MRSS Case Manager

The Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties is actively seeking two caring, professional MRSS Case Managers to actively support the resilience of children and youth with severe and persistent emotional disturbance, behavior disorders, or mental illness; assists those children and their families to avoid the need for out-of-home placement; and encourages and supports successful community living..

Duties:

• Arranges, coordinates, and reviews client diagnostic assessments in order to assure accurate identification of patient status and need.
• Develops, in conjunction with the client and their family or caretaker, a coordinated treatment plan designed to address individual client needs and preferences in such areas as symptom distress, family empowerment, quality of life, asset development, housing, school adjustment and performance, medical services, employment, and other areas identified by the client, family or other caretaker.
• Links clients and families to needed organizational and community-based services and advocates for services on their behalf.
• Assists individual clients and families in developing their own family support system.
• Promotes and encourages, when necessary, client development in such areas as personal care, school adjustment, health maintenance, behavior control, and social skills with the extent and frequency based on patient need and/or preference.
• Monitors client and family treatment compliance and coordinates service delivery among providers both within and outside of the agency with special attention to school, court, and Children’s Services personnel.
• Monitors psychiatric symptoms/condition and assists clients and their families and/or caretakers in recognizing decompensation cues in order to assure timely intervention.
• Provides initial crisis stabilization services, with referral for additional emergency services from specialized programs, when required.
• Completes necessary documentation of services provided, in accordance with Quality Assurance standards and within the required time frames.
• Collects required outcomes assessment data on assigned clients, consistent with the required time frames, and documents the use of collected information in treatment planning and evaluation.

Education and Credential Requirements

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in social work or a related mental health area

Full-Time (30 hours/week) Benefits:

• 24 Days PTO (paid time off) per year
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Health insurance HSA
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Company Paid Life insurance and Long Term disability
• Employee Assistance program available; six free counseling sessions a year

The Counseling Center is headquartered in Wooster, a college town located in scenic rural Northeastern Ohio near Akron, Canton, Cleveland, and Mansfield.

The Counseling Center is a tobacco free organization, a drug-free workplace (including medical marijuana) and an equal opportunity employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.00 - $21.50 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $19 - $22