School Based Youth Clinical Case Manager

Metrocare is the largest provider of mental health services in North Texas, serving over 55,000 adults and children annually. For over 50 years, Metrocare has provided a broad array of services to people with mental health challenges and developmental disabilities. In addition to behavioral health care, Metrocare provides primary care centers for adults and children, services for veterans and their families, accessible pharmacies, housing, and supportive social services.

Alongside clinical care, researchers and teachers from Metrocare’s Altshuler Center for Education & Research are advancing mental health beyond Dallas County while providing critical workforce to the state.
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* Job Description:

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* GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The mission of Metrocare Services is to serve our neighbors with developmental or mental health challenges by helping them find lives that are meaningful and satisfying. We are an agency committed to quality gender-responsive, trauma-informed care to individuals experiencing serious mental illness, development disabilities, and co-occurring disorders. Metrocare programs focus on the issues that matter most in the lives of the children, families, and adults we serve.
The School Based Youth Clinical Case Manager II position provides psychosocial/rehabilitative service to children/adolescents and their families with serious emotional disturbance in school, home, or community locations. Services may include, but are not limited to, ongoing assessment of clinical needs and social drivers of health, development of measurable treatment goals and objectives, referral/linkage/advocacy, monitoring, crisis intervention, facilitation of groups and continuity of care.

Given the needs of the school and those served, this position is expected to serve children/adolescents/families and school facility face to face or via both video and audio technology for 60-70% of services. The overall goal of this position is to maximize the individual’s potential level of functioning, provide mental health, intervention during school to students and facility and aid in the successful reintegration of individuals into the community.
School Based Youth Clinical Case Manager strived to empower youth and teachers to gain ownership in their mental health wellness through education and resources. EMPOWER program will provide awareness, prevention, intervention, and resilience activities to ensure that students and teachers have access to and relate to appropriate and effective behavioral health services through Metrocare in partnership with contracted ISD or academy.
** Monday through Friday 8am
-5pm**(follows Metrocare Work Schedule not School Schedule)
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* ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

** The essential functions listed here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the job.
* Provide direct intervention and clinical services in a school base setting to clients referred to Metrocare by contracted school.
* Facilitating-Educational groups for facility, parents, and students
* Crisis intervention
* Individual skills sessions conducted during the school day or after school
* Assisting with the scheduling and collaboration of Telephone and virtual psychiatric evaluations and clinical assessment appts.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
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* COMPETENCIES:

** The competencies listed here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
* Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the ethical standards of conduct, state contract, appropriate professional standards, and applicable state/federal laws
* Analytical skills, professional acumen, business ethics, thorough understanding of continuous improvement processes, problem solving, respect for confidentiality, and excellent communication skills.
* Effective verbal and written communication skills.
* Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workflow and meet deadlines.
* Ability to handle multiple task and special projects simultaneously.
* Able to work autonomously with minimal or no supervision.
* Able to maintain a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.
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