This is responsible and specialized case management work in assessing planning linking monitoring and advocating for a caseload of children/adolescents with serious and persistent mental illness. The incumbent is responsible for assisting clients with their needs/goals through the development of the treatment/service plan and/or aftercare plan. Work also entails responsibility for working with clients families or guardians and community resources and advocating for clients by linking them with appropriate services.
Education/ Training:
- A bachelors degree in the field is required.
- At least one year of experience working with behaviorally challenging children or children with co-occurring disorders.
Job Duties:
- Uses their own family experience as a tool to model for families
- Increases familys knowledge and skills by utilizing evidence-based parenting curriculum when necessary
- Provides information about social emotional behavioral and/or substance use-related resources
- Assists in supporting families in crisis
- Facilitates family-directed services goal setting and communicating effectively with othertreatment providersusing the wrap-around approach
-Assists in advocacy within the community
- Provides practical support to caregivers in regard to day-to-day issues occurring within the home as they relate to overall family well-being
Competencies:
- Ethics
- Confidentiality
- Behavioral Health Information
- Communication
- Advocacy In & Across Systems
- Natural Supports
- Local Resource Information