Bilingual SASS Therapist​/Case Manager; Aurora

Bilingual SASS Therapist/Case Manager (Aurora)

Bilingual SASS Therapist/Case Manager (QMHP/LPHA)

Job Description

Reports to: Director of Crisis Services

Type: Full Time, 37.5 hours

Location: Community Based, Aurora

Schedule: Monday-Friday with 2 evenings or Saturday availability

Summary: Responsible for maintaining an active caseload providing services to clients and their families. SASS follow up services will be intensive, short-term, family and home/community-based services. SASS therapist/case managers are expected to comply with SASS Standards and Best Practices.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for completing 15-1-hour appointments per week including but not limited to: therapy sessions, crisis shifts, and walk-in hours.
• Responsible for completion of agency comprehensive assessments, individual treatment plan, progress notes for each client per FSA policy.
• Responsible for utilizing Green space to monitor clinical benchmarks with clients.
• Responsible for networking with collaterals on behalf of active clients, including: referral and linkage, discharge planning with in-patient psychiatric facilities, and the advocacy of a client’s rights within the education, legal, state, and mental health systems. This includes responsibility for coordinating services with our own sub-contracted agencies.
• Responsible for responding to emergency/crisis situations with active clients and emergency back-up for SASS Assessments.

• Responsible for discussing cases with supervisor in clinical supervision (individual or group supervision) on a weekly basis.
• Responsible for reporting to supervisor regularly about problem cases, need for special services and resource information.

• Responsible for completion of and meeting deadlines for all clinical paperwork for cases, including:
  Integrative Assessments and Treatment Plans (IM+CANS), Psychiatric Referral Forms, CIS Billing Notes, Case Closing, Illinois Medicaid Crisis Assessment Tool (IM-CAT), SASS transfer forms, and other clinical paperwork necessary or appropriate for maintaining case files.
• Responsible for completion of and meeting deadlines for all agency administrative paperwork, including: CIS Billing Notes, time sheets, expense sheets, and any other administrative or agency requested reports.
• Documentation/Billing Notes should be completed within 7 days of service.
• Responsible for maintaining clinical charts in compliance with Rule 132 and Rule 140.
• Responsible for attending all agency meetings, 9 team meetings per year, clinical supervision and any additional program meetings.
• Responsible for participating in Utilization Review Meetings.
• Responsible for serving on Agency and/or Program Committees when requested by supervisor.

• Responsible for educating the community regarding the SASS program in the service area.
• Responsible for facilitating positive networking relationships with community service providers and/or networks as assigned by supervisor.

• Responsible for maintaining clinical charts in compliance with Rule 132 and Rule 140.

• Be available to help develop materials and participate in special community education projects/presentations as requested by administrative staff.
• Pursue and maintain licensure and/or certification that are available and appropriate to educational/professional background.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Perform incidental business-related travel as needed.
• Participate in agency Risk Management and Continuous Quality Improvement activities.
• Perform job responsibilities with a positive attitude.
• Responsible for promoting collegiality at the workplace by working collaboratively with others.

Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties,…