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Brown University Health
Residential Case Worker
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A Case Worker is employed by a government agency, non-profit organization, or other social services group to take on the cause of individuals and provide them with advocacy, information, and other services.
$49,446 / year median in Rhode Island
+11% projected growth
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Position range in Rhode Island $46k - $83k Per Year Residential Case Worker
Brown University Health
Occupation:
Child, Family, and School Social WorkersLocation:
Westerly, RI - 02891Job Type:
Full Time (30 Hours or More), Day Shift ShiftPosted:
07/22/2026 Positions available: 1Source:
Brown University HealthWeb Site:
www.brownhealth.org Job #:JR-112064
Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. Work Onsite Full Time Schedule Full Time Hours 40 Hours Per Week Additional Information Help for Additional Information. Opens a new window.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or GED required.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Maintain flexibility toward work schedules.
- Ability to work schedule as posted and assigned, to include weekends and holidays.
- Ability to perform routine household chores involving some lifting and bending.
- Ability to communicate with clients and other staff face to face and by telephone.
- Ability to obtain and maintain CPR certification and first aid training and monitor client's vital signs as required.
- Maintain a valid chauffeur's license and capacity to use the program van or personally owned vehicle to transport clients in personally owned vehicle to day-activity program, medical appointments, other appointments and clinical appointments when necessary and to respond to medical emergencies and disaster evacuations.
JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY
- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence and memos.
- Ability to complete all clinical and administrative documentation as required.
- Ability to write correspondence, reports, care plans, etc.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations to clients, and other employees of the organization.
- Ability to access emergency resources to effectively manage crisis situations and ensure safety of clients and colleagues.
- Ability to maintain currently knowledge of all organization policy and procedures and protocols and guidelines, to ensure compliance.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral and diagram form.
- Ability to successfully complete all required training and certifications.
- Oral and written communication skills, including speech, grammar, spelling, and legibility are at sufficient level to ensure effective and appropriate communication.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals either manually or by use of a calculator. ETHICS
- Uses and accesses information in client's health information record or about a client only as necessary to actual duties and then only in accordance with access levels assigned to this position by Gateway Healthcare Inc. and in accordance with Gateway Healthcare Inc. policies, rules, and procedures as adopted by Gateway Healthcare Inc.
- Comply with agency ethics and codes of conduct in all contacts with clients, co-workers and the community.
- Observe all agency policies and procedures; complying with all policies and procedures and protocols and guidelines.
INTERPERSONAL FACTORS
- Must be able to appreciate the sensitive/private nature and legal status of information about individual clients obtained, maintained, or used by Gateway Healthcare Inc.
PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the main duties and responsibilities of this job.
- Other duties with different demands may also be assigned by the employee's supervisor.
- Gateway complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and analogous state statutes.
- Therefore, to the extent required by law, Gateway will make reasonable accommodations to allow qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, duties and responsibilities of their positions.
- Employees and applicants should discuss requests for reasonable accommodations with Human Resources at any time.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, office equipment, or controls and talk or hear.
- The employee frequently is required to walk, si.