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Class Characteristics: Under general direction, provides Services Advisor/Case Management services and person centered care planning for participants in the Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver (HCBW) Participant Directed Services (PDS), Blended and traditional services; and Michelle P Waiver (MPW) Program, Participant Directed Services and blended in the Barren River region; serves as liaison between the participant, DAIL and Medicaid; performs related duties as required.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential:

1. Advise a participant regarding any aspect of PDS, traditional or blended services and facilitate access to services.

2. Continually monitor a participant’s health, safety, and welfare and provide information on how to access resources.

3. Participate in a Person Centered Plan of Care.

4. Organize team meetings

5. Coordinate the completion of level of care recertification annually by working with the independent assessor and develop a person-centered service plan with the participant and any member of the participant’s person-centered team.

6. Monitor services to ensure services are provided according to the Plan of Care.

7. Maintain a good working relationship with service providers and serve as a source of review for planners and administrators.  

8. Maintain complete, accurate, and timely client records and continuously work within the social service system for the benefit of all functionally impaired older people and disabled individuals.  

9. Assist participants with Medicaid eligibility. 

10. Assist participants with obtaining appropriate authorizations to begin services through various avenues such as Medicaid, Department for Aging and Independent Living (DAIL), Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) and Hewitt Packard (HP), and Department of Community Bases Services.  

11. Train employers and Care givers regarding PDS services and timesheet guidelines

12. Review employee timesheets for PDS

13. Monitors satisfaction of the quality of service provided.

14. Performs other duties as assigned.