Adult Case Manager

Adult Case Manager at Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center

Adult Case Manager

• Must have a BA/BS degree or four years of equivalent education and/or experience working in the human services field.
• Must pass KBI, DCF child & adult abuse registry, motor vehicle screen, and background checks.
• Must have reliable and insured transportation.

• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Respectful, supportive, and empathic ability to understand and work with the mentally ill.
• Team player and supportive working relationships with coworkers and community partners.
• Collaborate effectively with consumer's natural and community resources.
• Proficient with computers and word processing.
• Ability to work independently in the community.
• Strong organizational skills.

• Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST)
  • Provide face-to-face, community-based interventions with consumers that are solution-focused and goal directed as determined by their individualized treatment plan.
  • Assist consumers in identifying strategies or treatment options associated with their mental illness.
  • Provide individual supportive counseling, solution focused interventions, emotional and behavioral management, and problem behavior analysis.
  • Assist consumers in addressing functional deficits by developing strengths-based goals and objectives.
  • Assist consumers in remaining in their natural community locations by identifying and responding to or avoiding triggers and developing crisis management plans.
• Targeted Case Management (TCM)
  • Treatment Planning
    • Facilitate or coordinate the team treatment planning process to include consumers, treating therapists, families, and natural supports.
    • Assist in developing strengths-based goals and objectives, documenting the treatment plan, monitoring its effectiveness, and making changes when needed.
    • Monitor treatment plan due dates, advise consumer and therapist of due dates and schedule appointments for plan updates.
    • Coordinate consumer's treatment needs via phone and written correspondence, and face-to-face contacts with social service agencies, housing, employment resources, and medical services.
  • Collateral Contacts
    • Coordinate consumer's treatment needs via phone and written correspondence, and face-to-face contacts with social service agencies, housing, employment resources, and medical services.
  • Access to Supports
    • Assist consumer in obtaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services.
    • Assist with applications for benefits and arrange transportation to services.
  • Other Services
    • Attendant Care
    • Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services
    • Crisis Intervention or Stabilization
• Documentation
  • Document services in accordance with state, federal, and organizational regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Document all direct services and coordination of services in the consumer's electronic medical record (EMR).
  • Document services concurrently and submit to EMR according to policies, procedures, and time requirements.
  • Complete and submit month-end Consumer Status Reports.
• Required Trainings
  • University of Kansas Basic Case Management Training (2 days) within 6 months after hire.
  • University of Kansas Advanced Case Management Training (1 per year) within the first year of employment and one training required each year thereafter.
  • Targeted Case Management Online Training: complete within 60 days of hire and prior to providing service.
  • Crisis Intervention (CI) Online Training: complete prior to delivery of service.
• Other In-house or Online Trainings as determined by your supervisor. Examples include: RELIAS
• Core Trainings are due within the first year; employee is advised by supervisor when trainings are due.
  • HIPAA
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Cultural Competence
• Communicate Effectively
  • Formulate and use effective working relationships with all staff.
  • Demonstrate effective communication, demeanor, and problem‑solving skills with staff, consumers, consumer families, and community partners.
  • Respect supervisor and coworkers; communicate concerns and needs through the proper chain of command.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor or the Chief Executive Officer.

Non‑Exempt

Full‑Time or Part‑Time

Hourly wage

Director of Adult Services

• Mid‑Senior level

• Part‑time

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  Mental Health Care