Therapeutic Case Manager - Behavioral Health Sciences - Full Time

Guthrie; Sayre (Bradford County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Guthrie is seeking a mental health professional to provide critical inpatient services, including assessments, counseling, and discharge planning for psychiatric patients. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in social work or psychology, with a preference for Master's level education, and at least two years of experience in a similar setting. The role involves maintaining patient confidentiality, documentation, and therapeutic intervention. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the mental health community while working within a supportive and educational environment.

Qualifications

• At least two years of experience with psychiatric patients in inpatient or outpatient settings.
• Skill in providing direct treatment and therapeutic interventions to clients and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide evaluations, assessments, crisis intervention, and referrals.
• Document assessments, interventions, and interactions in the patient’s record.
• Maintain knowledge of community resources for treatment planning.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Patient assessment

Counseling (individual/group/family)

Confidentiality management

Community resource knowledge

Education

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

Masters level preferred

CPI certification (required within 1 year)

Job description

Position Summary

Responsible for providing mental health services to patients on the inpatient unit, including assessment, counseling, education, discharge planning, acting as a community resource liaison, offering assistance to family members when appropriate, and following up with patients. The delivery of quality services and positive interaction with our customers is critical to the completion of all the tasks within this job description. These duties will be performed within the guidelines and standards of this institution and in accordance with state and federal statutes where applicable.

Education, License & Certification

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, or a related field required. Masters level preferred.
• CPI certification required within 1 year of hire.

Experience

At least two years of experience working directly with psychiatric patients in either an inpatient or outpatient setting.

Essential Functions

1. Provides evaluations, assessments, crisis intervention and referral for all populations served by the department in a psychiatric in‑patient setting. Ability to work with confidential information in a tactful and diplomatic manner.
2. Provides direct treatment to clients and their families, when appropriate, in the form of individual, group and/or family counseling.
3. Meets and initiates therapeutic interventions with psychiatric in‑patients, their families and significant others to promote understanding and cooperation with the treatment and discharge planning process.
4. Documents in the patient’s record the TCM assessment, intervention, and all relevant interactions with the patient, family/significant others and appropriate community organizations.
5. Maintains knowledge of community resources that may be used in treatment planning and keeps an accurate listing of these resources.
6. Utilizes appropriate resources for complex problems that result in meeting the needs of the client and/or family and assesses patient’s and family’s post‑discharge needs and arranges follow‑up care and referral procedure.
7. Participates in addressing ethical and legal concerns of the patient/family and significant other that impact the treatment of the patient on the unit or post‑discharge.
8. Maintains confidentiality on all patient, family and fellow employee information.
9. Participates in quality improvement activities as defined by the Behavioral Health Department leadership that are relevant to the care of clients and families. Seeks to improve client and family outcomes through application of educational concepts and skills.
10. Maintains required departmental hours of continuing education per year.

Other Duties

1. Assist with case management needs in the Partial Hospitalization Program as needed.
2. Facilitate therapeutic groups as needed.
3. Other duties as assigned.