Share Email Opening
Title

Case Manager - Behavioral Health Home 

Description

Key Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive care management, care coordination, health promotion, comprehensive transitional care, individual and family support services, and referral to community and social support services through person-centered care planning. Provides all services consistent with SAMHSA’s fundamental components of recovery, in a person- and family-centered approach that incorporates cultural appropriateness. Assures program goals and objectives are accomplished by fulfilling job and team responsibilities, as assigned.

  • Engages consumers and their families
  • Facilitates and coordinates psycho-educational services (including groups) for consumers and their family members on a variety of topics relating to wellness (physical and mental), health promotion, prevention, skill-building and related health and wellness/recovery topics
  • Offers on-site as well as outreach services (including transport of consumers)
  • Fulfills case management services, including, but not limited to coordinating or directly facilitating linkages to services, service coordination, treatment enrollment assistance, and so forth
  • Ensures consumers have community supports in place (and engage in service planning as appropriate) that fulfill a positive corroborative role
  • Communicates observations and information about the consumer in the consumer’s service record and to team members
  • Engages in supportive counseling and crisis intervention
  • Participates in assessment and evaluation of consumers at intake/admissions, during ongoing recovery/service delivery and at discharge
  • Collaborates with team and collaborative treatment providers to establish comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessments and care plans
  • Provides input into formulation of consumer-centered care plans in collaboration with team members, containing relevant goals, measurable objectives (that serve as indicators for evaluating progress) and realistic time frames for achievement; performs reviews of progress and evaluates effectiveness of goals/objectives
  • Works with administrative staff to ensure that all services are documented based on billing and regulatory standards; collects information on consumers and reflects all demographic data
  • Participates in quality assurance activities and cross-functional action teams

Qualifications/Experience/Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field
  • Two (2) years experience working within a health care or behavioral health setting; Experience working with adults with acute symptoms of mental illness and with chronic health care conditions
  • Substance abuse certification certified – i.e. CADC, LCADC
  • A valid driver's license and must be insurable by agency's automobile insurance
 
Position Requirements  
Full-Time/Part-Time Per Diem  
Shift Days  
Location Main Site  
About the Organization CarePlus New Jersey is a northern New Jersey provider of recovery-focused mental health, substance abuse, and family services that address the unique needs of individuals with a holistic approach to recovery and overall wellness.





Operating out of over 23 sites - including three outpatient centers located in Paramus, Fair Lawn, and Montclair, ten residential facilities, offices at three local hospitals, and seven community offices - our services are convenient to clients located throughout Northern New Jersey. We also provide educational programs on mental health-related topics to area schools and community groups.





For more information, visit www.CarePlusNJ.org.  
EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by Federal and State laws.  
SuperVFlg None Specified 

Full Time or Part Time None Specified 

supervisorUID None Specified 


This position is currently not accepting applications.

To search for an open position, please go to http://CarePlusNJInc.appone.com



WE ALSO RECOMMEND

Other Jobs Within Same Category
-- None found --



Other Jobs Within 60 Miles
-- None found --




 


 
Click here for technical assistance.