Case Manager - Mobile Crisis Intervention
Case Manager - Mobile Crisis Intervention
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Description
Under the direction of the North Central Behavioral Health and Crisis Services Director the Crisis Case Manager provides case management stabilization and resolution services to individuals presenting with acute mental health distress and facilitates clinical continuity for emergency services and other various clinical services as needed. Immediate crisis services may be provided in the office or in a community based location regardless of the program to which the individual is assigned.
Responsibilities:
- Provides case management and therapeutic services including education linkage and referrals to individuals who meet RSN access to care criteria.
- Assists with engagement in mental health services and provides assistance in securing Medicaid if indicated.
- Staffs the Chelan Douglas Crisis Line during office hours.
- Completes progress notes and other required documentation within the required timeframes.
- Supports implementation of the treatment plan focusing on client strengths and risk factors including evidence based approaches
- Provides services to achieve the goals identified on the treatment plan
- Crisis intervention
- Assisting with applying for benefits
- Assisting with activities of daily living and psychosocial support
- Service coordination with other providers including health care professionals and providing linkage to establish connections with other community resources.
- Transportation to appointments or meetings with service providers
- Obtaining housing or assisting with housing retention
- Establishes and maintains working relationships with community resources coordinates consumer treatment with other providers and initiates referrals to medical providers and other community resources as appropriate.
- Assists clients in linking with critical community and therapeutic based services to facilitate and sustain recovery
- Follows agency policies regarding confidentiality and other consumer rights.
- Participates in supervision and staff meetings multidisciplinary team meetings group supervision and other meetings as required.
- Attends court hearings as indicated and testifies on behalf of individuals served if necessary.
- Support cases assigned to hospital liaison
Qualifications
Job Requirements: The following requirements are those that are normally required for performance of this position. Any disabled applicant or incumbent who does not meet or more of the physical requirements but who can perform the essential function of the job (with or without reasonable accommodations) shall be deemed to meet these requirements.
Physical Requirements: This position normally requires that physical demands of standing walking bending lifting or performing other work requiring low physical exertion talking and hearing on a regular basis to perform the job requirements. These physical demands are required up to 80 of the time. Position also requires ability to drive with adequate vision and skill.
NonPhysical Requirements:
Education
- Associates degree in behavioral science or related field required. Bachelors degree preferred.
Experience
- 2 years of experience providing clinical treatment services
- 1 year of experience in the treatment of seriously disturbed children adults and their families
Licensure Registration Certification
- Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration with the WA Dept. of Health
- Valid Washington State drivers license and minimum required liability insurance for WA State
- Must be deemed insurable as determined by Catholic Charities liability insurance provider
Special Skills
- Knowledge and skills to work with chronically mentally ill population
- Knowledge of community resources
- Knowledge and experience working with older adults
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required
- Strong family and individual clinical case management skills
- Possess and utilize effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to be selfmotivated work independently and as a team member
- Ability to represent the agency in a professional manner within the community
- Culturally competent in delivering services to individuals from distinct backgrounds
Ability to use a computer and to write effectively - Possesses ability to manage data
- Requires the ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekend as requested
- Requires extensive travel in the community
- Requires work in clients homes and other community locations
- Requires the ability to tolerate exposure to tobacco smoke domestic animals household pets and other conditions common to a variety of home environments
- Employment is conditional upon being cleared by criminal background check and fingerprinting when required
Wage Range: $23.32 $28.62 per hour depending on experience
Benefits:
- 13 paid holidays 12 days of vacation 12 days of sick leave per year
- Health insurance including medical & prescription coverage with optional dental and vision insurance plans. Majority of premiums paid by Catholic Charities
- Retirement 403(b) Plan: employee contributions commence upon employment; Catholic Charities contributes 2 of monthly income and matches up to 4 of employee contributions following 6 months of employment
- Basic Life Insurance paid 100 by Catholic Charities
- Flexible Spending Account eligibility following 6 months of employment
- Education Assistance Program reimbursing up to $5250 per year for approved continuing education after 6 months of employment
- Additional voluntary insurances including supplemental life accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) critical illness long term disability accident and ID theft
- Employee Assistance Program includes 3 counseling sessions per year legal consultations financial coaching and other wellbeing tools
- Annual longevity awards begin at 5 years of employment
It is the practice of Catholic Charities to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color national origin sex age disability citizenship status marital status creed genetic predisposition or carrier status sexual orientation gender expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Applicants from underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We gladly offer reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to support participation in the hiring process and employment.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
