FACT Case Management-Kalamazoo

Description

Provide case management services in a comprehensive, home‑based treatment service partnering therapeutic and case management services for the entire family, offering flexible scheduling and a variety of treatment services for families to strengthen their abilities and create lasting change. Serving families with one or more children (up to age 18), who are diagnosed as having a serious emotional disturbance (SED) and families having multiple service needs.

Services are youth and family‑centered and build on the youth and family strengths to increase personal and community supports, promote healthy family functioning, support, and preserve families, and reduce the need for out‑of‑home placement. Services are provided in‑home/community through flexible scheduling. Case Management seeks to help individual/families better understand problems and partners with individuals/families so they may work on creating alternative solutions, providing coordination and monitoring of service delivery to assure the consumer has access to appropriate treatment and services.

• Provide interventions that focus on stabilizing the family; teaching and modeling effective strategies and coping skills; decreasing isolation; identifying, increasing, and utilizing natural strengths, supports, and resources; preparing for crisis situations; providing increased support during times of relapse; improving overall functioning.
• Conduct and coordinate necessary assessments, develop Individualized Plan of Service (IPOS), to include Quarterly Treatment Reviews.
• Provide advocacy and/or crisis intervention as necessary.
• Make appropriate referrals for services obtaining necessary authorizations and maintain updated community resource materials and contact information for staff and consumers.
• Assist consumers/families in the identification of, as well as building and sustaining positive natural supports in their lives, supporting involvement in meaningful community activities by providing services directly or through referral to enhance independence.
• Provide accurate monitoring and documentation of all case related activities to fulfill program obligations and requirements.
• Pursue broadened professional development to enhance level of competency and meet training requirements of funder.
• Receive supervision that includes both regular and consistent meetings.
• This position will be knowledgeable about and actively support
  1) culturally competent, recovery‑based practices;
  2) person‑centered planning as a shared decision‑making process with the individual, who defines his/her own life goals and is assisted in developing a unique path toward those goals; and
  3) a trauma informed culture to aid individuals in their recovery process.
• Adhere to Agency and program philosophies, policies, and procedures to assure consistent and ethical professional standards and required service outcomes.
• Ability to understand, demonstrate and apply the Agency’s workplace values.

Ability to understand, demonstrate and apply the Agency’s workplace values:

• EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor’s degree in a mental health related field from an accredited school with one year of related experience.
• Must be trained in CAFAS or ability to be trained as a reliable rater of CAFAS.
• Lived experience with behavioral health issues is desired.
• Education, training, and/or knowledge of the impact of trauma on individuals, children, and families, is desired.
• Trained or willingness to be trained in First Aid, CPR, and AED.