Case Management Navigator EMPACT

Who We Are

EMPACT
- Suicide Prevention Center, part of the La Frontera family, is an industry leading non-profit organization dedicated to providing valued community services and resources for behavioral health counseling, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention since 1987. We are an EEO/AA Employer.

EMPACT
- Suicide Prevention Center, part of the La Frontera family, is an industry leading non-profit organization dedicated to providing valued community services and resources for behavioral health counseling, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention since 1987. We are an EEO/AA Employer.

Our SMI Case Management Navigator will provide outreach and engagement and case management services. Complete assessments, service plans and implement services to consumers in accordance with their individualized service plan (ISP). Communicate and document consumer’s progress toward their recovery. Work schedule is Monday - Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

• Provide outreach to members not currently engaged in services, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with consumer, their family, behavioral health, medical and dental providers, community resources and others in ensuring that all services prescribed in the individualized service plan are implemented.
• Provide assistance in maintaining, monitoring and modifying covered behavioral health services.
• Provide brief telephone or face to face interactions with a person, family or other involved party for the purpose of screening and assessing for level of care.
• Provide assistance in finding necessary resources other than covered services to meet basic needs.
• Serve as a point of contact for behavioral health services and to ensure ongoing collaboration including the communication of appropriate clinical information with other involved parties as appropriate and coordination of care with a person's family, behavioral and general medical and dental health care providers, community resources, and other involved supports including educational, social, judicial, community and other State agencies.
• Complete brief assessments and service plans to focus on coordination of services between multiple agencies or continued outreach services.

• Provide transportation to consumer as appropriate and determined by the clinical team. Perform basic case management functions associated with caseload including completing the assessment and service planning processes.
• Collaborate with the person and his/her family or significant others to implement an effective service plan, explaining the available clinical options to the team, including the advantages and disadvantages of each option.
• Maintain the person's comprehensive clinical record, including documentation of activities performed as part of the service delivery process (e.g., assessments, provision of services, coordination of care, discharge planning).
• Provide continuous evaluation of the level of care determination and make recommendations for changes in level of care to supervisor.
• Adhere to the agency's policies and procedures. Comply with the agency's standard of care for service delivery. Assist with Quality Management, Quality Assurance, and Utilization Review.
• Perform additional related duties and participate in agency fund-raising activities, as requested.

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred. Minimum of High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Combination of education/experience that meets BHT requirements as stipulated by ADHS is required.
• Minimum of one year of case management experience in the community behavioral health field. Experience conducting outreach and engagement with the seriously mentally ill, homeless…