FACT Care Manager; Leon

Apalachee Center, Inc. is best known for helping individuals and families of North Florida succeed in recovering from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises. Apalachee Center, Inc. provides comprehensive behavioral health services across 8 counties (Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties).

Apalachee Center, Inc. offers competitive benefits for our full-time positions to include health, dental, vision, basic life insurance, long term disability, paid time off, and more.

Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) is a dynamic multidisciplinary treatment team dedicated to delivering intensive community-based support to the severely mentally ill adult population. The purpose of FACT Care Manger is to be an integral part of multidisciplinary treatment team and carry out the rehabilitation and support functions under clinical supervision to help clients meet their needs in all aspects of living in the community.

The Case Manager is responsible for completing thorough assessments to develop specific treatment plans that address the individual’s needs and challenges to optimize the functioning of recipients by coordinating the provision of quality treatment and support services in the most efficient and effective manner. Services and service frequency should accurately reflect the individual needs, goals, and ability of each recipient.

Assessment:
Conducts comprehensive mental health assessments and ongoing assessments of persons served mental illness, symptoms, status, and response to treatment. Communicates client’s mental health status and history to the FACT team and helps the team to determine level of care based on client’s individual needs. Completes initial assessment for assigned clients in collaboration with the team within 60 days and updates required assessments in accordance with established guidelines.

Collect collateral information (i.e. family and other providers, with appropriate consent) to complete thorough assessments of client’s need. Finalizes all documents in Avatar and turns in all assessments within 48 hours.

Individualized Treatment Team (ITT):
Schedules Individualized Treatment Team (ITT) meetings a month in advance of service plan expiring for assigned clients. Offers input and feedback (i.e. new issues, client response to treatment, client’s progress/lack of progress on service plan) to review clients’ progress and employment goals for the treatment plan with each client.

Case Management Service Delivery:
The FACT case manager coordinates care, advocates on behalf of the participant, and provides access to a variety of services and supports. Core duties include:

• Access to primary health care (medical and dental)
• Address basic needs (i.e. food, housing, transportation)
• Links with resources, services, and opportunities (i.e. transportation, SS benefits, education)
• Legal services (i.e. writing letters to the court about client’s progress, coordinating with client’s probation officer)
• Supported housing (i.e. assist clients in finding and maintaining permanent housing)
• Transport clients to appointments for services outlined in the CSP
• Competency Training (i.e. providing training to assist the participant through the legal process and to regain competency)

Client Service Plan:
Develops individualized Client Service Plans (CSP) in partnership with the client and the client’s guardian (if applicable), especially with employment goals. Develops CSP’s that include measurable goals and objectives derived from the client’s assessment and identifies time frames for achievement on goals which are signed and dated by the client and client’s guardian, if applicable.…