Mental Health Case Manager

Family Counseling Center of Armstrong County; East Kittanning (PA); Sur place; USD 38 000 - 47 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Healthcare benefits

Résumé du poste

The Family Counseling Center of Armstrong County seeks a Mental Health Case Manager to assist adults with severe and persistent mental illness in achieving independence and improved living conditions. The role is community-based with frequent travel to homes and sites around Armstrong County.

Responsibilities include organizing natural supports, linking clients with community resources, and performing assessment and service planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, nursing, education, or related field.

Responsabilités

• Assisting adult individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to achieve independence in living and employment status.
• Provide services to reduce hospitalizations and maintain basic needs and skills.
• Organize resources and build informal support networks, and monitor delivery of services.

Connaissances

Case management

Community outreach

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, nursing, education, or related field

Description du poste

Description

Mental Health Case Manager -

The Targeted Case Manager will be assisting adult individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. The Targeted Case Manager will provide services to achieve the goals of independence of living, vocational education status, social supports, and reduced hospitalizations. The Targeted Case Manager will be maintaining basic needs and skills such as obtaining housing, food, medical care, recreation, education and employment. The Targeted Case Manager will also offer information, encouragement, support and assurance that help is available to the client and family members.

Reliable transportation required. This community-based role primarily serves Armstrong County and involves regular travel to homes, schools, and other locations(ie food banks) throughout the community

The Targeted Case Manager shall organize and bring in the natural supports available to the person through family, friends and neighbors, and when the client's needs cannot be met through this means, the Targeted Case Manager shall organize resources available in the local community and given service providers. When the client's needs cannot be met this way, the Targeted Case Manager shall also perform assessment service planning, informal support network building, utilization of community resources, linkage with services, monitoring and delivery of service, outreach and a problem resolution for their clients.

Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, nursing, education, or related field. 35 hour workweek with some on call responsibilities Flexible work schedule. Annual salary $42,482.

• Excellent benefits including healthcare.

Positions working with both child and adult populations are available.

PA Child Abuse (Act 33) PA, Criminal History (Act 34) and FBI Fingerprint (Act 114) clearances required.

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