Case Manager, Mental Health - Louisa;

General Statement Of Responsibilities

This is a FLSA non-exempt position. The Case Manager has the responsibility for providing case management services to individuals of all ages with a primary diagnosis of mental illness/emotional disturbance, substance addiction, or development disabilities. This includes assessing service needs; developing plans for access to services; liaison with client, families, programs, and service providers; ongoing monitoring or client service needs; advocacy;

and consultation and education to clients, families and community.

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This is a FLSA non-exempt position. The Case Manager has the responsibility for providing case management services to individuals of all ages with a primary diagnosis of mental illness/emotional disturbance, substance addiction, or development disabilities. This includes assessing service needs; developing plans for access to services; liaison with client, families, programs, and service providers; ongoing monitoring or client service needs; advocacy;

and consultation and education to clients, families and community.

The Case Manager reports to the Director III for Louisa County Clinic and is expected to function with initiative and independent judgment, based on application of standard practices and with guidance from the supervisor. In carrying out position duties, he/she performs in accordance with applicable professional ethics and established Region Ten policies.

The essential functions of this job are starred below (*) under “Major duties.”

• Enhancing community integration through increased opportunities for community access and involvement and creating opportunities to enhance community living skills to promote community adjustment including, to the maximum extent possible, the use of local community resources available to the general public.
• Making collateral contacts with the individual’s significant others with properly authorized releases to promote implementation of the individual’s individualized services plan and his community adjustment.
• * Assessing needs and planning services to include developing a case management individualized serves plan.
• * Linking the individual to those community supports that are likely to promote the personal habilitative/rehabilitative and life goals of the individual as developed in the individualized service plan (ISP).
• * Assisting the individual directly to locate, develop or obtain needed services, resources and appropriate public benefits.
• * Assuring the coordination of services and service planning within a provider agency, with other providers and with other human service agencies and systems, such as local health, CSA, and social services departments.
• * Monitoring service delivery through contacts with individuals receiving services, service providers and periodic site and home visits to assess the quality of care and satisfaction of the individual.
• * Provide follow up instruction, education and counseling to guide the individual and develop a supportive relationship that promotes the individualized services plan.
• Advocating for individuals in response to their changing needs, based on changes in the plan.
• * Developing a crisis plan for an individual that includes the individual’s references regarding treatment in an emergency situation and providing emergency prescreening as necessary.
• Planning for transitions in individual’s lives.
• Coordinating health care needs with other health professionals.
• * Knowing and monitoring the individual’s health status, any medical conditions, and his medications and potential side effects, and assisting the individual in accessing primary care
• * Maintains complete and current consumer records and other required…