Are you looking for an exciting new venture that can truly make a difference in people's lives?

Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities is your place.

The Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (MHID) is dedicated to helping the residents of Nueces County who are living with mental illness and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve over 10,000 people each year with psychiatric and behavioral health care outpatient services, counseling, training, employment assistance, housing support, homeless outreach, children's mental health care and more. 

*This position will remain open for seven (7) calendar days, or until filled. Posted 8/16/2024* 

Hourly Wage: $24.45

Full-Time, 40 Hour Work Week, Paid Bi-weekly

General Description

Under the supervision of the Crisis Intervention TeamSupervisor, Crisis Intervention Team Forensic Case Managers are embedded withCCPD and serve as one half of the Crisis Intervention Team. Team member isresponsible for providing rapid response when dispatched with CIT officers inthe community. Services to be provided include crisis assessment, intervention,and coordination of diversion from arrest and incarceration based onestablished processes. Team members are responsible for linking andcoordinating care for eligible persons with a mental illness and/orco-occurring disorder who are being diverted from incarceration. Team memberwill work alongside CIT officers to facilitate services. Job includes workingside by side with CIT trained police officers. When not on CIT team rotationstaff is responsible for assisting and providing services at Pathways CrisisRespite unit. When not on CIT teamrotation staff is responsible for assisting and providing services at PathwaysCrisis Respite Unit. Adheres to established training and service deliverystandards including the use of evidenced based practices, establishes andmaintains open communication law enforcement, communicates directly within-house Jail personnel, other Crisis Intervention Team Members and MobileCrisis Outreach team members to ensure individuals served gain access topsychiatric, substance abuse, medical, social, vocational, and other servicesand supports. Staff are required to report any misdemeanor offenses or otherinvolvement with the criminal justice system to Human Resources.

Minimum Qualifications

A minimum of a bachelor's or advance degree from anaccredited college or university with a major in psychology, social work,medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, criminal justice, humangrowth and development, Physician Assistant, gerontology, special education, educationalpsychology, early childhood education, or early childhood intervention.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Inthe course of being employed, understands and implements trauma informed carepractices.
• Demonstration of the clinical competencies required by agency-approved, standardized training
• Must have reliable transportation. May use personal vehicle to conduct business. Must have a valid driver's license at all times, liability insurance and good driving record
• Computer literate 
• Ability to participate as a team member 
• Experience in the use of teaching and recovery techniques used in rehabilitation services providing effective assistance to persons who are disabled
• Knowledge of assessment techniques and tools
• Knowledge of client care techniques
• Ability to plan an individualized program of instruction with the client
• Ability to work with others and to gain and retain the confidence of persons being instructed, guided, or directed
• Ability to communicateeffectively.

MHID cares about the health and well-being of our employees, we are dedicated to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. 

We offer a very competitive benefits package

• excellent health, hospitalization, dental and vision insurance plans
• life Insurance, $25,000 provided at no cost to employees
• very generous retirement plan- MHID contributes 6% of employee annual salary on the first day of employment and the employee contributes 1%
• employee referral program
• 16 hours of paid time off (PTO) each month, with increases
• 10 holidays plus 2 personal holidays each year
• career ladder incentives/opportunities
• mileage reimbursement if personal vehicle is used for work

• employee appreciation events and annual employee recognition banquet
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP)

Student Loan Repayment

• MHID is a qualified employer for the PSLF program to repay student loans https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

Education

• MHID offers flex scheduling for educational assistance to full-time employees 
• Free LPC-A supervision

We are a tobacco free workplace
EOE/AA

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