PORTIA BELL HUME BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND TRAINING CENTER (aka The Hume Center) has a rewarding opportunity for a qualified Care Coordinator, Level I: Family Partner under the leadership of The Hume Center’s Clinical Program Manager This is an exciting opportunity to help our organization to grow by continuing to develop this department.

MISSION: The Hume Center strives to create an environment of psychological well-being both internally for our work community and externally for the community we serve, with special consideration for the under- and un-served, through practicing an enabling consultation process. We believe in serving our community through strengthening existing and developing new resources; providing the highest caliber of culturally sensitive behavioral health services, professional training, and clinical research; and focusing on consistent improvement through outcomes, data-based quality assurance, and program evaluation.

DESCRIPTION OF JOB RESPONSIBILITES AND DUTIES:

Provide comprehensive case management and rehabilitation services to adults with severe psychiatric disabilities. This is an exciting position within a multidisciplinary team. The Family Partner will work closely with clients and their families to provide resources, guidance, and support to the family system. The Family Partner will provide rehabilitation, linkage, and case management services to these individuals in their natural settings (community, homes, shelter, park, hospital, etc.) and at the office. Our consumers experience psychiatric hospitalizations, housing instability, homelessness, severe and acute mental illness, and money management difficulties. This program will take a do-what-it-takes attitude to support those we serve to find hope, stability, and recovery.

MINUMUM REQUIREMENTS:

1. Lived experience as a family member in the Adult Mental Health; Alcohol and Other Drug; and Health, Housing, and Homeless service domains.
2. P.I.R.I.T. or P.E.T. Graduate, Certified NAMI Family to Family Instructor, or equivalent knowledge and training required
3. AA, BA, or Masters in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or related field with several years’ professional experience in behavioral health preferred but not required
4. Experience being a family advocate preferred
5. Experience at The Hume Center is a plus but not required
6. Demonstrate flexibility to handle diverse and changing organizational needs
7. Must be willing to work full-time, minimum 40 hours/week, five days a week, and be present at The Hume Center.
8. Must be willing to work some evenings and weekends when needed.
9. Demonstrate primary professional commitment and knowledge for representation of The Hume Center.
10. Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Apps, and Adobe Reader/PDFs preferred
11. Proficiency in Electronic Health Records preferred
12. Experience working effectively with culturally, socio economically, and ethnically diverse populations.
13. Possess a valid California Driver’s license. Must be willing to use own vehicle and valid car insurance for work related travel and transportation of patients. Mileage driven for work is reimbursed.
14. Strong commitment to respecting consumers and their family members and having concrete ideas about how to improve the meaningful involvement and participation of consumers in the program’s services.
15. Strong commitment to community-based services for persons with high needs and low resources.
16. Some knowledge of psychiatric disability and the navigation of the system of care for those with mental illness in the local area
17. Be willing to use own cell phone to be accessible and willing to be available to receive calls for crisis and/or emergency situations.
18. Familiar with and/or able to work within the Family Partner and Consumer Empowerment shift in Psychology.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

1. Demonstrates high professionalism and strong organizational skills
2. Ability to maintain confidentiality
3. Excellent verbal and written skills
4. Detail oriented, proactive, reliable, and flexible
5. Comfortable working in close emotional proximity
6. Optimistic: Shows respect, seeks strengths, and believes that consumers can change, stabilize, and recover
7. Ability to establish rapport maintain effective working relationships with individuals served, agency staff, and other agencies in the community is essential.
8. Non-punitive and non-judgmental toward consumers and families
9. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively on teams with prescribers, care coordinators, therapists, community supports, programs, families, and consumers

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

1. Consult with staff on clinical and program matters as the need arises.
2. Some understanding of alcohol and other drug addiction and recovery.
3. Some understanding of resiliency, recovery and wellness approaches.
4. Competence in basic interpersonal skills (e.g., attending & listening, exploring thoughts and feelings, curious questioning)
5. Knowledge about educational, judicial, health care, housing, shelters, emergency, and other social service systems in community preferred
6. Knowledge of clinical documentation and billing standards

DIRECT SERVICES:

1. Assist team to achieve 100% outreach to available family members of referred individuals
2. Act as a role model for family members as to how to compassionately assist their loved ones through resource navigation, how to maintain appropriate boundaries with their loved ones, and how to assist and empower their loved one to achieve their treatment goals.
3. Connect family members to family member oriented resources like NAMI, respite services, and other opportunities
4. Assist consumer and family members with specific, unique case management needs
5. Assist in implementing treatment/service plans.
6. Maintain contact with family members and consumers to a degree sufficient to monitor and assess progress with wellness recovery
7. Follow comprehensive treatment plans based on psychological and psychiatric assessments and input from all members of the team.
8. Complete housing applications, support consumers getting into appropriate housing, and provide supportive housing services once consumers are housed to help them maintain housing
9. Provide comprehensive services in service program(s), included, but not limited to, evaluation, rehabilitation, case management, collateral, crisis intervention, and consultation.
10. Complete case records, including progress notes, discharge/transfer summaries, etc.
11. Complete initial screenings and gather information for evaluation
12. Perform all evaluations, interventions, and outcome measurements on-time, including data entry of the results as needed.
13. Help link consumers to SSI, SDI, Food, Housing, Transportation, Primary Care, Psychosocial Rehab, Educational and Employment Supports and Opportunities, and all other services that will help support the consumer’s progress in treatment.
14. Fulfill additional responsibilities as needed.
15. Staff the crisis phone on a rotating basis with other staff
16. Engage in community organizing for mental health.

OTHER:

1. Support and cover for other team members as necessary.
2. Meet billable hours set by The Hume
3. Attend weekly staff meetings, trainings, group and individual supervisor
4. Participate in quality assurance processes within the program and department and ensure all documentation meets all relevant internal and external standards.
5. Participate in program development, implementation and evaluation.
6. Community outreach.
7. Fulfill any additional duties specified by assigned Supervisor and/or the President.