Socialization Coordinator Case Manager
Socialization Coordinator Case Manager
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Pay Rate: $24.00 to $27.51 Depending on Experience
Shift Differential Pay for Weekends/Evenings/Nights
MHM Services a Centurion company is proud to be the provider of mental health services to the California Department of State HospitalsForensic Assertive Community Treatment Program (FACT). The FACT program is a statewide system that provides an unlocked supervised living environment with 24hour staffing. FACTs model of care is centralized services with a slow transition to communitybased services. Services needed to support community reintegration include but are not limited to the following:
- Forensic mental health treatment through individual and group therapy settings
- Life skills training
- Day socialization groups
- Collateral contacts
- Home visits
- Substance abuse screenings
- Psychiatric services
- Case Management
- Court reports
- Psychological assessments
Under the direction of the Fact Program Director the fulltime Socialization Coordinator/Case Manager provides communitybased services and monitoring for FACT clients to include judicially committed individuals and mentally disordered offenders. Services to include recreational/social activities to accomplish treatment objectives foster skill building and problem solving in support of psychological stabilization and community placement.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
- Provides socialization and recreational services to support individualized recovery and address clients understanding of and ability to live with chronic mental illness including necessity of medication compliance.
- Provides socialization support to clients with severe and persistent mental illness including daily living skills.
- Conducts structured skillsbased groups for individuals to address coping skills related to time management goalsetting consequential thinking stress management anger management budgeting etc. while modeling and teaching appropriate behavior and support.
- Runs substance use treatment group.
- Provides psychoeducation for clients who are incompetent to stand trial through oneonone case management sessions or groups sessions.
- Supports clients safe reintegration into the community.
- Helps clients with connection to important community services (e.g. Medical Medicare insurance volunteer opportunities school etc..
- Provides psychoeducation for individuals and groups to address social skills related to personal hygiene interpersonal communication conflict resolution activities of daily living job skills transit usage and recreational skills.
- Instructs FACT clients in activities and techniques such as personal hygiene sports dance music art or relaxation techniques designed to meet their specific physical or mental health needs.
- Encourages FACT clients to participate in leisure activities and all scheduled groups and meetings.
- Engages FACT clients to engage in community activities.
- Conducts personal space visits (home visits) to monitor and support transition to living within the housing facility.
- Refers any clinical concerns or issues to treating clinical staff.
- Assists clients who have histories of substance use to become involved with community resources (AA/NA).
- Conducts urine screens as needed to monitor potential of substance use.
- Prepares encounter notes following any service which indicate: services provided; clients response/interaction; specific problem behaviors warning signs and/or any pertinent observations; and actions taken in response to these (including referral or notification to Psychiatrist).
- Participates as member of multidisciplinary treatment team in wellness and recovery treatment planning discussion and daily monitoring of FACT clients.
- Assists clients in defining goals to achieve personal social educational and/or vocational development.
- Assists in development of a safety and risk management program for the treatment setting.
- Develops and maintains an inventory of materials used in treatment and tracks use accordingly.
- Attends required training and inservice programs as requested.
- Conducts random and scheduled house checks for safety security compliance and census at a 24/7 housing facility.
- Identifies and maintains professional boundaries to preserve the integrity of the therapeutic process and relationship.
- Ensures compliance with MHM confidentiality policies and Federal and State laws regulations and guidelines including HIPAA.
- Delivers care in a nonjudgmental/nondiscriminatory manner to protect the autonomy dignity and rights of FACT clients.
- Other duties as assigned.
Schedule: 40 hours per week / various schedules and shifts available including Saturday & Sunday Work
- Days Working 7:00am to 3:00pm
- Evenings Working 3:00pm to 11:00pm
- Nights Working 11:00pm to 7:00am
MHM/Centurion offers a comprehensive benefits package for our fulltime team members including:
- Health dental vision disability and life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Flexible Spending Account
- Continuing Education benefits
- Much more...
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in mental health or social services related field or certified psychiatric technician preferred.
- CADAC preferred.
- Minimum of one year of mental health experience required.
- Communitybased mental health experience preferred.
- Must be able to pass a background investigation.
- Active CPR certification preferred.
- Must have valid California drivers license; good driving record. Proof of current auto insurance and must meet insurability requirements of Company insurance carrier.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
