SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SENIOR SERVICES DIVISION

Position Title:

Care Coordinator for

Veteran Directed Care Program Program Area:

Aging Services Supervisor:

Marlee Stiglets, Senior Services Assistant Division Director, Veteran Directed Care Salary Range:

$50,000

Purpose of Position:

This position is responsible for the care coordination of Veterans in the Veteran Directed Care program (VDC). The VDC program is designed to allow Veterans who are potential candidates for nursing home placement to receive that level of care in their homes. The Care Coordinator reviews a budget with the Veteran and assists the Veteran in choosing their own caregivers in place of receiving care services from the VA health care system.

Responsibilities:

• Travel to the Central parts of Alabama. Some overnight travel is required.
• Conduct initial assessment
• work with the Veteran to identify personal needs, goals, and barriers to meeting goals and risk assessment to identify whether a representative is needed; assist with selecting a representative (if necessary)
• Education for Veteran on roles and responsibilities of self-direction
• Assist Veterans in training caregivers (paperwork, time cards, payroll, etc.)
• Provides all info for the program
• Develop care/service plan (updated every 6 months)
• work with the Veteran to identify means to have needs met and remove barriers to goals related to the disability
• Assist with decision-making skills
• Work closely with VA in establishing budgets
• Spending Plan or Budget
• support as needed
• determine how to allocate budget
• Monitor and track funds approved for services both individual and programmatic
• Liaison between VA and Veteran
• Monthly Phone calls to Veteran
• Quarterly home visits to Veteran
• Annual re-assessments of all Veterans. Provide annual quality assurance survey to be completed by Veteran or authorized representative.
• Bi-weekly collection and review of timesheets
• Document actions and provide follow-up activities as needed
• Input data on clients and customers in real-time to various systems
• Produce and submit all required metric reports regarding the Veterans Directed Care program
• Produce documents that may be technical or confidential and require the use of advanced applications
• Conducts marketing and program promotion as requested by the VAMC, Senior Services, and other partner agencies
• Participate in training of new VDC case managers at third-party locations under contract with SMPDD
• Miscellaneous other duties to support the

Senior Services Department and Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Public Health, Nursing, Psychology, Guidance and Counseling, Education, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Criminology and/or related field and a minimum of three years of any combination of social work or case management experience, preferably in the areas of aging, disabilities, community health, nursing home or hospital discharge planning. Preference will be given to those with experience in working with Veterans and experience with self-direction.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Word and Excel. Good written/verbal communication skills and strong attention to detail. Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities, and see projects through to completion.

• SMPDD reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the company desires.

This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. This employment relationship remains "At will."

Job Type:

Full-time Benefits:

Retirement Plan 401(a) 10% of base salary, vested on Day 1 Retirement Plan 403(b) up to 2% of base salary match, vested at 3 years Health insurance (Medical, Vision and Dental) with No Premium Option for Employee Life insurance Long Term Disability Insurance 13 Paid Holidays PTO starting at 12 Personal and 12 Sick Days per year Compact Work Day 8 to 4:30 or 8:30 to 5:00; one hour lunch break. Remote Position Fleet Car provided for field work

Pay:

$50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) matching 403(b) 403(b) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Work Location:

Remote