Part-Time Behavioral Health Case Manager
- Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment or Case Management provides individualized supports or care coordination of healthcare, behavioral healthcare, and non-healthcare activities.
Position Description
- Advocate for clients in school, home, and community environments.
- Support recovery, health, and wellbeing of clients served.
- Assist clients with enhancing their quality of life and assist clients in reducing symptoms and building resilience.
- Coordinating treatment planning.
- Providing training and facilitating linkages for the client in the use of basic community resources.
- Monitoring overall service delivery.
- Obtaining any services necessary for meeting basic human needs.
- Provide coordination and assistance in crisis intervention and crisis stabilization.
- Coordinate and participate in the development of an individualized service plan that includes services and assistance necessary to achieve specific objectives.
- Assist clients in achieving their objectives and maximizing their interdependence and productivity through support and training in the use of personal and community resources.
- Review and monitor services and activities and note progress.
- Write and submit Medicaid complaint progress notes in a timely manner, preferably within 24 hours.
- Reassess needs and expressed preferences as required by the ISP standards.
- Assist clients in increasing social support networks of relatives, friends, other community persons, or volunteer organizations that can alleviate life stresses.
- Assist clients with completing daily life activities.
- Help client understand their mental health disorder and symptoms and assist them in using the best practices to manage those symptoms.
Position Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a social service field such as sociology, psychology, social work, or counseling.
- Must be 21 years or older.
- Have at least one to two years of experience in social services.
- Be able to communicate in a manner that demonstrates being trauma informed.
- Feel comfortable interfacing with professionals from the juvenile justice system, developmental disabilities, child protective services, other mental health professionals, and school officials.
- Possess a working knowledge of community resources.
- Be culturally competent as it concerns the clients served and their surrounding community.
Ability to lift 25-50lbs.
Ability to walk up and down stairs freely.
Ability to walk some short or long distances.