Adult Case Manager - Reid House

WellStone is North Alabama’s most comprehensive behavioral healthcare provider serving over 13,000 persons a year in Huntsville, Cullman and Decatur. We are a non-profit community organization that offers a wide range of services for every phase of life, from children to older adults.
We are hiring for an Adult Case Manager
What we're looking for -

• Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences field
• Excellent 5 year driving record & reliable transportation
• Excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills
• State of Alabama Adult Case Management Training
• Knowledge of Community Lay-out (Cullman County Area)
• Knowledge of Community Agencies and Resources
• Personal Automobile Liability Insurance in the amounts of $100k, $300k, $50K
• Provide outpatient case management services to the seriously mentally ill population.
• Provide direct services to severely mentally ill clients to address needs which are unmet as well as information about continuum of care;
• Provide training on money management as it relates to meeting needs of the client to obtain and maintain psychiatric stability residential setting;
• Provide follow-up progress as per need of client to treatment team members;
• Evaluate client’s residential stability and assist those clients who are in need of more stable environment;
• Provide Basic Living Skills training when necessary as it relates to clients immediate needs while preparing client for less intensive level of care within the community;
• Assist clients with obtaining medication;
• Monitor medication compliance, maintain awareness of common side effects, and ensure client is taking medication as directed on a regular basis;
• Provide traditional case management services as well as collateral services such as transportation to appointments, referral agencies, etc.;
• Maintain high quality client documentation and records management utilization electronic charting.
• Monitor the care and services clients receive in residential setting;
• Develop a positive working relationship with Residential Care manager/owner to meet needs of clients
• Develop and implement Individual Service Plan which consist of goals, resources, and interventions;
• Review client’s progress every three months and revise Individual Service Plan as needed;
• Review SUN-R 6 months after initial assessment and then at intervals of 12 months thereafter;
• Revise client’s goals once met, or progress as they occur;
• Assist mentally ill clients through crisis situations and/or arranging for the provision of such assistance by other professional or personal caregivers.
• Perform incidental care to families of the mentally ill and assist those family members in understanding the mental illness;

Education
Required

• Bachelors or better in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, etc

Job Type: Full-time