FHARPS Case Manager

Here at Community House Mental Health Agency, we strive to provide a supportive family atmosphere in Seattle and King County for people with severe and persistent mental illness. Each person who walks through our door has a unique story, and we believe that everyone deserves to feel welcomed and valued.

The FHARPS Case Manager works as part of a team to provide outpatient behavioral health services and community support within their assigned diversion program. This position is responsible for providing services and care coordination based on client needs, program goals and individual documented plans, progress notes, and collaborative reviews for the assigned caseload, as well as support to all clients served as part of the care team.

The Forensic Housing and Recovery Through Peer Services (FHARPS) is a voluntary program that can temporarily assist individuals who have recent and/or current involvement with the forensic mental health system in securing housing resources within the community.

At Community House, we value a strong work-life balance and aim to provide the best support for our workers. As a CHMHA employee, you will have access to a range of unique benefits, such as company-paid medical/dental/vision/disability insurance, a 403B retirement plan with employer match, continuing education credit, a personal unlimited Orca Card, and an employee assistance program with financial, mental, and legal assistance.

SCHEDULE Tuesday-Saturday, 9:00am-4:00pm (35 hours/week, Full-Time)
RESPONSIBILITIES Serve as a Primary Case Manager for assigned caseload, advocating for and coordinating client needs and services; ensuring Service Plans, Crisis Plans, and other documentation are completed on time and kept up-to-date, as applicable; and providing consistent client contacts, skills training, and care coordination to work towards goals of the client, program, and contract requirements.

Note:

Some clients on assigned caseloads will be served by other programs and it is up to leadership and staff to determine who is providing primary or secondary case management in these situations.

Coordinate with relevant internal and external departments on resident referrals, as assigned, ensure timely intake into program, and review individualized plans.

FHARPS staff collaborate with clients, members of our legal systems, and multidisciplinary teams across the behavioral health spectrum of care to determine housing need, create plans appropriate to this need, and engage clients in accessing resources to reach the goal of improving housing status.

Collaborate with care team to ensure clients access needed services, support, case management, and appointments, including transportation to external providers.

Outreach clients in their homes or where they are staying in the community to assess living situation and stability, and provide treatment interventions when necessary.

Ensure all interactions represent the five principles of trauma-informed care, including safety, choice, trustworthiness, collaboration, and empowerment.

Coordinate access to medications for all clients through trained staff ensuring the seven rights of medication use are followed: right person, right medication, right time, right dose, right route, right reason (including refusal), and right documentation according to agency provided medication training.

Complete daily documentation in electronic medical record on client interactions for billable and non-billable activity, medications dispensed where applicable and assigned, and other required documentation, ensuring an interaction and subsequent documentation are completed for all assigned clients on a consistent basis, as determined by program requirements.

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