What are the responsibilities and job description for the SMI Case Manager position at Riverwood Center?
At Riverwood Center we have a team of caring and committed professionals providing a wide array of personalized services to individuals with behavioral health, intellectual & developmental disabilities and substance use disorders. Riverwood Center is located in beautiful Southwest Michigan with staff at seven sites across Berrien County. We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and a member of Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health, Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards, and the National Council for Behavioral Health.
Benefits:
· Fourteen (14) Holidays
· Twenty (20) PTO Days
· Defined Benefit Pension
· Outstanding Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
· Life Insurance
· Short- and Long-Term Disability
· Flexible Spending
· Strong Work/Life Balance
· Employee Assistance Program
· Generous Continuing Education
· YMCA 360
· Flexible work schedules
· Full administrative support
Responsibilities:
· Provides case management services in the community to consumers with severe mental illness and their families.
· Assists in planning, linking, advocacy, coordination and monitoring; to assist consumers in gaining access to health services, financial
assistance, employment, education, social services and natural supports.
assistance, employment, education, social services and natural supports.
· Assesses needs, develops and monitors Person Centered Plans and documents treatment in an accurate and timely manner.
· May provide coordination of care between the criminal justice system and consumers with mental illness that participate in the
Berrien County Mental Health Court and/or the prisoner re-entry initiative.
Berrien County Mental Health Court and/or the prisoner re-entry initiative.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor Degree in an appropriate mental health discipline.
· One or more years’ experience providing treatment to individual’s mental illness.
· Excellent computer and interpersonal skills, punctuality, ability to organize and manage several projects/tasks simultaneously, and
work independently.
work independently.
· Must have reliable means of transportation for community outings and transporting consumers.
