What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Case Manager - Night Shift, CDIS position at Downtown Emergency Service Center?
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Days Off : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Shift : Night Shift (9pm-7 : 30am)
Shift Differential : $1.00 per hour
Insurance Benefits : Dental, Life, Long-term Disability, Medical (no premiums / payroll deductions for employee coverage)
Other Benefits : Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan
Union Representation : This position is a part of a union and is represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.
About DESC :
DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center) is a nonprofit organization working to help people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing. Our vision is a community where no person is abandoned, ignored, or experiencing homelessness.
As the region's leading provider of services to multiply disabled adults who have experienced chronic homelessness, DESC serves almost 3,000 people each day. Our integrated service model is designed to help people secure and maintain appropriate, safe and affordable housing. DESC is recognized nationally and regionally as an innovator in developing solutions to homelessness.
JOB DEFINITION :
As a member of a multi-disciplinary team providing crisis intervention services at a residential treatment facility, Behavioral Health Case Managers assist in creating and implementing client centered, detailed disposition plans; facilitate group and individual counseling; work with other clinical staff to ensure services are fully integrated with mental health, chemical dependency, and primary care; develop and maintain a comprehensive list of community resources; provide transportation for clients as necessary; participate in staff meetings and trainings; and maintain a safe and clean environment.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team providing on-going case management services to adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses and / or chemical dependency issues.
- Provide phone screenings for referents to the CSC.
- Engage clients admitted to the CSC and maintain working relationships through creative resourceful strategies which build trust and confidence.
- Assist in creating and implementing discharge plans; develop goal planners with client's participation; facilitate linkages to collaborative resources when appropriate.
- Assume primary responsibility for coordinating all aspects of client's support and goal planners. This includes : providing and / or coordinating the delivery of psychiatric treatment; substance abuse treatment; 24-hour support services; and performing acute case management to facilitate client access to food, clothing, housing, medical care, financial assistance and vocational training or employment.
- Advocate for clients' access to community resources and services, ensuring that clients' needs are met and rights maintained; consult and collaborate with community providers to ensure continuity of care.
- Participate in the planning, organizing and facilitating of group treatment services for clients served by the mental health program.
- Provide crisis intervention and risk assessment; tolerate unusual or unpleasant behavior.
- Provide counseling, as qualified.
- Document services provided.
OTHER DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :
Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :
Strong applicants are able to demonstrate the ability to be positive in their empathetic responses to all persons; understand the value of meaningful and deep client engagement; have the potential to acquire the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills of an effective crisis worker; and value a non-judgmental response to sensitive issues. Candidates should be able to accept feedback and work in a highly collaborative and potentially stressful environment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required sit for long periods of time, communicate with other persons by talking and hearing, required to lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds and to operate computer hardware systems. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER :
DESC is committed to diversity in the workplace, and promotes equal employment opportunities for all staff members and applicants. The Agency will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, caste, marital status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability in any employment practice, unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification. Minorities and veterans are encouraged to apply.
Salary Description
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