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CPLC Centro Esperanza is hiring a SMI Case Manager! CPLC Centro Esperanza offers specialized services for Serious Mental Illness (SMI) populations focusing on case management and psychiatric services. 

POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direction of the Clinical Coordinator, the SMI Case Manager coordinates, monitors, and provides direct services to members and families at the clinic and in the community, including case management, rehabilitation, support, and crisis intervention services. The SMI Case Manager works collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team setting to develop individual service plans (ISPs) for individuals with a serious mental illness and to provide or coordinate all services identified. This position is committed to meeting the members where they are and providing services in the community, at their place of employment, and at home as appropriate.

The SMI Case Manager has responsibilities, including, but not limited to:

• Works collaboratively with the clinical team to engage, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with consumer, their family, behavioral health, medical and dental providers, community resources and others in ensuring that all services prescribed in the individualized service plan are implemented. 
• Serves as a point of contact and to ensure ongoing collaboration  including the communication of appropriate clinical information with other involved parties as appropriate and coordination of care with a person’s family, behavioral and general medical and dental health care providers, community resources, and other involved supports including educational, social, judicial, community and other State agencies;  
• Performs all case management functions associated with caseload including participating in the assessment and service planning processes; including identifying the need for further or specialty evaluations.
• Pursues best practice outcomes for person with mental illness including continuing education, employment, independent housing and community tenure. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To be considered a qualified behavioral health technician or a behavioral health paraprofessional, a person must have one of the following combinations of education, license and/or behavioral health work experience:

       Behavioral health technician (BHT):

• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral health related field required. One year behavioral health work experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in non-behavioral health related field and 30 semester hours in behavioral health education and two years behavioral health work experience.
• Associate’s degree in behavioral health related field and four years behavioral health work experience.
• Associate’s degree in non-behavioral health related field and 30 semester hours in behavioral health education and five years behavioral health work experience.        
• Has a high school diploma or equivalent and 18 credit hours of post-high school education in a field related to behavioral health completed no more than 4 years before the date of proposed employment and 2 years full time behavioral health experience OR 4 years of behavioral health work experience.

Behavioral health paraprofessional (BHPP):

• An associate degree
• A high school diploma or
• A high school equivalency diploma
• And meets one of the following criteria:
  • Six weeks of behavioral health work experience in any setting (jails, hospitals, clinics, schools, etc.) or
  • Has experienced six weeks of continuous onsite direction from a behavioral health professional, a behavioral health technician, or a behavioral health paraprofessional who has at least six months of behavioral health work experience.

POSITION INVOLVES:
Sitting and/or driving for long periods. Kneeling, bending, stooping. Typing and working on a computer for 4-6 hours per day.