Case Manager - Recovery

Ivory Plains Recovery Center; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivory Plains Recovery Center is seeking a dedicated Case Manager to provide case management across units, coordinate care from admission through discharge, and support individualized treatment plans at our Adair, Iowa facility.

You will work with the treatment team to ensure clients receive coordinated services and transition plans, maintaining ongoing communication with referral sources and providers. Onsite role with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• One or more years of related behavioral health case management experience.
• Experience with discharge planning and service coordination.
• Experience with coordinating across multiple providers and teams.
• Experience with documentation and client file maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements activities within scope of practice aligned to ISP.
• Collaborates with client and family to implement an effective service plan and explain options.
• Maintains comprehensive clinical records including assessments and progress notes.
• Works with the clinical team to coordinate care with providers and community resources.
• Ensures discharge planning begins at admission and collects collateral input.
• Coordinates referrals and ensures services on the service plan are evaluated monthly.
• Manages screening/assessment for financial entitlements (AHCCCS, SSI/SSD) for caseload.
• Develops and implements transition, discharge, and aftercare plans prior to discontinuation of services.
• Maintains contact with referral sources and treatment providers within designated timeframes.
• Employs crisis intervention techniques as needed.
• Communicates client information to the treatment team and participates in team discussions.

Skills

Case management experience

Interpersonal communication

Crisis intervention

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or related field

Job description

Case Manager - Recovery | Ivory Plains Recovery Center | Adair, Iowa

About the Job

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

The Case Manager supports the department by providing case management to the different units within the facility. As a member of the treatment team, is responsible for coordinating care across multiple providers to ensure clients receive support identified within the individualize treatment plan. Responsible for the overall discharge and aftercare planning needs and placement of the client. Maintains ongoing communication with the treatment team. Maintains routine contact with referral sources and providers while maintaining resource file. Participates in quality care monitoring for the department.

Roles and Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develops and implements appropriate activities and/or programs within their scope of practice. Implements services to clients in accordance with their individualized service plan (ISP).
• Collaborates with the client and client’s family or significant others to implement an effective service plan, explaining the available options to the team, including the advantages and disadvantages of each option.
• Maintains the client’s comprehensive clinical record, including documentation of activities performed as part of the service delivery process (e.g., assessments, provision of services, coordination of care, discharge planning) and client’s progress toward their recovery.
• Works collaboratively with the clinical team to engage, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with client, their family, behavioral and general medical health care providers, community resources and others to ensure that all services prescribed in the individualized service plan (ISP) are implemented.
• Assures that discharge planning begins at admission. Obtains collateral input from providers and supports.
• Ensures all appropriate referrals for identified services on the service plan are made and coordinated with service providers via contracted network providers or community resources; Ensures all covered services identified on the service plan are evaluated and updated monthly.
• Coordinates referral or completes the screening and assessment on all clients on caseload for financial entitlements (AHCCCS, SSI/SSD etc.); completes AHCCCS applications on all clients on caseload meeting criteria.
• Ensures the development and implementation of transition, discharge, and aftercare plans prior to discontinuation of behavioral health services.
• Ensures all contact with referral source and/or other treatment providers is done within designated time frame and documented accordingly.
• Employs appropriate crisis intervention techniques as needed.
• Communicates appropriate client information to the treatment team; participates in team discussion and evaluation of client goals, objectives and motivations.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• High School Diploma or equivalent required, Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or related human service field preferred.
• One or more years previous related experience in a behavioral setting preferred.
• Previous experience with the client population served by the facility preferred.
• Previous experience in case management preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS

• CPR certification and de-escalation training required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

WORK LOCATION

This position is onsite at the facility and is not a remote position.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS

This position is an Individual Contributor.

Why Ivory Plains Recovery Center?

Ivory Plains Recovery Center offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Ivory Plains Recovery Center is an EOE.