The Caldwell County Long Term Recovery Group is in need of community volunteers to be trained as disaster case managers to help your neighbors in long-term recovery from the December 10th tornado.
As previously reported, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Owensboro, which is overseeing case management for the Caldwell County group will give free training and provide supervision and guidance on case management to be part of a team and possibly serve on the Long Term Case Management Team in the county.
Stacey Menser with the Caldwell County Long Term Recovery Group says they need about 20 more volunteers to provide direct case management services to disaster survivors and their families through advocacy, information and referral, crisis intervention services, and recovery services.
The next online training for disaster case managers is on April 9th.
Alex Reid with Catholic Charities says the goal of the Caldwell Long Term Recovery Group is to identify all local households affected by the December tornado; learn their specific needs through case management, and with donations and volunteer efforts provide the resources they need to build their lives back in our community.
All local residents affected by the tornado are asked to complete a Caldwell County Tornado Relief Survey. Copies are available at the George Coon Public Library located at 114 South Harrison Street and online. For the link to the online survey click here.
According to Reid, some of the duties include:
– Attend Disaster Case Management Training in person or via the internet.
– Conducts, thorough needs assessment and develops a recovery plan to address identified disaster-related unmet needs.
– Develops relationships with client families so as to provide the best advocacy and direction to these families to ensure their reaching self-sufficiency.
– Assists the survivor to determine the best course of action for both short and long-term recovery.
– Develops, implements and monitors recovery plans with disaster survivors and their families to return at a minimum to pre-disaster level of well-being.
– Provides extensive and intensive case management and follow-up services.
– Provides crisis intervention to individuals and families facing emergencies around food, shelter, medical, re-construction, and other needs as presented by the client.
– Utilizes knowledge of the resources available at all levels of government (federal, state and local), as well as government and community resources to make appropriate referrals to resolve identified issues.
– Conducts home visits as necessary.
– Advocates and interacts with other service providers on behalf of participants;
– Ensures complete case files and presents case files to Case Management Supervisor for review;
– Maintains current and accurate documentation of services provided to clients.
– Ensures all client data is current in CAN database;
– Identifies and connects disaster survivors to resources on the local, state, and
federal level.
– Reports gaps in services to Case Management Supervisor.
– Assists clients in applying for and receiving public and private benefits.
– Attends regular sessions with immediate supervisor.
– Attends Agency’s in-service training and unit meetings as well as any other
agency-related activities.
– Completes statistical reports.
– Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Anyone interested in signing up for training should contact AlexReid@pastoral.org or call (270) 702-5090
