Powerworks Case Manager

Our retail stores, mission services, administrative and contracts team provide the fuel, the face, and the gateway to all the awesome services we provide for individuals, families, and organizations in the communities we serve. But what does that mean for you as a Case Manager? It means that you are connected to something bigger than yourself, something that helps shape the community you live in with the most basic need of life...the ability to have a productive livelihood. The Case Manager provides job support, advocacy, employment skills training, planning, organization, implementation, evaluation, and other supportive services to the individuals that Powerworks Industries (PWI) serves, many of whom face multiple physical, cognitive, situational, and emotional barriers to employment.

Case Manager (Powerworks)
Powerworks – Albany, GA

Powerworks in Albany Marine Core Logistic Base is currently looking for a Case Manager to support the organization’s needs.

Powerworks Case Manager responsibilities:

• Ensures timely and accurate completion of documentation according to the prescribed schedule.
• Completes monthly Case Notes
• Ensure medical documentation is signed, and Individual Employability Evaluation (IEE) and Individualized Service Plan (ISP) are completed.
• Completes PWI Satisfaction Survey and ensures goals toward ISP Progress are met.
• Conducts a minimum of one meeting per month with each team member addressing issues as needed.
• Provides job coaching and referrals.
• Completes additional tracking reports to ensure compliance.
• Updates accommodations and documents efforts made toward ISP goals.
• Meets with prospective team members to discuss and assess program determination/eligibility.
• Assesses job readiness and educational status, and goals.
• Assesses functional limitations and accommodations for worksite placement related to physical, mental, and cognitive disabilities.
• Identifies and verifies the accommodation requested is needed and provided.
• Conducts on-site visits to provide observation and job coaching to the team members and meets with Team Leads and Supervisors to address specific concerns.
• Identifies and develops resources and appropriate support services with local agencies and organizations necessary for continued employment.
• Eliminates barriers to employment not limited to Vocation Rehabilitation Agency Work Incentive Navigator (WIN) Services, Social Security Administration, Housing Authority for subsidized housing, Behavioral Health for mental health services Metra Transit Services for bus passes, and other consultations.

Requirements:

• Requires a level of knowledge normally gained through the completion of post-graduate work
• 2-year Experience.
• Master’s degree in counseling or other related fields

Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers, Inc. is committed to our mission of Developing People, Changing Lives, and Building Communities. We seek to empower people with skills and opportunities to live fulfilled lives. We achieve our mission and vision through our values of Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Excellence, and Service. At Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers, Inc., we strive to hire individuals who live by our values and believe in our mission.

We offer a competitive benefits package including:

• A generous paid time off (PTO) plan
• 401k with a company match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Telehealth Option
• Life Insurance

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)