Mission:
To provide direct care to patients who are managing addictive disease disorders, chemical dependency, psychiatric disorders, and other co-occurring illnesses. We seek caring and compassionate people interested in working with people struggling with addiction. The Case Manager may perform psychosocial assessments to document history.
Essential Functions:
- Travel throughout the city where drug trafficking activity is prevalent for outreach programs.
- Conduct psychosocial assessments to document the history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus through the interview process.
- Attends regular treatment team meetings to provide a social work perspective to total case management of the resident and state or local agency legal requirements.
- Conduct educational and other didactic groups for residents and family members.
- Develop/Coordinate Individualized Discharge Plan.
- Makes handwritten entries to resident charts describing therapy performed, progress in the discharge planning process, or other interventions.
- Reports incidents of suspected abuse using prescribed forms and protocols from the relevant community/state agency.
- Develop and deliver community education programs to enhance community awareness of mental health issues and resources available to address these issues and support the residential’s strategic marketing effort.
- Responds to psychiatric emergency codes utilizing training in the management of aggressive behavior.
- Participates in training and development for the purpose of professional growth and skill enhancement.
- Provide backup services for incoming assessment and referral calls.
- Support the residents' safety and security program.
