Children's Case Manager

at South Central Mental Health Counseling Center in El Dorado, Kansas, United States

Job Description

South Central Mental Health is currently recruiting Children's Case Managers. 

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide one-on-one service to consumers who have a severe emotional disturbance. Overall endeavor is to prevent hospitalization or out-of-home placement and to reintegrate consumers into the community. Specialist is an active participant in meeting related administration or treatment planning processes.  

Judgment: Sound judgment is used in ongoing assignments. Maintains a positive, professional and supportive relationship with consumers. Maintains a positive and professional relationship with staff from SCMH and other agencies. Confidentiality is maintained at all times. Specialists keep other staff informed of unusual situations regarding consumers.  

Documentation: Progress notes are accurate and reflect progress toward treatment goals. Documentation is current and turned in weekly.

 Essential Job Functions:

1. Develop continuous supportive relationships with identified clients and their families.
2. Assist with targeted case management/care coordination duties as needed.
3. Be in contact with designated clients and families for regularly scheduled appointments to meet the client and families needs as dictated on their plan of care. Hours vary by client need.
4. Maintain direct client and family contacts in their natural environment based on needs.
5. Help clients learn more effective controls to manage their mental health diagnosis.
6. Follow the instructions of the clinical supervisor regarding effective intervention strategies.
7. Report to team leader and client’s therapist all concerns regarding clients change in behavior or reportable issues.
8. Update client’s goals, objectives, and services in the treatment plan if needed and follow-up with the therapist for their clinical oversight.
9. Facilitate client autonomy by helping them build on strengths, increase community integration and learn more effective controls for emotional disturbances based on medical necessity.
10. Build a relationship with community agencies that will provide a natural, supportive network for clients in their quest for mastery in various situations; liaison 
11. Assume an advocacy role for clients and their families.
12. When necessary or possible, help integrate clients into existing emergency service systems.
13. Attend and complete training sessions as required by SCMH.
14. Have a minimum of 57.5% of work hours of direct contact with clients per week.
15. Perform other duties as directed by supervisor.

 Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.