Director of HIV Case Management

Duties: 

• Lead the Center’s HIV Lead the Center’s HIV focused Case Management Programs including both Clinical Case Management and Non-Clinical Case Management targeting clients with substance use disorders.
  
  
• Meet program goals and objectives and those of related grants.  

• Supervise program staff within the program and agency by evaluating performance as outlined in the Personnel Policies and job descriptions, by providing guidance and support for cases as required by licensing but no less than a bi-weekly basis. Communicate, interpret and enforce program and administrative policies with supervisees at orientation and as new policies are developed. Communicate any staff concerns regarding policies and procedures to the Management Team in the weekly meeting. 

• Organize program priorities. Verify client eligibility for program services and track utilization. When new funded activity becomes available, convene stakeholders and manage setup and implementation. Conduct periodic audits of client files.  

• Exhibit understanding of contract requirements (outcomes, training, competencies, etc.) for the program and related grants. 

• Carry the supervisors’ cell phone as scheduled and act as back-up for crises in clinical services 

• Serve as one of the Center’s subject matter experts on HIV care and treatment.  

• Conduct outreach and provide presentations to other key stakeholders, partner organizations and service providers.  

• Conduct psychosocial intake and assessments including a diagnosis according to the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a diagnostic summary, treatment recommendations, referrals and preliminary discharge plans. Conduct treatment planning with the participation of the client. Provide psychotherapy and counseling to achieve the objectives and goals in the treatment plan using generally recognized psychotherapy models and theories. Conduct periodic treatment plan reviews with the client. Keep timely and comprehensive progress notes. Conduct discharge planning with the participation of the client and complete a final discharge plan and discharge summary at the time of termination of therapy. 

Requirements: 

• Graduation from an accredited graduate program in Social Work, Psychology, Educational Psychology or equivalent degree that provides the capacity for the employee to be licensed as an LCSW or LPC. Four (4) years’ experience working with clients with at least one (1) year of that experience being with the program’s target population(s) of which an internship or field placement may be applied.

• If in recovery, no less than four (4) years substance free. 

• Access to reliable transportation, a current Texas Driver’s License and auto insurance. 

Equal Opportunity Employer  

It is the policy of the Montrose Center to recruit, hire, train, compensate and promote staff members on the basis of merit and without discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, national origin, disability, religious preference, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, political affiliation or belief, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression