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Richmond Behavioral Health is hiring a qualified and professionial Case Manager to join our Forensic Discharge Planning Team. The selected individual will perform intermediate professional work assessing client needs, developing, implementing and monitoring service delivery and assistance plans, coordinating and monitoring services with other agencies, counseling and assisting clients, maintaining records and files, preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the assigned supervisor.
This new role will work as a member of the Forensic Discharge Planning Team based out of the Richmond City Justice Center with the Richmond City Sheriff's Office. Work in collaboration with the RCSO, local providers, community agencies and program participants to provide ongoing support to eliminate fragmentation, duplication or gaps in care and treatment. Enhance the quality of serious mentally ill inmate's care coordination from within the jail environment and maintain involvement through an individual's release from incarceration to community based services. Perform behavioral health consultation, screening, short-term targeted interventions and case management functions dedicated to transitional care and a seamless re-entry in treatment services in the community. Work requires and involves integration or coordination of various services needed by client for reentry including coordination with a multitude of professional disciplines. The incumbent's work has immediate effect on the treatment and progress of the seriously mentally ill consumers who are in the regional jail. The planner will provide clinical consultation to the case management supervisors and other agency clinical staff and work collaboratively to ensure effective and responsive services to the clients. In addition, the incumbent participates in the initial assessment of clients' needs with serious mental health and co-occurring diagnosis required as a component of their clinical services and used as a basis for subsequent service planning and referral. The incumbent will provide direct short-term intensive clinical services to a small caseload of consumers while they are currently incarcerated, following release from the Richmond City Justice Center, and while they transition and obtain successful tenure in the community.
Essential Functions
Works in collaboration with Permanent Supportive Housing Team (PSH) to ensure housing stability of program participants.
Provides housing related case management services including but not limited to connecting with payees and community resources, coordinating the payment of utility bills, monitoring lease compliance, and connecting to mental health and/or substance use disorder treatment if necessary.
Collaborate with clinical staff on a regular basis regarding program participants.
Collaborate with housing specialist on a regular basis regarding program participants.
Assist with closure/termination of cases when appropriate
Orients and trains newly hired staff; evaluates staff performance as directed.
Serves as liaison to public agencies and provides information regarding Authority programs and services.
Prepares a variety of reports; prepares and maintains program participant charts and other records.
Attends meetings, staffing's and conferences as they relate to program participants, staff and program needs.
Assists in curriculum development and resource tools.
Collect data to satisfy program requirements.
Interviews inmates, collects and completes required documentation and determines eligibility for referrals.
Make treatment recommendations and appropriate referrals based on assessment.
Establish a realistic Discharge Plan for each inmate with SMI
To individuals who meet the DBHDS SMI standards, provide forensic discharge planning services using the APIC and RNR models of case management.
Regularly meet the assigned SMI inmates to coordinate care and discharge planning.
Consults with RCSO and their contracted Medical/Behavioral Health Provider Mediko, The JMHP, and other participating community services boards and agency staff for the coordination of complete discharge/reentry planning.
Coordinates with RCSO, current and designated placements to insure optimum re-entry and transition.
Schedule and assist individuals in attending appointment at their home CSB for intake and establish linkages for services.
Assist inmates with scheduling, attending and independently maintain post discharge psychiatric intake and medication evaluation appointments.
Assist clients in arranging and/or providing transportation for services at their local CSB as needed.
As appropriate, assist clients to set and keep appointments and link inmates with SMI with entitlements.
Establish stable housing for each eligible SMI inmates at discharge.
Attend monthly meetings with partners to report on administrative and programmatic updates
Conducts assessments of inmate needs by providing basic case management services.
Provide overall service coordination, referral, linkage and advocacy to inmates with varying needs.
Perform duties in concert with other members of the team.
Serve as an advocate on behalf of the inmate by making appropriate referrals to other social services, education and health agencies as needed.
Monitors, tracks data and outcomes and documents client behavior in accordance with established policies.
Participates in the allocation and monitoring of expenditures for consumer reentry needs.
Participates in inter- and intra-agency team and management meetings and coordinates the implementation of policy and procedure change at the division level.
Interacts with law enforcement staff, judicial personnel, health providers, and other service providers to facilitate services.
Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
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