Clinical Case Manager, CSM Fire House

Role: Clinical Case ManagerReports to:Program Manager Program: 1503-HMSTRDepartment: OutreachLocation: CSM Fire Houseth Street Santa Monica CA 90401Setting:100% OnsiteSchedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pmStatus:Full-time/Non-Exempt/Non-ManagementBenefits:Medical Vision Dental Life Insurance 403(b) Retirement plan Employee Assistance Program (EAP) :1Job Description Summary:The People Concerns Santa Monica Homeless Multidisciplinary Street Team (HMST) is seeking a masters level clinical case manager on this multidisciplinary street outreach team. This team is part of a City of Santa Monica strategy to combat homelessness. The goal of HMST is to target the highest utilizers of the City of Santa Monicas emergency resources (police fire and hospitals). The skilled interdisciplinary team uses best practices for engaging chronically homeless individuals with co-occurring mental health substance use and/or medical issues. A low client-to-staff ratios is used to maximize effectiveness. The team works closely with each client to develop individualized service plans. The team helps enroll clients in public benefits (i.e. General Relief SSI/SSDI Medi-Cal) submit housing applications and access appropriate medical and behavioral health Description Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Provide field-based services meeting currently homeless clients where they are in order to eliminate barriers to mental health service needs of clients in developing mutually agreed-upon goals documented in each clients confidential service risk assessment and clinical evaluations for clients who are potentially gravely disabled and in need of hospitalization and referral to higher levels of clients with appropriate medical mental health substance abuse and vocational clients in obtaining all benefits to which they are entitled including applying for and advocating for SSI opportunities for clients to build a supportive peer relationships with County mental health and other resources to increase collaboration and responsiveness to clients with severe mental illness and all charting in a timely and communicate effectively with police officers and local hospital staff to reduce police contact and ED visits by targeted effectively on an interdisciplinary team and collaborate with Program Manager to ensure high level of clinical duties as Description Qualifications:Masters degree in a mental health field (MSW MFT PhD PsyD)Demonstrated knowledge of clinical case in dealing with issues faced by population served (serious mental illness substance abuse and physical health problems).Excellent writing and charting of community to maintain an effective working relationship with Santa Monica community partners (including police firefighters city staff etc) and maintain and build professional rapportAbility to self-motivate work independently and communicate to work collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary teamValid CA Drivers license reliable car auto insurance and an acceptable driving recordJob Description Preferred Qualifications:BBS licensureJob Description Work Environment:HMST works in the field and in the office. Field consists of street Clients homes and facilities such as hospitals clinics DMV DPSS etc.