TIEH Case Manager - Social Worker

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION This is a temporary grant funded position lasting at least 3 years. This position is a staff position for TIEH (Treatment of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness) and is a collaborative program, located at the Pinellas County Sheriffs office Emergency Shelter (Safe Harbor), and is funded through Pinellas County Health and Human Services and is a collaborative effort by Boley Centers, PCSO, Pinellas County, and Eleos (formerly PEMHS).

The TIEH Case Manager/Social Worker assists clients in securing services including vocational support, medical support, finding community supports and services, medication and psychiatric follow up and providing recovery services. Assistance will also entail social entitlements such as food stamps, Medicaid, social security, and connecting clients to housing supported programs.

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES Process client intakes, admissions and discharges.

Assess mental status, medical/dental health, use of drugs or alcohol, education and employment, social development and functioning, activities of daily living, family structure, Baker Act history and incarceration history.

Conduct other functional assessments to determine strengths, needs and preferences.

Maintain a caseload and provide direct services including biopsychosocial assessment, recovery planning, case management and housing supports.

Work with clients to develop comprehensive service plans to initiate housing referrals and connections and implements service plans for each assigned client and update plans as needed.

Coordinate in-house and/or community appointments, i.e. medical, dental, therapy, etc.

Make and/or receive calls regarding a broad spectrum of client related issues, maintaining contact with a wide variety of individuals (parents, friends, etc.), social services (Medicaid, Social Security, etc.) and service providers both internal and external.

Develop and monitor safety plans.

Maintain formal and informal working relationships with local service and treatment providers to ensure clients' access to services and treatment.

Complete, in an accurate and timely manner, all documentation required to ensure ongoing compliance with all internal and/or external requirements.

Maintain ongoing awareness of each assigned client's needs by the frequent reading of such documentation as activity reports, progress notes, etc. and by frequent personal meetings with each client.

Operate own or agency vehicle to transport clients and/or travel between locations.

Write memos, letters, statements, etc. regarding client related issues.

SECONDARY Comply with Compliance Plan and standards of conduct and report any noncompliance to the appropriate official.

Attend required trainings.

Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONSEDUCATIONBachelor's degree with a major in counseling, social work, psychology, criminal justice, nursing, rehabilitation, special education, health education, or a related human services field. A related human services field is one in which major course work includes the study of human behavior and development; with at least one year of full time or equivalent experience working with adults experiencing serious mental illness.

Education must be from an accredited school, college, or university.

Or, a Bachelor's degree and at least three years of full time or equivalent experience working with adults experiencing serious mental illness.

EXPERIENCE Minimum of one to three years experience working with serious mental illness required depending upon type of bachelor's degree.

KNOWLEDGE Knowledge of mental illness and symptoms, mental health system and supports, community social services systems.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Good skills and demonstrated abilities in verbal and written…