Office of Mental Health Case Manager

Case Manager

The Case Manager is responsible for substance abuse counseling and intervention services. Must be able to stabilize and promote self-sufficiency and optimum health for people living with HIV/AIDS, mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Manage a case load of 20 to 25. Provide advocacy as well as coordinate services through home visits.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Provide substance abuse intervention, counseling, educational services, and case management services to tenants.
• Evaluate and recommend treatment plans for tenants with mental health and chemical dependency problems after a one-to-one interview.
• Provide regular, individual, and group counseling services.
• Establish community and agency affiliations to strengthen the delivery of services for tenants, including medical & detoxification when necessary.
• Attend case review conferences with HRA/HASA and provide written evaluations regarding tenant's drug problems and money management issues.
• Present case load weekly at chart review.
• Meet for supervision with Assistant Director bi-weekly.
• Orient tenant's to the program upon admission.
• Maintain up-to-date tenant's charts, case notes, service plans and psychosocial.
• Attends all in-service training.
• Responsible for collection of tenants monthly rent.
• Set a relaxed tone and social environment (by role modeling)
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:
Education and experience knowledge, skills and abilities include a high school diploma, one to two years of experience in counseling or two (2) years of Odyssey House experience and a high school diploma, or a bachelor's degree in human service.

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.