Mental Health Specialist (MI-MDT)

• Under the direction of team clinicians, provides targeted case management services. Assists consumers in obtaining a variety of community supports and accessing community resources and benefits, housing, and other basic needs in order to promote consumer recovery and self-sufficiency.
• Maintains contact with Social Security/SOAR to help homeless consumers receive Social Security benefits; attends trainings and remains knowledgeable of relevant procedures.
• Provides outreach to consumers in order to establish and maintain engagement in treatment.
• Coordinates care with primary care physicians. May attend medical appointments and advocate with medical community for consumer.
• Coordinates and facilitates the placement of consumers into adult foster care homes or alternative community living situations.
• Assists consumers in locating and obtaining employment in the community and provides additional job support services to consumers to enhance the chances of successful job placement.
• Assists consumers in improving daily living skills and in social and self-sufficiency activities.
• May complete forms on behalf of consumers and explain rules and regulations. May assist consumers in obtaining legal services.
• Performs placement services for consumers by locating, evaluating, and recommending shelters, residential care facilities, and other community resources with an emphasis on preventing hospitalization.
• Participates in team meetings to discuss and review individual consumer programs and progress and identify issues in treatment for specific individuals.
• Assists consumers during emergency situations by determining needs and coordinating with the Crisis Team for placement into hospitals or other medical clinics if necessary.
• Participates with therapists, other specialists, and clinicians in obtaining biopsychosocial information and developing, reviewing, and modifying individual consumer treatment plans to improve individual behaviors and life skills.
• Identifies and establishes working relationships with community resources for consumers. Establishes referral protocols and acts as liaison between consumers and those resources as needed.
• Ensures that non-professional staff are trained in the implementation of an individual's treatment plan.
• Monitors residential facility adherence to established treatment plans and protocols and compliance with professional standards of practice and ethics.
• Researches residential treatment facilities to increase options for cost-effective treatment and for specialized placements for child, youth, and adult consumers with multiple severe risk factors.
• Ensures that service delivery to consumers complies with CMH standard operating policies and procedures, Title X, Medicaid Manual for Providers, Michigan Mental Health Code (PA 258 of 1974), Michigan Department of Community Health rules and regulations and Self-determination Initiative, and CARF accreditation rules, regulations and requirements.
• Maintains case documentation and case notes, and ensures the security and integrity of private health information in compliance with the provisions of HIPAA, Ottawa County, and CMH policies and procedures.
• Prepares all documentation and reports required to maintain compliance with Recipient Rights rules and regulations.
• Provides information about mental health services and makes presentations to members of the community and the general public.
• Facilitates group services such as Family Psycho-Education or other psycheducational groups.

Additional Requirements and Information

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, including, but not limited to, visual and/or audiological appliances and devices to increase mobility.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Work is performed in community settings, including consumers' homes, and in a general office setting.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Ottawa County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Under the direction of team clinicians, provides targeted case management services. Assists consumers in obtaining a variety of community supports and accessing community resources and benefits, housing, and other basic needs in order to promote consumer recovery and self-sufficiency.
• Maintains contact with Social Security/SOAR to help homeless consumers receive Social Security benefits; attends trainings and remains knowledgeable of relevant procedures.
• Provides outreach to consumers in order to establish and maintain engagement in treatment.
• Coordinates care with primary care physicians. May attend medical appointments and advocate with medical community for consumer.
• Coordinates and facilitates the placement of consumers into adult foster care homes or alternative community living situations.
• Assists consumers in locating and obtaining employment in the community and provides additional job support services to consumers to enhance the chances of successful job placement.
• Assists consumers in improving daily living skills and in social and self-sufficiency activities.
• May complete forms on behalf of consumers and explain rules and regulations. May assist consumers in obtaining legal services.
• Performs placement services for consumers by locating, evaluating, and recommending shelters, residential care facilities, and other community resources with an emphasis on preventing hospitalization.
• Participates in team meetings to discuss and review individual consumer programs and progress and identify issues in treatment for specific individuals.
• Assists consumers during emergency situations by determining needs and coordinating with the Crisis Team for placement into hospitals or other medical clinics if necessary.
• Participates with therapists, other specialists, and clinicians in obtaining biopsychosocial information and developing, reviewing, and modifying individual consumer treatment plans to improve individual behaviors and life skills.
• Identifies and establishes working relationships with community resources for consumers. Establishes referral protocols and acts as liaison between consumers and those resources as needed.
• Ensures that non-professional staff are trained in the implementation of an individual's treatment plan.
• Monitors residential facility adherence to established treatment plans and protocols and compliance with professional standards of practice and ethics.
• Researches residential treatment facilities to increase options for cost-effective treatment and for specialized placements for child, youth, and adult consumers with multiple severe risk factors.
• Ensures that service delivery to consumers complies with CMH standard operating policies and procedures, Title X, Medicaid Manual for Providers, Michigan Mental Health Code (PA 258 of 1974), Michigan Department of Community Health rules and regulations and Self-determination Initiative, and CARF accreditation rules, regulations and requirements.
• Maintains case documentation and case notes, and ensures the security and integrity of private health information in compliance with the provisions of HIPAA, Ottawa County, and CMH policies and procedures.
• Prepares all documentation and reports required to maintain compliance with Recipient Rights rules and regulations.
• Provides information about mental health services and makes presentations to members of the community and the general public.
• Facilitates group services such as Family Psycho-Education or other psycheducational groups.

Additional Requirements and Information

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, including, but not limited to, visual and/or audiological appliances and devices to increase mobility.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Work is performed in community settings, including consumers' homes, and in a general office setting.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Ottawa County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.