Therapist Case Manager

This position provides direct mental health therapy and case management services to adults experiencing homelessness with various disabling conditions and psychosocial stressors who are living independently in the community.  The overall purpose of this role is to assist these individuals in obtaining or maintaining their housing placements as well as achieving other goals set forth by the individual. 

Key Role Responsibilities

• Demonstrates positive regard and respect for clients through speech and actions. Utilizes a client-centered, non-judgmental, trauma informed approach.
• Provides behavioral health assessments and diagnosis, individual and group therapy, and intensive case management services to support the client’s overall health and housing stability.
• Performs home visits, community visits and escorts independently and in accordance with the client’s plan of care.
• Collaborates with other providers in an integrated, interdisciplinary care team.   Coordinates care with other providers across the agency and with external agencies, attending interdisciplinary meetings and engaging in problem solving.
• Collaborates with the client in the development and implementation of an integrated treatment plan using SMART goals.
• Acts as a liaison between clients and landlords/property managers.
• Ensures that relevant authorizations are completed according to established guidelines in order to facilitate billing for therapy services.
• Completes documentation within the client’s electronic health record in a manner that is easy to understand and in accordance with established formats and required timeframes.  
• Provides representative payee services to select clients, including assisting with creating a monthly budget, ensuring monthly expenses are paid, distributing funds for individual use, and providing financial literacy education

Key Agency Responsibilities 

In addition to role responsibilities, every staff member has the following responsibilities as a part of their employment:

• Models and reinforces the core values of dignity, authenticity, hope, justice, passion and balance
• Actively participates in performance improvement and advocacy activities that support the mission 
• Protects clients’ personal health information by maintaining compliance with HIPAA and other relevant health care-related IT security regulations
• Performs other duties on an as-needed basis

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills 

Formal Education and Training

• Master’s Degree from an approved School of Social Work 
• Current license as an LMSW or LCSW-C
• Personal vehicle and valid Maryland driver’s license required 

Experience   

• One year experience providing therapy to individuals with substance use and mental health disorders preferred
• One year experience providing case management services to individuals with substance use and mental health disorders preferred

Skills 

• Knowledge of assessment and treatment planning
• Knowledge of liberation-focused frameworks and anti-oppressive methods; able to describe how they support and uplift BIPOC and TGNC individuals and communities in their work
• Willingness to integrate principles into practice such as Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing and Housing First
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Able to cope with interruptions and be a team player
• Flexible approach, working with several cross-disciplinary teams in a collaborative style
• Approaches change with a positive, open-minded attitude
• Able to work with clients who have significant mental health challenges, manage crisis situations and assess for safety
• Able to work with ill, disabled, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile clients

Health Care for the Homeless is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to racial equity and inclusion. We make a particular effort to recruit and promote Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) for open positions. BIPOC, LGBTQIA individuals, people with disabilities, and people with other marginalized identities are encouraged to apply.