One year experience in public or private social work and a Bachelor’s degree which includes or is supplemented by 12 semester hours credit in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, or other related social sciences; or a bachelor’s degree with a social welfare major; or any equivalent combination of experience and training including successful completion of 12 semester hours credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, or other related social science, OR; Two years of case work experience, including one year of experience performing assessments of clients’ functional ability to determine the need for institutional or community-based services, and a Bachelor’s degree, which includes or is supplemented by 12 semester hours of credit in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, or other related social science, OR; One year assessment experience and a Bachelor’s degree with a social welfare major, OR; Any equivalent combination of experience or training, including completion of 12 semester credit hours of college-level courses in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, or other related social sciences. The goal of the care manager is to assist older adults and their caregivers in maintaining independence at the highest level of functioning in the community and help delay the need for more costly care/services.