Children's Blended Case Manager

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Position Type:FTE (37.5 hours per week)

Starting Pay Range: $24.24 26.16 per hour

PURPOSE:

Provide direct assistance to children and adolescents with a behavioral health disorder in gaining access to critical mental health medical social educational and other supportive resources within their community.

FUNCTIONS:

1. Provide Blended Case Management (BCM) services to a caseload that will not exceed 25 youth and their families meeting minimum performance and productivity standards as identified by BCM Supervisor.

2. Provide proactive outreach to youth and family in their home school and community and engage with empower and advocate for assigned youth and family.

3. Conduct ongoing assessment of the youth and familys strengths and needs.

4. Develop a comprehensive service coordination plan in collaboration with youth family and treatment team and routinely monitor progress.

5. Provide linkage to identified resources with youth and family consent. This may include facilitating referrals for expanded mental health programming including EPSDT IBHS Psychiatry FBS etc.

6. Serve as a clinical liaison and coordinate care between all service providers and systems serving youth and family. This may include but is not limited to: behavioral health psychiatric medical dental educational and other evaluations and appointments.

7. As appropriate assist clients with applying for MA and Social Security applications or troubleshooting other insurance barriers that impact access to care. This may involve accompanying clients to appointments at Public Assistance and Social Security offices.

8. Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on a rotating basis. This involves coordinating care with mobile crisis the Philadelphia Childrens Crisis Response Center (PCCRC) or psychiatric hospital. This may involve accompanying the youth and caregiver to the PCCRC or hospital.

9. Ensure continuity of care when youth are moving from one level of care to the next to prevent gaps in service coverage. This is especially critical for youth moving from out of home placement (e.g. foster care group home RTF AIP) back home.

10. Actively participate in all staff meetings and provide consultation and support to team members as needed.

11. Coordinate and lead interagency meetings for assigned cases for the purpose of service

coordination and treatment and aftercare planning.

12. Maintain required records and documentation in compliance with Agency county state and Managed Health Care regulations.

13. Maintains collaborative working relationships with service providers.

14. Participate in professional development as assigned including mandatory annual trainings and 10 hours of elective trainings per year as recommended by BCM supervisor.

15. Function in compliance with agency policies/procedures and federal state and local law.

16. Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities as requested by BCM Supervisor or Compliance Officer.

17. Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. BCMs must have a bachelors or masters degree with major course work in sociology social work psychology gerontology anthropology political science history criminal justice theology nursing counseling or education and have 1 year of mental health direct care experience.

2. Must have a valid Childline PA Criminal History and FBI Clearances prior to commencing work.

3. Requires a vehicle and valid drivers license from state of residence with a minimum of one (1) year driving experience.

4. Must be available to work some evening hours.

SKILLS:

1. Flexibility resourcefulness and ability to creatively problem solve.

2. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

3. Ability to work collaboratively within a team-oriented environment.

Interact Offers Benefits to Their Employees Who Work 30 Hours. These Benefits Include:

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