintain contract units of service by working with clients to stay engaged in treatment
• Utilize Motivational Interviewing (MI), a client-centered approach for eliciting behavior change by guiding participants to explore and resolve ambivalence
• Demonstrate a working understanding of programs and services available, including community resources
• Complete all incident reports before the end of the scheduled shift as required by Incident Policy and Procedure
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA Privacy Rules
• Adhere to all SAMHSA and other contract requirements
• Work effectively with other departments
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum qualifications include the following:

·       Understanding of at-risk communities

·       Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

·       Experience in care coordination and federal, state benefit enrollment, connection

·       Excellent communication and organizational skills

•           Ability to be creative and flexible within parameters of treatment programs and modalities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Preferred qualifications include the following:

·       Bachelor’s Degree in related field

·       Peer Support certification

       Lived experience in SUD, SMI, Homelessness or HCV/HIV