Hours: full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Location: Lynchburg, VA 24501

Position Summary

The Case Manager 1 - TREE Grant is an entry level position responsible for promoting and supporting individuals who are at risk of developing or have mental health and/or substance abuse issues and for working with individuals and families with at least one member with a substance use and/or mental health disorder to establish appropriate linkages; referrals; coordination of care; and provides regular follow-up on needed services and supports. Overall services include assessing, monitoring, linking to services, supportive level counseling, education, and advocacy. This is a grant-based position that will end with the ending of the grant.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in an applicable human services field. Or relevant education, which indicates that the individual possesses the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• No professional experience required -- less than one year of human service experience. Prefer some relevant experience.

Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Experience providing services (e.g., assessment, supportive level counseling, linkage and referral to resources) to adolescents and transitional-aged youth. Familiarity with the culture and language of adolescents and transitional-aged youth as evidenced by annual cultural competency training and 8 hours of annual trauma-informed training as documented in Horizon’s learning management system. Access to language services for clients that communicate in a different language.

•Services, systems, and programs available in the community including primary health care, support services, eligibility criteria and intake processes, generic community resources, and mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse treatment programs;

•The nature of serious mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse depending on the population served, including clinical and developmental issues;

•Different types of assessments, including functional assessments, and their uses in service planning;

•Treatment modalities and intervention techniques, such as behavior management, independent living skills training, supportive counseling, family education, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and service coordination;

•The service planning process and major components of a service plan;

•The use of medications in the care or treatment of the population served;

•All applicable federal and state laws, state regulations, and local ordinances.

•Identifying and documenting an individual's needs for resources, services and other supports;

•Using information from assessments, evaluations, observation, and interviews to develop individual service plans;

•Identifying services and resources within the community and established service system to meet the individual's needs; and documenting how resources, services, and natural supports, such as family, can be utilized to achieve an individual's personal habilitative/rehabilitative and life goals;

•Coordinating the provision of services by public and private providers.

•Work as team members, maintaining effective inter- and intra- agency working relationships;

•Work independently, performing position duties under general supervision;

•Engage and sustain ongoing relationships with individuals receiving services;

•To drive and must possess a valid driver’s license. May be called upon to travel to any Horizon worksite; transport clients, provide services to client @other locations. Regular attendance at trainings and Horizon meetings may require travel to a variety of Horizon sites.

•To participate in and successfully pass behavioral intervention training; includes both verbal de-escalation skills and physical skills techniques to be utilized with consumers as needed.

•Willing and available to work modified schedules (weekends, holiday, etc.) as required.

•Demonstrate a positive regard for individuals and their families (e.g., allowing risk taking, avoiding stereotypes of developmentally disabled people, respecting individuals' and families' privacy, believing individuals can grow).

HORIZON ENVIRONMENT:

Horizon Behavioral Health is located in the heart of Central Virginia surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Whether your passions be hiking on the vast Appalachian Trails, kayaking through the James River Blueways, or a Sunday drive along the world-famous Blue Ridge Parkway, Lynchburg VA offers small-town southern charm with an active culture of music festivals, outdoor activities, and performing arts that placed it at the top of the list by Reviews.org as the 2019 best place for millennials to move. Horizon is also the proud recipient of Living in Lynchburg’s 2021 Giving Back Award, Best of Lynchburg for Counseling Services for multiple consecutive years, Best Place to Work by Lynchburg Business Magazine in 2018, and AGAIN in 2023!

THE BEST BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY:

We know that we have some of the best benefits around - participation in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) is exclusively for public service workers in VA; several options exist for life, health, dental, and vision insurance; our generous annual leave policy is better than any company around, with separate time allocated to sick leave, and also paid holidays. Horizon’s clinical sites are NHSC/HRSA approved for clinical student loan repayment, and qualify for both the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and the Behavioral Health State Loan Repayment (BHLRP) programs. If you are interested in continuing your education, working at Horizon qualifies you to receive discounts at some local universities.

To Apply – Please visit our online career center at https://www.horizonbh.org/careers/

Horizon Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).