What are the responsibilities and job description for the Case Manager position at WELLSTONE?
Job Description: The Case Manager is responsible for coordinating and providing support to individuals with mental health or substance abuse challenges by assisting the therapeutic team and encouraging healthy choices as clients transition to outpatient therapy and treatment. They assess needs, connect clients with resources, advocate for clients' well-being, and ensure they receive the appropriate care.
What you'll be doing:
- Provide outpatient case management services.
- Provide direct services to clients to address needs which are unmet as well as information about the continuum of care.
- Provide training on money management as it relates to meeting needs of the client to obtain and maintain psychiatric stability in a residential setting.
- Provide follow-up progress as per the needs of clients to treatment team members.
- Evaluate client’s residential stability and assist those clients who are in need of a 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 by utilizing electronic charting.
- Monitor the care and services clients receive in residential setting
- Develop a positive working relationship with the Residential Care manager/owner to meet needs of clients.
- Develop and implement Individual Service Plan which consists 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 clients through mental health crisis situations and/or arrange 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.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job and is not designed to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible duties, tasks, or responsibilities that are required of the employee as they may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Qualifications:What you'll be doing:
- Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences field
- Excellent 5-year driving record & reliable transportation
- Excellent verbal 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
Benefits
What we offer:
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision premiums
- State Retirement participation through RSA plus an optional 457b plan with a company match
- Nine (9) paid holidays throughout the year
- Ability to continually accrue up to 15 days of PTO a year (unused rolls over)
- Company-paid Group Life and AD&D insurance and Long-Term Disability
- Licensure reimbursement
- Tuition discounts through learning partnerships with Athens State University and Capella University
We are compassionate towards those impacted by behavioral health disorders.
We are dedicated to one another through collaboration and teamwork.
We are optimistic problem-solvers who do what it takes to get the job done.