Benefit Eligibility Specialist

Title: Benefit Eligibility Specialist

• Social Work Assistant

State Role Title: 49053

Hiring Range: $37,398 - $51,610

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Hiram Davis Medical Center

Agency Website: www.hwdmc.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public

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Job Duties

Hiram W. Davis Medical Center, located in Petersburg, Virginia, is a 94-bed medical facility providing acute medical diagnoses, skilled care, intermediate care, and long-term care to individuals receiving services in DBHDS facilities and within the community that have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Admissions to HWDMC are generally either permanent placement or special hospitalization. Patients typically come to HWDMC as a special hospitalization for step-down to stabilize, post-surgery rehabilitation, or long-term care.

The Social Work Assistant

• Benefit Eligibility Specialist will provide a full range of case management services in an autonomous medical long term care facility for individual's diagnosed with mental illness, intellectual disability, and dementia. The social work assistant will assist patients/residents with determining eligibility for and applying (submitting applications) for benefits such as but not limited Medicare/Medicaid, disability, social security, and/or other programs. The social work assistant will support the Clinical Services Social Work team with other duties to support and care for our residents.

Minimum Qualifications

~ Knowledgeable of human behavior and development, therapeutic counseling, social systems and social work principles and practice

~ Knowledge of mental health diagnoses, behaviors and intellectual disability.

~ Knowledge and ability to provide social work case management and coordinate resources.

~ Ability to individually develop goals, plans and interventions according to patient needs.

Additional Considerations

~ Working knowledge of applying for Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security Benefits is highly preferred.

~ Skilled in gathering the information needed for applications and understanding the process of applying for benefits.

~ Ability to provide social work services to patients;

~ Coordinate agency and community resources;

~ Communicate orally and in writing all assessments and interventions with patients, families and external agencies; and to work effectively to solve problems.

~ Knowledge of mental health diagnoses, behaviors and intellectual disability.

~ Knowledge and ability to provide social work case management and coordinate resources.

~ Ability to individually develop goals, plans and interventions according to patient needs.

~ Knowledgeable of NASW Code of Ethics.

~ Ability to multi-task with flexibility.

~ Ability to participate on an Interdisciplinary Team and be a contributing member.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Hiram W. Davis Medical Center only accepts online applications via Jobs.Virginia.gov.

Resumes and other documents may accompany the application but will not serve as a substitute for an application. Faxed, e-mailed or mailed applications will not be accepted. Please refer to your RMS account for the status of your application and this position. This posting will remain open for a minimum of five (5) business days.

Hiram W. Davis Medical Center offers a comprehensive benefit package to include your choice of four health insurance plans, paid life insurance and retirement plans, 12 paid holidays, annual and sick leave.

Hiram W. Davis Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities are open to all regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics or disability.

DBHDS is a healthcare organization and must comply with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (federal CMS) guidance on Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care staff Vaccination Regulation which requires vaccination of all employees or an exemption. A job offer of employment is contingent upon the candidate meeting these guidelines as a condition of employment.

Contact Information

Name: Ferdinand Osama

Phone: 8045247600

Email: Ferdinand.Osama@dbhds.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.