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Child Welfare Specialist

IMCS Group
St Petersburg, FL, United States
$60K a year
Full-time

Position Overview :

  • Position Title : Resource Specialist
  • Location : Remote, with fieldwork in regions such as New Port Richey, Clearwater, Tampa, Orlando, Maitland, Sarasota, and Fort Myers.
  • Target Start Date : October 14 and October 28
  • Reason for Opening : Expansion due to Sunshine Health's recent award of the sole source health plan for the child welfare population.
  • Employment Type : Full-Time, with a potential for extension.
  • Salary : $60,000 (FTE conversion).

Job Responsibilities : Field-based care management : Includes home visits, group home / hospital settings, and attending community / agency meetings.

Caseload : Manage a caseload of 100 members (children and young adults).

Core Tasks :

  • Assess healthcare needs.
  • Coordinate care with health plan providers.
  • Provide education on health benefits.
  • Connect members with community resources to address social determinants of health.
  • Document outreach, assessments, and care plans in an electronic health record system.

Work Hours :

  • Schedule : Monday to Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM.
  • Additional Time : Weekend work may be needed during hurricane season for disaster outreach.

Performance Metrics :

  • Compliance with care management policies and procedures.
  • Monthly audits to ensure documentation and charts are compliant.

Required Skills & Experience :

  • Pediatric case management experience.
  • Experience connecting families / children to local resources (employment, housing, independent living, foster care, justice services, etc.).

Preferred :

  • Health plan experience.
  • Foster care and / or adoption experience.

Education Requirements :

Required : Bachelor’s Degree

Software Skills :

Proficiency in Microsoft Office : Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Interview Process :

  • Interview Format : Panel interviews, 30 minutes each, with two interviewers.
  • Preferred : Interview Blitz conduct all interviews in one day (9 AM - 5 PM), with a 1-hour lunch break.

What background can work :

  • Dependency Case Manager
  • Child Protective Investigator
  • DCF Navigator
  • Adoption Case Manager
  • Targeted Case Manager
  • Community Agency Worker

Teams & Interfacing :

  • Internal : Sunshine Health Care Management, Utilization Management, Medical Directors, Provider Engagement.
  • External : Community-based care agencies, DCF, Agency for Healthcare Administration, providers.
  • 3 days ago
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