What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Case Manager position at South Community Behavioral Health Care?
General Summary
This is a full time position under the direct supervision of the Program Manager of Youth Case Management.
The general responsibilities of the position are to provide community psychiatric support treatment intervention to youth and families who have multiple service needs. This includes developing mutual working treatment plans, and assisting clients in reaching treatment plan goals. The Youth Case Manager (YCM) will demonstrate time management skills, ability to work independently out in the community, and the ability to work in a larger a team.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Establish rapport with youth and families and assess overall treatment needs by identifying strengths that will assist the youth in reaching treatment goals. The YCM is responsible for attempting to make initial contact with any new case within 48 hours (two business days) of assignment
2. Meet with youth and families, face to face, and provide mental health interventions that will assist clients in reaching their overall treatment goals. Face to face contact should occur at a minimum one time per month, preferably in the home.
3. Coordinate the ongoing assessment of the needs of clients and families served and monitoring symptoms and self-management of symptoms that might interfere with a person achieving their highest level of functioning.
4. Provide and assist in crisis intervention to clients in acute distress.
5. Educates and assists youth and families in learning how to access and utilize community resources, and assist in linkage to those resources to meet the overall needs of the youth and family.
6. Monitor overall service delivery and advocate for youth and families with other services from other service providers.
7. Educate the client and family members about mental illness, symptoms and medication monitoring.
8. Assist and empower youth and families towards self-sufficiency in accordance with the Recovery Model and the development of natural social supports.
9. Enhance interpersonal and community coping skills, through individual and family interventions including adapting to home, school and work environments.
10. Assist, participate, and support summer program groups and other community psychiatric support groups throughout the year. This may include leading and/or co-leading groups yearly.
11. Assist youth and family in accessing all available entitlements and resources to meet the emotional and/or physical needs of the child.
12. Produce 1040 hours of billable service per fiscal year (about 86.67 hours per month).
13. Complete all necessary documentation and statistical reports within required timelines, achieve an annual average of at least 80% on initial score of clinical record review.
14. Administers outcome ratings on all primary cases based on outcome schedule.
15. Administers Client Satisfaction Surveys to all primary cases, annually.
16. Maintains and completes all required documentation in the Integrated Clinical Record as indicated and meets all required timelines for completion of documentation.
17. Demonstrates familiarity with agency’s computer system
18. Participates in and is on time for all mandatory staff meetings, case reviews, treatment meetings and supervision.
Minimum Qualifications:
An Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in the human services field. Experience in providing services to families and children is preferred. Access to an operational vehicle and a valid driver’s license is required. Auto insurance with 100,000/300,000 liability policy coverage must be maintained
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $38,396.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you have a reliable vehicle?
- Are you willing to do home visits and transport clients in your personal vehicle?
- What is your personal email address?
Ability to Commute:
- Moraine, OH 45439 (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $38,396