Case Manager - Community Living Support SMART - Youth and Family Services -3138

Staff will provide community living supports to the Waiver participant and family/LAR to facilitate the Waiver participant's achievement of his/her goals of community inclusion and remaining in their home. The supports may be provided in the Waiver participant's residence or in community settings (including but not limited to libraries, camps, etc.) CLS provides assistance to the family caregiver in the disability-related care of the Waiver participant, while facilitating the Waiver participant's independence and integration into the community. The training in skills related to activities of daily living, such as personal hygiene, household chores, and socialization may be included, if these skills are affected by the Waiver participant's disability. CLS may also promote communication, relationship-building skills, and integration into community activities. These supports must be targeted at enabling the waiver participant to attain or maintain his/her maximum potential. These supports may serve to reinforce skills or lessons taught in school, therapy, or other settings. Training may be provided to both the caregiver and the Waiver participant, dependent upon the youth's age, on the nature of the emotional disorder, the role of medications, and self-administration of medications. Training can also be provided to the Waiver participant's primary caregivers to assist the caregivers in coping with and managing the Waiver participant's emotional disturbance. This includes instruction on basic parenting skills and other forms of guidance. Staff may provide and administer Skills Training by conducting individual and family sessions in accordance to the Uniform Assessment as presented in the Texas Resilience and Recovery (TRR) approach. Conducts routine and crisis screenings to determine need for psychiatric in-patient hospitalization, admission into Center services, assists in crisis prevention and management by locating and coordinating service and supports. Performs minimally complex social service work and ensures health care services as needed to clients. Conducts home visits. Facilitates and arranges for the communication of information between clients to psychiatric and community services. Works under moderate supervision with latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Examples of work performed:

Assist in accessing emotional, behavioral, social, educational, medical, and other appropriate services using the Uniform Assessment tool.

Assesses client's needs and authorizes services to meet the identified needs.

Coordinate in the development of an Individual Plan of Care with measurable outcomes.

Coordinates and monitors service delivery.

Provide Crisis Prevention services when needed.