Residential case manager vs foster care case manager

Differences between residential case manager and foster care case manager duties and responsibilities

Residential case manager example responsibilities.

• Manage a residential facility for adolescents with severe autism and psychiatric conditions.
• Perform concurrent review to assure appropriateness of admission, inpatient/acute care, rehabilitation/SNF status, and discharge using establish InterQual guidelines.
• Provide case management through treatment planning, teaching, and assisting with ADL's and IADL's.
• Assist clients to live responsibly in the community by providing budgeting support, coaching to locate employment and ADL's.
• Conduct intensive case management and quality control for file accuracy in order to ensure HUD regulations are accurately implement.

Foster care case manager example responsibilities.

• Manage caseloads for Medicaid; interviewing and instructing clients in proper preparation of documentation.
• Prepare court reports, petitions and provide testimony to support case management as required by DHS contract and court mandates.
• Assure that DCFS policies and procedures, and all applicable laws, rules, and policies are follow.
• Supervise visitation between DCFS wards and their parents and siblings in order to observe parent-child interaction and ensure safety.
• Provide services to and on behalf of the consumers, natural families and foster families refer to the agency from DHS.
• Perform concurrent review to assure appropriateness of admission, inpatient/acute care, rehabilitation/SNF status, and discharge using establish InterQual guidelines.
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