Case Manager - Strengths

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center; Lawrence (KS); On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

KPERS retirement

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

PTO

Job summary

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in Lawrence, KS seeks a Case Manager-Strengths to coordinate community-based case management for adults with mental health needs. You will develop individualized goals, support access to treatment, and provide counseling to promote recovery.

The role emphasizes crisis intervention, collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, and consistent attendance in a dynamic behavioral health setting. Benefits accompany full-time employment.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or four years of equivalent education and/or experience in human services.
• Reliable transportation and valid, unrestricted driver’s license with proof of car insurance.
• Basic computer skills and ability to use EMR software within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate case management services for adults with recurrent mental health issues.
• Develop individualized treatment goals and assist access to treatment.
• Provide supportive counseling and solutions-focused interventions to aid recovery.
• Conduct outreach and crisis intervention to enable timely crisis stabilization.
• Develop strength assessments and crisis plans with clients during treatment.
• Participate in public information activities and act as a community liaison for the center.
• Attend work consistently and perform duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Flexibility

Independent work

Education

BA/BS degree or four years of equivalent education/experience

Tools

EMR software

Job description

Pay is commensurate with experience within a range of $20.00 to $27.86 per hour. Full time, non-exempt, benefits eligible. Bert Nash offers excellent benefits which include medical, dental, vision, KPERS retirement, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free counseling and resources, and generous PTO.

Caring. Hope. Giving back. Our mission at the Bert Nash Center as the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) of Douglas County is to advance the health of the community through comprehensive behavioral health services responsive to evolving needs and changing environments. We accomplish this by believing in our team. Each person that works for the Bert Nash Center contributes directly to the success of our clients, organization, and community. Our values of compassion, integrity, equity and hope reflect in everything we do.

Responsibilities:

The primaryresponsibility of the Case Manager-Strengths is to coordinate case management servicesfor adults in the community with recurrent mental health issues, developindividualized treatment goals, and aid in accessing treatment. Specific dutiesinclude but not limited to:

• To helpclients to understand the symptoms of their mental illness and to minimize theeffect of those symptoms in all the significant areas of their lives.


• Assist clients in learning and practicing newskills that contribute to their recovery as specified in the treatment plan.


• Providesupportive counseling, solutions focused interventions; behavioral analysis toincrease client's ability to function in all life domains.


• Providing outreach and crisis interventionservices to clients and prospective clients to enable timely access to thoseservices appropriate and necessary for crisis stabilization with the purpose ofdiverting the client from hospitalization and allowing the client to maintainindependent living;


• Complete strength assessment with client andidentify strategies or treatment options associated with the consumer's mentalillness with the goal of minimizing the negative effects of mental illnesssymptoms or associated environmental stressors.


• Develop individualized crisis plan withclient and review during treatment plan review time.


• Participatingin public information and public relations activities, serve as a communityliaison and advocate for mental health and the Bert Nash Center


• Additionalresponsibilities that may be assigned as circumstances warrant specificallyrelated to supportive housing facilities and clients; and


• Regular and predictable attendance is anessential function of the job.

Qualifications:

The Case Manage-Strengths positionrequires but not limited to:

• a BA/BS degree or four years of equivalenteducation and/or experience working in the human services field.


• Reliabletransportation; and a valid, unrestricted driver's license and proof of currentcar insurance


• Prior computer experience and basic computerfluency.


• Must be able to achieve within one's first 6months of employment a working competency in the management and use of theCenter's electronic medical record (EMR) software as demonstrated by timely andaccurate documentation of the clinical record.


• Anability to work independently and in cooperation with others.


• Flexibility in assigned working hours


• A commitment to interdisciplinary andcommunity mental health center approaches


• An energetic and positive approach to therapidly evolving changes and challenges of a complex workplace.