Case Manager/SSW - Youth MCOT

Description

The Youth MCOT Case Manager works collaboratively within a team to provide crisis response services to individuals in Davis County experiencing behavioral and/or mental health challenges. Additionally, under the direction of a licensed mental health therapist, this individual provides short-term intensive stabilization services to youth and their families with the goal of preventing further escalation into the crisis system. This position is community based and requires the individual to provide services in homes, schools, and other community settings.

Essential Job Functions

The Youth MCOT Case Manager/Peer Support Specialist is responsible for performing the following job functions:

• Respond to crisis calls and participate in mobile deployments in the community with a clinician as needed.
• Provide immediate intervention to assist the individual to de-escalate behaviors and emotional symptoms impacting their ability to function safely in the community.
• Connect individuals to ongoing services and supports to help them in maintaining in the community.
• Work collaboratively with the team to provide stabilization services to families, which may include conducting needs assessments, providing skills coaching and/or respite, coordination with schools and other child serving agencies, peer support, and linking to appropriate community resources and longer-term services.
• Provide routine follow up with individuals and, as appropriate, their families after crisis situations in order to promote continued stability.
• Complete clinical documentation of all services within agency guidelines.
• All other duties as assigned and needed.

Classification & Schedule

The Youth MCOT Case Manager/Peer Support Specialist is a full-time, non-exempt position with a 40-hour per week schedule.

The proposed schedule for this position is:

• Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Compensation

The hourly rate for this position is outlined below:

• $25.50 per hour for candidates licensed as a Social Service Worker (SSW) in the State of Utah.
  • 1% per year for each year of licensure between 0 and 10 years.
  • 1% per year for every three years of licensure 10 years and beyond.
• $21.50 per hour for candidates with a bachelor's degree in a social science field, but no SSW license.
  • 1% per year for each year of licensure between 0 and 10 years.
• $19.00 per hour for candidates with a bachelor's degree.
  • 1% per year for each year of licensure between 0 and 10 years.

Qualifications

Education/Licensure/Certification

Strong preference give to candidates with a bachelor's degree in social work or related field and/or current licensure in the state of Utah as an SSW. Must have relevant experience in the behavioral health field. Crisis worker certification preferred; required after hire.

Certification, or certification eligibility, as a peer support and/or family peer support specialist highly preferred (https://sumh.utah.gov/education/certification/peer-support).

Experience Required

Experience in crisis intervention, specifically with youth and families, and in providing clinical care to youth and their families. To qualify for peer certification, individuals must have their own lived experience with mental health and/or lived experience as a parent/caregiver of an individual who has experienced mental or behavioral health challenges.

The successful candidate must also have a clean driving record to operate agency vehicles and/or transport clients, when necessary. The ideal candidate will have experience working with clients that have sever mental illness, are hard working, can work both independently and successfully within a small outreach team.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with clients that have severe mental illness, are hard working, can work both independently and successfully within a small outreach team.

Skills/Abilities

• Must have skills in working with SED/SPMI populations, substance use, and with individuals and families undergoing acute episodes of psychiatric distress.
• Demonstrates the skills necessary to motivate and engage individuals, including youth and their families.
• Knowledge of the techniques and principles of child and family development and family systems theory.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed care, including screening, assessing, and treating from a trauma-informed lens.
• Good organizational and practice management skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other staff and community/state agencies.
• Flexibility in days and hours available for scheduled work, including evenings and weekends.

Preference will also be given to candidates who are bilingual English/Spanish.

Benefits

Davis Behavioral Health, Inc. offers an incredible valuable and comprehensive benefits packages to eligible employees. A copy of the current DBH Benefits Guide is available upon request.
DBH benefits include:

Medical Insurance with multiple plan options - The current carrier and network is SelectHealth Share.

• High Deductible Health Plan with a sizeable employer Health Savings Account contribution
• Traditional Health Plan

Dental Insurance - The current carrier and network is Dental Select Platinum.

Vision Insurance - Offered by Opticare of Utah

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Annual healthcare spending limit: $2,750
• Annual dependent care spending limit: $5,000

Retirement

• Utah Retirement System participating agency
• 401(k) - DBH matches up to 2% of annual earnings
• Voluntary employee-funded options available (457 Plan Roth IRA)

Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

• Basic Life and AD&D Benefit Amounts
• Employee:2x your base annual earnings, rounded to the nearest $1,000, to a maximum of $300,000
• Spouse: $10,000
• Child(ren): $5,000 on each eligible dependent child
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

Long-term Disability

Health Reimbursement Account offered to employees to voluntarily opt out of DBH medical and/or dental insurance

• Up to $2,860 per year contributed by DBH after required employee contribution

Voluntary Insurance - Administered by Allstate

• Voluntary Accident
• Voluntary Identity Protection
• Voluntary Critical Illness

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Offered through the SelectHealth LiVe Well program.

DBH Criminal Background Check & Drug Screening Disclaimer

Davis Behavioral Health is a drug-free workplace and requires all employees to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening. DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal drugs or abusing alcohol; therefore, making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing pre-employment drug screening by providing a valid sample. Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.

Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws, including no use of medical marijuana.

Further, all employees at DBH must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check as part of DBH's licensing agreement with the State of Utah. Failure to pass either screening will result in the termination of any job offer submitted and/or employment for any individual who has started employment while the criminal background screening is in process. Pending and/or open charges will likely impact a candidate's ability to pass the pre-employment criminal background screening.

Salary : $2,860