Full-Time
Case Manager
Friend Health
No salary listed
Chicago, IL, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
Category
 Administrative & Executive Assistance (1) |
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Required Skills
Care Coordination
Requirements
- A Bachelor's Degree in a related human services or social services field.
- A valid driver's license and vehicle are required to travel.
- Knowledge of utilizing DMS IV and ASAM criteria for assessing clinical diagnoses and appropriate client placement.
- Knowledge of medical needs and available resources for psychiatrically disabled persons.
- Knowledge of appropriate record-keeping procedures.
- Sensitivity to multicultural differences.
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure continuous improvement in all service areas.
- Ability to relate well to people of all socioeconomic groups.
- Knowledge of computers and applicable software.
- Excellent writing skills.
Responsibilities
- Be available, as determined by rotation, on a 24-hour basis to intervene in crisis needs.
- Work closely with State Mental Health Facility to plan services needed for high-rate users referred for discharge from inpatient care.
- Work closely with the community support treatment team triage.
- Maintain professional working relationships with all referral agencies.
- Develop plans to refer, link, and place individuals with community-based treatment and other needed resources.
- Assist individuals by referring, linking, and placing them with recreation, transportation, financial and medical entitlement, and vocational rehabilitation services as appropriate.
- Coordinate inter- and intra-agency services.
- Conduct outreach and case finding.
- Determine eligibility and conduct comprehensive assessments of service needs.
- Develop comprehensive master Individual Treatment Plans with appropriate housing facilities, with input from the client and/or family unit.
- Review clients' Individual Treatment Plans regularly to assess effectiveness and the need for specific plan elements, with input from the client or family.
- Monitor and evaluate all services provided to individual clients.
- Locate appropriate housing facilities as needed.
- Provide supportive counseling to individual clients or families as needed.
- Provide problem-solving assistance to clients or families as needed.
- Provide public education on services available and the needs of mentally ill individuals as opportunities arise or as assigned by the Vice President.
- Participate in staff meetings scheduled by the supervisor.
- Document all services provided in progress notes and perform DIS billings of services on a timely basis.
- Maintain appropriate credentials and pursue internal or external training and development opportunities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
- Two-three years of experience in a mental health setting.
- Knowledge of languages other than English, particularly Spanish.