What are the responsibilities and job description for the Blended Case Mgr position at NORTHEAST TREATMENT CENTER?
Job Details
Description
POSITION SUMMARY :
Blended case management is a service which will assist eligible individuals with mental illness, specifically children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) , gain access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A blended case management staff person shall meet one of the following criteria:
- Bachelor's degree with major course work in sociology, social welfare, psychology,
gerontology, anthropology, other related social sciences, criminal justice, theology,
nursing, counseling, or education; or,
- Registered nurse
- A high school diploma and 12 semester credit hours in sociology, social welfare,
psychology, gerontology, or other social science and two years’ experience in direct
contact with mental health consumers; or
- A high school diploma and five years of mental health direct care experience in public
or private human services with employment as a case management staff person prior to
April 1, 1989.
Mental health direct care experience is working directly with mental health service consumers
(adults, children or adolescents) providing services involving casework or case management,
individual or group therapy, crisis intervention, early intervention, vocational training, residential
care, or social rehabilitation in a mental health facility or in a facility or program that is publicly
funded to provide services to mental health consumers, or in a nursing home, a juvenile justice
agency, or a children and adolescent service agency.
***Experience working with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder preferred ***
ESSENTIAL POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:
- Linking with Services - Assisting the consumer in locating and obtaining services specified in the treatment plan, or both, including arranging for the consumer to be established with the appropriate service provider.
- There shall be an ongoing review and written record of the person’s receipt of, and participation in, services.
- Contact with the consumer/parents/caregiver members shall be made on a regular basis to determine opinion on progress, satisfaction with the service or provider, and needed revisions to the treatment plan.
- Contact with the consumer’s treatment team members shall be made on a regular basis to determine if the person is progressing on issues identified in the treatment plan and if specific services continue to be needed and appropriate.
- Regular contacts shall be made with other public agencies serving the consumer and with parents if the consumer is a child.
- Assertive and creative attempts are required to help the person gain resources and services identified in the treatment or service plan, or both. This will include home and community visits and other efforts as needed.
- Active efforts to assist the person in gaining access to needed services and entitlements.
- Providing information to necessary parties to help plan modifications to existing services or implement new services to meet identified needs and providing information to help plan modifications for accessing resources.
- Informal Support Network Building of clients’ family, friends, and other supportive persons in their natural environment.
- Assistance to persons in identifying, accessing, and learning to use community resources to meet his daily living needs shall be provided as needed by making referrals to appropriate service providers.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to ascend and descend flights of stairs and to negotiate curbs.
- Able to speak English clearly and hear voice in conversational tones.
- Must be free of contagious diseases/infections.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Within the confines of the offices of the Division and Agency. Travel client’s home or within the community to support clients’ needs, travel to other Agency sites as well as to outside meetings, conferences, or workshops may be required on an as needed basis.
WORKING HOURS: BCM Service is provided in school, home, and community environments at times that best support the client and their needs. Hours may need to be flexed between 8am-8pm Sunday through Saturday totaling 40 hours per week.
NET offers a full benefits package medical, dental, vision and life benefits and much more!
NET is committed to equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
About Us
The Northeast Treatment Center founded in 1970 is one of the largest behavioral health and social service agencies is in the Philadelphia Region. Services are offered at 15 sites throughout Greater Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley and the state of Delaware.
NET Centers (NET) offers support and hope to individuals and families at times of great stress in their lives. A nonprofit agency, NET provides a continuum of trauma informed behavioral health and social services designed to meet complex needs of all family members. These include mental health, addiction treatment, foster care, residential group care, adoption, juvenile justice services and child welfare services. While some services address the needs of the family as a whole and some target individuals, we always strive to foster positive connections within the family to help all family members heal, recover and rebuild.
