About this position
pThis person assesses patients and works with counselors and other care providers to design treatment plans, set up referrals and choose the most suitable resources for a patient’s specific mental health needs. The case manager will be responsible for follow up and documenting progress on each patient. The case manager will also develop and provide behavioral health education to individuals, groups and the surrounding communities and conducts limited community assessments./pp style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' /pp style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'stronguDUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES/u/strong/pp style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'br/pollispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Maintains an active caseload providing interventions to patients as needed and within area of expertise and limits of credentials; /span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Acquires and provides to the team the detailed information regarding progress to locate resources for patients. /span/liliAssists in development, implementation and revision of individual treatment plans; assures that services provided are specified in the Treatment Plan and monitors progress toward treatment goals when necessary./liliServes as a liaison between the patient and the behavioral health/medical provider./liliReceives documentation from providers and follows up with patients to assist in linking patients to resources. /liliSets up and attends meetings with providers and patients as needed./liliInforms all parties involved on the processes that are being used to treat and/or link patients to services./liliMaintain patient confidentiality in treatment plans and reporting as appropriate. Understands and abides by HIPAA guidelines./lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Consults and cooperates with community systems to facilitate linkage, referral, crisis management, advocacy, and follow up with the focus on attaining treatment goals./span/lilispan style='font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12.0pt;color:black;'Communicates with patients regularly, via phone or in person to monitor their well-being, address their questions or concerns, and connect them with resources./span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Maintains patient records in accordance with applicable standards and regulations, grant requirements, etc. EHS./span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Maintains a high level of ethical conduct regarding confidentiality, dual-relationships, and professional stature./span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Participates in continuing education activities, remaining knowledgeable in areas of expertise;/span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Attends case consultation with psychiatrist/medical psychologist./span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Attends meetings as appropriate and meet regularly with supervisor to exchange pertinent information and receive supervision./span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Acts as crisis and intake counselor and for calls from the Call Center. /span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Assists Specialists or Clinic staff when necessary with clinical intervention warm handoffs, brief counseling, and referrals for treatment./span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;color:black;"Performs other duties as assigned./span/li/olp style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:150%;'stronguspan style="text-decoration:none;" /span/u/strong/pp style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:150%;'stronguMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/u/strong/pul style="margin-bottom:0in;" type="disc"li style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Substance Abuse, or Counseling/lili style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'Knowledge and skills in community based behavioral health care and case management preferred/lili style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'Good interpersonal and communication skills/lili style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'Reliable Transportation work would entail traveling to 10 clinic locations and in-scope schools and traveling to social service agencies in the community/lili style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'Flexible scheduling required/lili style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'span style="color:windowtext;"Understanding of holistic health care/span/lili style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'span style="color:windowtext;"Authentically welcomes diversity/span/lili style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'span style="color:windowtext;"Skill in facilitation of groups, adult learning/span/lili style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;'span style="color:windowtext;"Excellent Communication skills/span/li/ulp style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:150%;' /pp style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:150%;'stronguPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/u/strong/pul style="list-style-type: disc;margin-left:-0.25in;"lispan style="font-size:16px;"Bilingual English/Spanish desirable/span/lilispan style="font-size:16px;"Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling with a LMSW or PLPC/span/lilispan style='font-size:16px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'3 years work experience in behavioral/mental health services with children, adolescents or youth. /span/li/ulpbr/p