Residential case manager vs intensive case manager

The differences between residential case managers and intensive case managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a residential case manager and an intensive case manager. Additionally, an intensive case manager has an average salary of $40,015, which is higher than the $39,297 average annual salary of a residential case manager.

The top three skills for a residential case manager include social work, crisis intervention and mental health. The most important skills for an intensive case manager are rehabilitation, social work, and crisis intervention.

Residential case manager vs intensive case manager overview

	Residential Case Manager	Intensive Case Manager
Yearly salary	$39,297	$40,015
Hourly rate	$18.89	$19.24
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	33,760	83,851
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	12	12

Residential case manager vs intensive case manager salary

Residential case managers and intensive case managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Residential Case Manager	Intensive Case Manager
Average salary	$39,297	$40,015
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $47,000	Between $29,000 And $53,000
Highest paying City	San Luis Obispo, CA	Oakland, CA
Highest paying state	California	California
Best paying company	Care New England Health System	Southern California Hospitals
Best paying industry	Professional	Health Care

Differences between residential case manager and intensive case manager education

There are a few differences between a residential case manager and an intensive case manager in terms of educational background:

	Residential Case Manager	Intensive Case Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Psychology	Psychology
Most common college	California State University - Long Beach	California State University - Long Beach

Residential case manager vs intensive case manager demographics

Here are the differences between residential case managers' and intensive case managers' demographics:

	Residential Case Manager	Intensive Case Manager
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 26.4% Female, 73.6%	Male, 27.1% Female, 72.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 6.2% White, 59.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.1%	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 6.4% White, 57.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.7%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between residential case manager and intensive 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.

Intensive case manager example responsibilities.

Provide clients support with basic ADL's (shopping, payee services, budgets, managing and attending appointments).
Coordinate services while teaching life skills promoting goal attainment, crisis management, recovery, rehabilitation and resiliency to underprivilege populations.
Encourage and counsele patients to follow through with drug rehabilitation and continuous psychiatric therapy.
Participate in the assessment, development and implementation of services to mentally ill patients in accordance with their individualize service plan.
Perform concurrent review to assure appropriateness of admission, inpatient/acute care, rehabilitation/SNF status, and discharge using establish InterQual guidelines.
Conduct intensive case management and quality control for file accuracy in order to ensure HUD regulations are accurately implement.

Residential case manager vs intensive case manager skills

Common residential case manager skills

Social Work, 14%
Crisis Intervention, 8%
Mental Health, 8%
Developmental Disabilities, 6%
Behavioral Issues, 6%
Management Services, 6%

Common intensive case manager skills

Rehabilitation, 11%
Social Work, 10%
Crisis Intervention, 10%
Community Resources, 9%
Behavioral Health, 7%
Mental Health, 7%

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