Casemanager I - MH ONLY

General description of duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for providing mental health services to severely and chronically mentally ill or emotionally disturbed individuals (adults and/or children) and their families, to include dual disordered mental health/chemically dependent individuals.
• Provides ongoing case management services to assist assigned individuals in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other needed services.
• Service interventions are provided in home, school and community settings, and include: screening, admission to service, consumer assessments, treatment planning, team treatment staffing, continuity of services monitoring, referral and follow-up services, individual rehabilitative services, family rehabilitative skills, training, group skills and provision of crisis resolution services.
• Performs the duties as addressed in the Texas Administrative Code, Community Standards and policies and procedures of the agency.
• Required to adhere to agency productivity standards.

Assists the Director in providing community education and consultation, interagency collaboration is essential to this position. The job requires extensive travel for community-based service provision and flexible hours ad schedule. Participates in on-call system if a QMHP-CS and received required clinical supervision by appropriate staff. Administratively reports directly to the Clinic Director.

Minimum job qualifications

• Applicants must meet the following minimum qualifications to be eligible for the position:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with a major (or the equivalent to a major) in psychology, social work, medicine, nursing rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human growth and development, physician assistant, gerontology, special education, educational psychology, early childhood education, or early childhood intervention, or a registered nurse.
• Must meet TAC Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) qualifications.
• Must possess good computer skills.
• A minimum of 18 hours graduate coursework in a related field may substitute for one year of work experience. Maximum substitution is one year.

Preferred job qualifications

• Demonstrate ability to read, write and speak English and Spanish.
• Prior working experience with a community mental health center.
• Prior working experience as a case manager.
• Reside in Maverick or surrounding counties.

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