Senior Care Coordinator Jobs

The Senior Care Coordinator/Care Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the care of ElderTree clients and their families. The Senior Care Coordinator/Care Manager is the primary advocate for clients. The position involves assessing the needs of clients, developing a care plan, arranging for all necessary services, monitoring and adjusting the care plan when necessary, counseling the family and/or client, and working closely with the client’s care team and professional advisors (for example, caregivers, physicians, attorneys, and financial providers, to name only a few).
Location: Hiring for multiple locations in Northern Virginia, specifically Fairfax, Arlington, Vienna, McLean, Falls Church, Alexandria, Reston, and Ashburn.
Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required plus a minimum of 4 years of experience in eldercare (senior living communities, skilled nursing, hospitals, and/or home care) required
• Master’s degree in social work or other health or mental health-related field is preferred
• Completion of geriatric mental health, gerontology, or other related coursework is preferred

What We Offer:

• Rotating on call
• Work smart phone
• Monthly professional development meetings
• Paid Holidays
• 401K with match
• Gold/Platinum level health insurance plans, dental and vision
• PTO and Sick days
• Opportunities for leadership roles
• Making a difference for older adults and the field of aging
• Amazing team culture and a supportive working environment
• FUN team building events

Compensation: $70K - $90K (depending on relevant experience)
Required Skills

• Geriatric Experience: The care manager has worked for a minimum of two years with the “older adult” population and has demonstrated success in prior positions. The professional is aware of the major issues of aging (loss, grief, physical changes, depression, and mental status changes) as well as normal changes that occur as people grow older. Knowledge and experience interacting with community service providers and knowledge of community resources for older adults is required. Experience working in healthcare, community mental health, case management program or other program primarily serving older adults is preferred.
• Personal Characteristics: The care manager should be willing to ask for help, be organized, able to manage and follow through with paperwork and maintaining client records, good writing and communication skills, thorough, responsible, efficient, responsive, flexible personality and schedule, enjoys driving and has a good driving record, owns a reliable car, enjoys working with people, enjoys working with families, enjoys working in crisis situations, has a knowledge of medical issues, enjoys seniors, has a sense of humor, is calm, good listening skills, energetic, and enjoys having fun at work.
• Business Acumen: The professional care manager should have had some experience billing for their time. If this experience is lacking, the care manger must be willing to develop this skill and must understand that the practice of care management is a valuable and billable service.
• Organizational Skills: The care manager must have demonstrated in prior experiences the ability to work independently and manage priorities in order to meet the standards of practice of an agency or a caseload. Organizational skills include: punctuality, responsiveness, and timely submission of required documents to clients as well as to the agency.
• Professionalism: Professional presentation and dress is required as well as the ability to learn quickly and to function independently. The care manager must be able to maintain effective working relationships, maintain confidentiality, interpret and handle routing matters in accordance with established procedures, and follow oral and written instructions.
• Team Player: The care manager has showed an ability to collaborate with peers (professional, support staff, and caregivers). The care manager must demonstrate a willingness to share responsibility for the well being of all agency clients. The care manager will turn over responsibility for clients when time off is scheduled. Likewise, the care manager will be expected to share the on-call duties (after hours) with their colleagues.
• Clinical Expertise: The care manager has experience working with families not just older clients. The expertise and experience shows a wide breath of knowledge of the biopsychosocial issues older adults face. Understanding family systems and psychopathology is necessary. The care manager should have knowledge and experience working with those who have a dementia. Experience helping families cope with change is necessary in this position. Knowledge of the legal tools vulnerable adults and their families need to manage incapacity will be needed in this position.
• Technology: A comfort level with word processing and computer functions (e-mail, daily data entry, and billing) and telephone communication systems is required. Familiarity and the ability to proficiently use (or be willing to learn to use) Word, Excel, and other related software programs is needed.
• General Knowledge: Knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this position include business English, ability to file, ability to type proficiently and to maintain records.

This business is independently owned and operated. Your application will go directly to the business, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management. All inquiries about employment at this business should be made directly and not to Aging Life Care Association.