Guardian Representative (Social Work/Case Management)

Description

Browning & Associates, P.C. is a professional guardianship firm located in Bingham Farms, Michigan, serving clients in the Southeast Michigan and Lansing areas. We serve as professional guardians, conservators, and trustees for people with cognitive impairments. We support clients with decisions about all aspects of their lives: residential, financial, health, and well-being.

We are a dynamic group of 14 people. We have a strong culture of collaboration, teamwork, excellence, respect, and integrity. Our Guardian Representatives work with clients to achieve their best quality of life.

Responsibilities

Daily duties consist of assisting the Guardian with making arrangements for the care and custody of the client (an impaired adult with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or dementia) by making sure their daily needs are met and they are getting the care they need.

• Understand client goals
• Ensure compliance with state regulations and legal requirements
• Provide guidance and support to clients and their families
• Make decisions using best judgment in key areas of the client’s life, and follow through on decisions made for wards such as living arrangements, medical decisions, quality of life improvements, etc.
• Maintain accurate and confidential case records
• Manage and maintain a caseload of clients and complete all required documentation
• Make visits to clients within and outside their home setting (i.e., nursing home, group home, independent living, assisted living, apartment, house, public environments, etc.)
• Coordinate and/or attend interdisciplinary care conferences
• Attend medical appointments
• Provide oversight of the client's plan of care
• Participate and attend required company meetings
• Manage multiple and conflicting schedules to ensure meetings are scheduled with required participants, locations, technology, etc.
• Ensure requests for responses and other feedback are met, proactively check deadlines on incoming requests, and use best judgment in making decisions
• Maintain confidentiality
• On-call rotation: share weekly on-call responsiblities with other Guardian Representatives. Currently, once every 6 weeks; includes evenings, weekends, and occasional holidays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or a related field
• Experience in legal or social services preferred
• Strong understanding of guardianship and conservatorship laws in Michigan and National Guardianship Association standards preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Experience working with traumatically brain-injured or developmentally disabled individuals preferred
• Proven ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
• Willing to obtain Guardianship Certification, required
• Able to work in challenging situations. The job includes driving to appointments and taking clients to appointments. Driver’s license and auto insurance required
• Able to navigate stairs
• This work is hybrid - client meetings in the community, and some work can be completed at home

Compensation

$30 - $40 hourly; eligible for overtime

Benefits

• 9 paid holidays per year.
• Generous paid vacation time.
• Earned Sick Time, per Michigan law.
• 100% company paid medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• 100% company paid Short Term and Long Term Disability.
• 401(k) with company match

Browning & Associates, P.C. is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.