Case Manager

Acadia Healthcare; Shickshinny (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare in the United States seeks a full-time Case Manager to join our behavioral health facility. This Mon-Fri role includes benefits and a collaborative team, focusing on coordinating care for clients/patients/residents and providing psychosocial support.

You will perform psychosocial assessments, develop and manage care plans, coordinate treatment and discharge activities, and relay clinical data between the treatment team and insurers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or related human service field required.
• One or more years’ experience working in a behavioral health setting preferred.
• Previous experience with the patient population served by the facility preferred.
• Previous experience in case management and/or utilization review preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide case management and care coordination for clients in the facility.
• Coordinate continuum of care activities and ensure efficient use of resources.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments and individual, family, and group sessions.
• Coordinate treatment and discharge activities as needed.
• Develop, implement, manage and evaluate client care plans.
• Provide clinical data to the treatment team.
• Communicate medical criteria between insurance providers and the treatment team.
• Assist business office with correlating clinical data as needed.
• Coordinate timely resolution of issues relevant to the treatment team.

Skills

Case management

Care coordination

Psychosocial assessment

Counseling sessions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or related field

Job description

Overview

Fulltime position with benefits Mon-Fri.

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Manage the client's/patient's/resident’s cases with a solid background of clinical knowledge and expertise and may be responsible for providing some therapeutic services to clients/patients/residents.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide case management and care coordination services for clients/patients/residents in the facility.
• Responsible for coordinating continuum of care activities for assigned clients and ensuring optimum utilization of resources, service delivery, and compliance with external agencies and referral sources requirements.
• Responsible for psychosocial assessment and for conducting individual, family and group sessions.
• Conduct various duties related to coordinating treatment and discharge activities, as needed.
• Provide quality care through developing, implementing, managing and evaluating client/patient care plans.
• Collect, correlate and provide clinical data to the treatment team.
• Convey medical criteria and clinical information between the insurance provider and treatment team as warranted.
• May also correlate clinical data for business office as required.
• Coordinate in a timely manner, issues or activities relevant to the treatment team.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or related human service field required.
• One or more years’ experience working in a behavioral health setting preferred.
• Previous experience with the patient population served by the facility preferred.
• Previous experience in case management and/or utilization review preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Current license required within the state the facility is operating in if required.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

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