What are the responsibilities and job description for the Case Manager I-III OBI [1449] position at Texas Panhandle Mental Health?
Position: Case Manager I-III OBI [1449]
Program: Amarillo, Texas – Outpatient Biopsychosocial Intervention (OBI)
Salary range:
Case Manager I: $40,809.60 Annually
Case Manager II: $43,305.60 Annually
Case Manager III: $46,009.60 Annually
Shift available: Full-time
At Texas Panhandle Centers (TPC), you’ll be part of a caring team dedicated to making lives better for over 10,000 individuals and families each year across the Texas Panhandle. As a non-profit, TPC provides a wide range of services from mental health and substance use support to intellectual and developmental disability care, empowering clients of all ages to achieve dignity and independence. With seven service centers located throughout the region, our staff work together with our clients to achieve our mission to create an accessible system of care that supports individual choice and truly make a difference. We invite you to join us in our vision of “Making Lives Better!”
Essential duties and responsibilities of the Family & Youth Specialist:
- Staff will maintain ethical and professional communications at all times using respectful Trauma-Informed Care language
- Provides service coordination, proper assessment, treatment planning, biopsychosocial case management service interventions to a caseload according to local policy and procedure, TPC Community Standards, Medicaid guidelines, and HCS standards.
- Collaborate with the IDD and Behavioral Health teams to ensure a cross-systems biopsychosocial approach is used when providing skills training and case management.
- Educate and train community mental health partners, substance use partners, and others involved in mental health on techniques and training resources.
- Provide referrals within the community for appropriate consultations.
- Provide skills training to individuals in the program, parents, and support systems.
- Complete Biopsychosocial Assessments. Develop recovery-focused, strength-based treatment plan that is person-centered and includes the individual’s vulnerabilities and triggers from a biopsychosocial perspective.
- Will monitor the progress towards the desired outcomes identified by the team of each individual assigned and will document in regular monitoring/review tools, which will be submitted in a timely manner to adhere to documentation requirements.
- Is a contributing and collaborating member of the treatment team, sharing ideas and client progress to ensure identified needs are addressed.
- Follows the required documentation requirements of OBI services as outlined in the Statement of Work.
- Provide services in Amarillo and in the regional areas of the Texas Panhandle as needed
- Adheres to TPC Business Code of Conduct and reports concern if ethical and/or business standards defined in the code are compromised
Required qualifications of the Family & Youth Specialist to be successful in the job:
- Must have a Bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a major in social, behavioral, or human service field including, but not limited to, psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human development, gerontology, educational psychology, education, and criminal justice for Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP) credentialing
- A minimum of one (1) year experience working with individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities required.
- For Case Manager I, no additional case management experience required
- For Case Manager II, minimum one (1) year of experience in behavioral health case management or IDD Service Coordination
- For Case Manager III, minimum two (2) years of experience in behavioral health case management or IDD Service Coordination
- Graduate work may be substituted for up to one (1) year of experience
- Employees may be required to utilize their personal mobile phones for two-factor authentication (2FA). Full statement under Informational Documents: www.texaspanhandlecenters.org/careers
- Must have a valid Texas driver’s license and be insurable under agency vehicle policy
- Must be 18 years of age or older
Preferred qualifications of the Family & Youth Specialist to be successful in the job:
- Bilingual
At TPC, passion and meaningful work are rewarded! We offer employees:
- Click here for TPC’s FY2026 Summary of Benefits
- 501(c)(3) designation – you can apply for the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
- Robust benefit offerings – Urgent Care visits for a low $10 co-pay, Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Employer paid life insurance (1.5 times employee’s salary)
- Staff automatically enrolled into a 457 Retirement Account at 1% of their annual salary. Employer match 1% higher than employee’s contribution up to 6% in the 403(b) or 457 Retirement Savings Plan
- Paid time off – PTO accrual, Holidays
- One (1) annual Mental Health Floating Holiday, one (1) annual Celebrate Diversity Floating Holiday, and one (1) annual A Day to Remember Floating Holiday available to staff after 90 days of employment
- Additional Supplemental Coverage available i.e. Disability, Accidental, Cancer, Critical Care, and Section 125 Flexible Spending Account Plan
- Teladoc – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to a medical provider free of charge via telephone or video
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to behavioral health, financial, and legal counseling in person or via telephone
Salary : $40,810 - $46,010