Case Manager/Crisis Mobile Professional

Lenawee County Mental Health Authority; Adrian (MI); On-site; USD 51,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Case Manager to join their Mobile Crisis Team. This role focuses on providing critical support to individuals in crisis, utilizing structured treatment and engagement strategies to avert psychiatric admissions. The ideal candidate will have a background in human services, a passion for helping others, and the ability to work collaboratively with various community partners. With over 40 years of experience, this organization is dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the lives of vulnerable individuals in the community. Join a team that values resilience, recovery, and wellness.

Benefits

Generous Paid Leave

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a human services field required.
• Crisis intervention experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide crisis intervention and stabilization services.
• Coordinate with hospitals and law enforcement for referrals.
• Conduct outreach follow-up for crisis stabilization.

Skills

Crisis Intervention

Behavioral Health Knowledge

Coordination with Emergency Services

Bilingual Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Human Services

Job description

Who is LCMHA?

LCMHA (Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority) provides or manages a full array of services to adults and children with mental health and/or emotional disturbances, persons with substance use disorders, and persons with developmental disabilities. Our mission is to create a path to resilience, recovery, wellness, and self-determination for these individuals.

What would this job entail?

This position works within the Mobile Crisis Team and will have special focus on individuals who are currently experiencing crisis or have recently utilized crisis services and therefore require additional follow up and engagement strategies. These interventions include an array of structured treatment and support activities provided by trained crisis staff. This service supports individuals and their families/caregivers in crisis, to avert psychiatric admission or other out of home placement, and to maintain an individual in their home or present living arrangement. The Case Manager/Mobile Crisis Professional will:

• Participate in a co-response model to provide crisis intervention and stabilization services to individuals/families and their supports where the crisis is occurring, once determined safe to do so.
• Coordinate with inpatient hospitals, jails, law enforcement, and emergency departments regarding referrals for individuals where crisis intervention may divert form higher levels of care.
• Ongoing consultation with Mobile Crisis team and utilization of Master Level Clinician and psychiatric support as indicated.
• Provide assistance with coordination of post stabilization service appointments and medication reviews providing warm hand-offs as indicated.
• Provide outreach follow-up for individuals to ensure engagement in crisis stabilization and post stabilization services.
  

The minimum qualifications for this position are:

• Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited program.
• Licensed to practice within the degree field by the State of Michigan (if applicable)
  
• Prior experience working in the behavioral health or the developmental disabilities fields is desired.
  
• Prior crisis intervention experience preferred.
• Must complete crisis professional certification within 6 months of hire.

Bi-lingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

Why work for LCMHA?

We have been around for over 40 years providing services to some of the most vulnerable members of the Lenawee County community. We feel a responsibility to identify needs and work with our community partners to identify solutions. We have been leaders in implementing a system change.

The annualized salary range for this position is $51,402 to $66,456.

The benefits package includes:

Employees receive a generous paid leave benefit, and paid leave begins to accrue on an employee's first day of employment; an employee would receive about 24-1/2 paid days off in the first year. The number of paid leave hours an employee accrues is based on length of service; the paid leave time accruing increases after one year, five years, and ten years of employment.

Employee receive scheduled annual salary increases, starting after one year of employment.

Paid Holidays: LCMHA observes 14 paid holidays per year; employees are eligible for paid holidays as of the first day of employment.

Employees are eligible to enroll in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance as of the first day of employment.

• Medical insurance:
  • The agency covers 100% of the insurance cost for one of the plan choices, at all three levels of coverage (employee-only, employee-plus-one, and family coverage)
  • The agency covers about 87% of the insurance cost at the employee-only coverage level for the other two plan choices;
  • The agency covers about 77% of the insurance cost at the employee-plus-one and family coverage levels for the other two plan choices.
• Vision insurance: the agency covers 87% of the cost for all coverage levels;
• Dental insurance: the agency covers 100% of the cost for all coverage levels.

Employees who decline to enroll in the agency's medical insurance program because they have medical insurance coverage from a different source receive a medical insurance opt-out payment (this benefit starts as of the first day of employment).

Retirement Benefits: this benefit starts as of the first day of employment.

Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance (at not cost): this benefit starts as of the 91st day of employment.