Care Manager - CCBHC

As a Care Manager you will be working with adults with mental illness and/or substance use disorders, children with serious emotional disturbance, members of the armed services and veterans. Our programs service adults, children, and families. Your role will be essential to our success, and your efforts will influence our ability to provide treatment to our community.

Ability to provide Person Centered, Family-Centered, and Trauma-Informed Care; Understanding and commitment to supporting recovery and resiliency; Ability to assess and interpret information related to population; Knowledge of the symptoms of the disability/disorder and ability to recognize exacerbation of symptoms; General understanding of treatment needs; Knowledge of available treatment resources and appropriate use; Population-specific communication skills; Understanding of Care Coordination; General knowledge of housing subsidies and management of the subsidies.

• Provides community-based services to consumers and consumer’s family in the community;

• Facilitates service linkage in the mental health and non-mental health, health system; coordinating and integrating services from multiple providers;

• Assists and supports individuals in developing skills to gain access to needed medical, behavioral health, housing, employment, social, educational and other services essential to meeting basic needs;

• Provides training and/or direct service support to individuals in the use of basic community resources such as transportation and financial resources;

• Provides necessary support to ensure that individuals needs and goals are addressed, including aggressive advocacy, escort to appointment, daily living skill remediation and money management;

• Provides accurate and timely documentation of services in the electronic health record;

• Provides 24 hours/7 days per week on call crises intervention, including in person response on a rotating basis, including evenings and weekends;

• 1 year experience working in a behavioral health setting preferred;

Programs funded through SAMHSA must follow federal guidelines for a drug free workplace.