Description

• Works together with therapist to conduct comprehensive needs assessments with children, youth, adults, and families to assist them in obtaining needed resources such as health insurance, housing, and low cost child care through referral and linkage.
• Provides individual and group rehabilitation services under Department of Mental Health contract or other agency funding.
• Meets agency’s productivity standards for client service hours.
• Completes and submits progress notes in a 24 hour timeframe utilizing the agency’s electronic health record system (EXYM) and collaborative documentation while serving clients; discusses and receives proof of insurance / Medi-Cal information in the field and submits to the QMET and/or IS Support Team.
• Provides guidance and assistance to parents/caretakers on managing child’s behaviors successfully.
• Provides guidance and assistance to parents/caretakers on managing familial stressors effectively and successfully.
• Assists family with identifying internal resources to assist with multiple stressors such as extended family members, grandparents.
• Develops and provide client rehabilitation services which assist in improving, maintaining, or restoring daily functioning at home, school, and community in accordance with treatment goals and in collaboration with treatment team (i.e., therapist, psychiatrist).
• Provides interagency and intra-agency consultation, communication, coordination and referrals.
• Identifies and communicates to therapist obstacles preventing families from connecting with program and/or referral services.
• Attends community meetings as requested.
• Represents the agency at community resource fairs.
• Follows up with families that drop out of treatment.
• Provides services in the communities, in homes, schools and other field-based settings.
• Participate in trainings and meetings as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

One to two years’ experience providing case management services to low-income individuals in a community setting with at-risk population.

Education: Bachelor degree from an accredited college or university in social work, human services or a related field.