Case Manager Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), R/IDDT

What we're looking for:

CNS Healthcare is looking for a full-time ACT Case Manager (R/IDDT) to join our dynamic and fast-paced team. The ACT Case Manager provides community-based case management services and support to individuals in the following areas:  Self-Advocacy, Education, Community Awareness, Medication Support, and Management.  This position will provide assistance to CNS consumers with severe and persistent mental illness to acquire or re-acquire the skills necessary to live as independently as possible. 

What’s in it for you:

As a member of our team, you will have an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our community and the lives of the individuals that we serve. CNS Healthcare provides a robust total rewards program to support our team members and their loved ones. We’ve shared some highlights below, but you can visit the benefits guide posted on our careers page to learn more!

• Comprehensive medical insurance options
• Employer-paid benefits including dental, vision, life, and short-term disability insurance
• Retirement program with generous company default contribution and match
• Generous PTO program starting at 18 days annually
• 16 paid holidays, including 3 floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Student loan forgiveness eligibility, including Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), HRSA, and more

Interested in learning more about this role?

Please see below for a summary of job responsibilities and qualifications!

• Provides community-based case management services, primary, and behavioral health integrated services
• Responds to the needs, desires, and interests of Individuals utilizing formal and informal assessment practices
• Provides weekly community-based interventions to individuals
• Provide transportation assistance to individuals served.
• Facilitates weekly groups for individuals served
• Completes all required documentation completely, accurately, and in accordance with CNS policy
• Develops and implements Person Centered Plans for Individuals consistent with guidelines established by OCHN, DWIHN, and other funding and accrediting entities.
• Completes after-hours hospital pre-screening assessments
• Matches prevention, intervention, and resolution techniques to the particular circumstances of each individual
• Identifies and uses effective advocacy strategies to address and overcome diverse challenges facing Individual (e.g. human rights, legal administrative, and financial).
•  Gathers and interprets information about substance use, dependence, or other addictive behaviors and develops treatment plans based on stage of change for identified problems and needs implementing stage-wise interventions
• Completes annual intake assessments and substance use assessments
• Uses motivational interviewing strategies to engage and service Individuals
• Utilizes a Trauma-Informed approach to deliver services
• Establishes collaborative relationship with Individuals
• Identifies and utilizes the resources and support necessary to assist Individuals in reaching goals relative to career and educational pursuits.
• Matches specific supports and interventions to the unique needs of individual Individuals and recognizes the importance of friends, family, and community relationships.
• Enhances the ability of the Individuals to lead a self-determined life by providing support and information necessary to build self-esteem and assertiveness, to make decisions, and improve their quality of life.
• Assists Individuals in identifying and gaining access to formal and informal supports available in their communities
• Assists in the coordination of medication for Individuals
• Coordinates and collaborates with primary and specialty care physicians, community health agencies, and other healthcare providers
• Provides education about and monitoring for adverse reactions to medications
• Maintain knowledge and compliance with established policies and procedures, HIPAA standards, and other regulatory programs.
• Ensure that the CNS Healthcare standards of customer service are applied to interactions with individuals served, guests, and staff.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

 Required 

• Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP)
  1. Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Sociology, Counseling, Psychology, Criminal Justice, or other Human Services field
  2.  Specialized training (including fieldwork and/or internships associated with the academic curriculum where the student works directly with persons receiving mental health services as part of that experience) OR one year of experience in treating or working with a person who has a mental illness
• Requires valid and unrestricted Driver’s License
• Transportation or Automobile accessibility with current auto insurance.
• Working knowledge and understanding of mental illness, medications used in treating psychiatric disorders, and knowledge and experience with other interventions used to treat psychiatric disorders.
• Ability to follow evidence-based programming to achieve required outcome e.g. ACT/IDDT
• Ability to share and teach on the continuum of drug use, such as initiation intoxication, harmful use, abuse, dependence, withdrawal, craving, relapse and recovery
• Ability to share and teach about the symptoms of substance use disorders that are similar to those of other medical and/ or psychological disorders and how these disorders interact
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite or related software
• Proficient in the use of electronic health records (EHRs)
• Ability to work collaboratively and build positive working relationships
• Ability to recognize the importance of collecting and reporting on outcome data
• Ability to apply methods for measuring the multiple variables of treatment outcome
• Ability to communicate effectively, professionally, and courteously
• Ability to use discretion and judgmental when handling matters of a sensitive or confidential nature
• Advanced time management, problem-solving, customer service, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
• Advanced collaboration and team working skills.
• Ability to be forward-thinking and take initiative to accomplish goals and objectives of the department

Preferred   

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Sociology, Counseling, Psychology, Criminal Justice, or other Human Services field
• Valid and unrestricted State of Michigan licensure as a Limited-Licensed Bachelor’s Social Worker (LLBSW), Licensed Bachelor’s Social Worker (LBSW), Limited-Licensed Master’s Social Worker (LLMSW), Limited-Licensed Professional Counselor (LLPC), Licensed Master’s Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Temporary Limited-License Psychologist (TLLP), OR Limited-Licensed Psychologist (LLP)
• Experience working with persons who are mentally ill in either a hospital or community setting
• Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP) certification as a Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADC) or Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC)
• Credits and/or coursework in Substance Abuse/Mental Health field
• Knowledge of 12-step programs which may include Dual Recovery/Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous.
• Two to three years mental health and substance abuse experience.
• ACT 101 training