This position is eligible for $2500 sign on bonus.

Job Summary:

The Home Base Team is a partnership of The Providence Center, Rhode Island housing providers, homeless advocates, community organizations, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, designed to combat chronic homelessness in the state. Home Base aims to support chronically homeless individuals who have a co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorder by assisting them in securing permanent housing and obtaining treatment that will help them maintain long-term recovery.

The Providence Center Case Manager Home Base Team serves as a critical member of the community support team, providing coordination of care and additional homeless and housing services for dually-diagnosed adults in the Providence and surrounding area.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Coordinate services for consumers to minimize stressors and to facilitate the reduction of psychiatric and substance abuse disorder symptoms.

Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in the development and implementation of therapeutic services, to include working with substance abusers, as it relates to case management.

Encourage consumers to attain the highest possible levels of independence.

Provide supportive counseling, problem solving, and limit setting.

Establish attainable goals with the consumer via treatment planning.

Involve consumers, agencies and others in planning.

Assist consumers in deciding which areas they want to address.

Assist consumers with basic medical procedures and hygiene needs.

Encourage consumers to attain the highest possible levels of independence.

Use a flexible approach with a diverse population.

Arrange home visits for consumers.

Accompany consumers to appointments with other agencies, clinics, doctors, etc.

Initiate vocational/job development activities with consumer.

Make assessments and provide appropriate crisis interventions and risk management as needed.

Assess consumers' unmet needs (psychological, substance use, physical, housing, psychiatric).

Identify, assess, and respond to crisis situations in a calm and professional manner.

Teach consumers daily living skills.

Teach, supervise, and assist consumers with doing things like household chores, laundry, room cleaning, etc., using realistic situations.

Negotiate on behalf of the consumer, as needed, with landlords, courts, families, the treatment team, and consumers themselves.

Transport consumers in own vehicle or Center van to planned activities and appointments.

Drive carefully and abide by traffic rules.

Complete progress notes with appropriate format.

Develop and implement a plan of care with ongoing consumer input.

Maintain cooperative relationships with Center staff, consumers, community agencies and the public, and work in cooperation with co-workers and supervisory staff.

Attend trainings, case presentations and conferences.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Associate's degree in Human Services or related field is required. Bachelor's degree preferred.

Experience in Human Services field strongly preferred.

Bilingual Spanish preferred.

Experience serving homeless individuals and experience with public housing resources is a plus, but not required.

Must have a valid driver's license and insured automobile.

Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions; Butler Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, VNA of Care New England, Integra, The Providence Center, and Care New England Medical Group, and our Wellness Center, are trusted organizations fueling the latest advances in medical research, attracting top specialty-trained doctors, and honing renowned services and innovative programs to engage in the important discussions people need to have about their health.

Americans with Disability Act Statement: External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.

EEOC Statement: Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Ethics Statement: Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.