A. Position Location/Pertinent Information
Location :
330 W. Market Street
West Chester, PA 19382
The specialist is a supervised, full-time, exempt position that provides services to a maximum caseload of 20 select clients per year who meet the criteria of the SOAR Program. This position requires outreach services as well as office-based services.
B. Duties/Responsibilities:
- Review assessments received by referral source to determine eligibility of the program, including income eligibility
- Formulate questions, based on assessment and medical records (if immediately available) and consult with referral source and identified client
- Determine need for additional records and information and initiate process to obtain such records and information
- Complete appropriate releases of information, including the assignment of representative
- Facilitate individual service plan based on documents needed for SSI/SSD process
- Complete necessary paperwork with or on behalf of client utilizing input from medical records, client history, and referral source
- work history report
- adult function report
- consultative exams
- disability report SSA-3368-BK, SSA-1696, SSA-827, SSA-8000, SSA-16-BK, SSA-3373, SSA-4814, SSA-3369*, SSA-561*, SSA-787*, HA-501*, HA-520* (These forms are only used under special circumstances and therefore are less of a necessity for the program
- Complete medical summery report
- Function as advocate and client representative to local and state connection at the Social Security Administration
- Develop relationships with medical records department throughout Chester County in order to expedite the receipt of needed medical/psychiatric/substance abuse records
- Develop training materials to present to community groups
- Present program to community agencies, as requested
- Provide and maintain appropriate documentation of all services rendered in the SOAR program
- Attend all meetings concerning the SOAR program including supervision and case reviews
- Other duties as assigned
