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Course 404 - Case Management

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$600.00
SKU: CVC 404

Course 404 - Case Management (3 credits) 

This course is offered during the Fall Term 2 - (October to December)

The course is designed as an introductory course for non-professionally trained staff doing case management in faith-based homeless shelters. Emphasis is placed on the need for practical knowledge and application. Content underlines universal standards of case management methodology.

 

Professor: Rosalind Johnson-Marshall

Learning Objectives for this Course

Week One

 Orientation to Case Management

    • Working knowledge of the language of case management
    • Link the role of case management with the needs of homeless clients
    • Initial contact and observation of one or more case managers
    • Understand the relationship of the theology of the Trinity to the healing process

Week Two

 Case Management: Concepts and Skills

    • Understand a broad range of case management responsibilities
    • Analyze job descriptions for accepted core functions expected from case managers
    • Learn about necessary ethical behaviors and issues of confidentiality
    • Understand relationship of negative client response to inadequate staff training in cultural competency
    • Relate responsibilities of advocacy, ethics, respect, and cultural sensitivity to core responsibilities

Week Three

 Case Management:  Interviewing

    • Understand basic theories of motivation
    • Develop proficiency in asking open ended, client centered questions that elicit client motivation for change

Week Four

Case Management:  Intake and Assessment
    • Understand and observe the importance and process of a multidimensional assessment
    • Utilize forms to assist in organizing assessment information
    • Practice skills needed to formulate a case plan specialized to individual needs and goals in a way that promotes dignity

Week Five

 Case Management: Responding to Clients with Mental Illness

    • Awareness of opportunities available for clients with mental illness

Week Six

 Case Management:  Special Needs

    • Compare the strategies for case management for various special needs
    • Awareness of basics regarding mental health issues for the homeless
    • Understand the effect of the culture of poverty on case management practice

Week Seven

 Case Management: Developing a Case Plan

    • Understand the value and use of the case plan
    • Apply knowledge for a written plan
    • See the benefit of team participation
    • Understand the dynamics of team participation
    • Know procedures for termination and transition of clients

Week Eight

 Case Management:  Using Support Services

    • Understand the opportunities and responsibilities of cooperating within the community of service providers
    • Recognize practices that ensure client success in accessing available resources
    • Realize own limitations and see value of networking
    • Become thoroughly familiar with emergency services in the community and when and how to make use of them

Week Nine

 Case Management:  Legal Responsibilities

    • Overview knowledge of laws affecting clients within own state
    • Recognize legal responsibilities in case management


Course Materials & Tuition 

 

Case Management: An Introduction to Concepts and Skills $37.00

Tuition
$600.00

Total Cost of Course  
$637.00  

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