Job Overview
TITLE: MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGER
Status: Full-Time /Exempt
Location: Office/Community
SUMMARY
The Mental Health Clinician provides counseling services for adults with developmental disabilities. The Mental Health Clinician performs client and/or community focused resource coordination activities to ensure clients and/or community members receive comprehensive care. This position requires a person with knowledge of parenting, individual growth and development, and ability to communicate effectively with families. The Mental Health Clinician must also have background and knowledge of trauma and the effect it has on individuals with developmental disabilities. The Mental Health Clinician must possess training and group facilitation skills, knowledge of related community resources, and the ability to collaborate with other community organizations and agencies.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Perform mental health, substance abuse and other risk assessments in accordance with program standards.
- Develop counseling interventions in coordination with the client and/or their family.
- Provide individual, infant/parent, family and group counseling.
4. Identify community resources, provide linkages to services, and coordinate services for clients. - Make referrals to appropriate services and follow up on referrals of targeted clients through phone calls, letters, and home visits; encourage and assist them in seeking appropriate care.
- Complete comprehensive assessments, treatment plans, progress notes and other documentation in a timely manner.
- Complete written documentation to program standards.
- Meet billing requirements as set by the agency.
- Participate in weekly individual and group supervision as required.
- Attend trainings to expand knowledge of current intervention options.
- Provide leadership and advocacy to promote the goals of EBED by developing liaisons with other community service providers that promote comprehensive systems of care for children, adolescents and families.
- Maintains appropriate and accurate documentation of compliant files for individuals receiving DDA services and ensures the accuracy of documentation in the LTSS system.
- Actively attends and facilitates/co-facilitate all meetings for the individual to include Person-Centered Plan, Behavior Plan and interim meetings.
- Coordinates with the Coordinator of Community Services regarding new intakes.
- Supports individuals by coordinating with Medicaid-approved providers to render appropriate service and monitoring the delivery of all approved services.
- Initiates initial social security benefits for intakes and ensures continuation of benefits for other individuals. Reports monthly to social security wages earned by individuals working.
- Responds to all incidents and ensures reports are submitted in a timely manner while ensuring the individual’s health and safety needs are addressed.
- Ensures staff meet agency training requirements in accordance with each individual’s Person Centered Plan and/or Behavior Plan.
- Assists individuals in transitioning from other institutionalization facilities or providers into a community setting with the appropriate support systems in place.
- Assists individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and advocates on their behalf by assisting them with accessing community resources and other networks of services.
- Attends court hearings, as needed. Submit monthly court reports and summaries to the appropriate monitor(s).
- Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize assignments to independently meet deadlines and complete tasks accurately, under the pressure of constant interruption.
- Communicates effectively and professionally with coworkers, supervisors, external agencies, and family members.
- Monitors documentation and overall progress in Therap to ensure the individual’s outcomes are being met and ensure there are no issues with the outcomes.
- Assists the individual in the review of past successes, challenges and the appropriateness of current outcomes based upon the individual.
- Drafts and approves the outcome for the individual as agreed at the annual meeting.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Registered Intern or equivalent with Master’s degree (MA or MS) Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or related field; four years related experience and/or training. (Prefered)
- Bi-lingual in Spanish is preferred. Both education or experience must meet the following experience criteria:
- Exemplary attendance records.
- Demonstrated ability to keep accurate and complete charts, client records, required data forms and processes.
- Demonstrated ability to perform additional duties such as facilitating client support groups, individual or group counseling, health education, individual development activities and/or training.
- Demonstrated ability to represent the agency in a professional manner with collaborative groups.
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task and make decisions in the best interest of the Agency
- Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
- Demonstrate ability to communicate with internal and external clients/Agencies in a timely manner (email, phone, face to face, etc)
- Ability to prioritize and me all deadlines on multiple task.
EBED is an equal opportunity employer. discriminate against any individual based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any factors prohibited by applicable law
