Mental Health Case Manager
Required skills
- adult individuals
- independence of living
- vocational education
- social supports
- reduced hospitalizations
- housing
- food
- medical care
- recreation
- education
Role summary
Seeking a Mental Health Case Manager to assist adult individuals with severe and persistent mental illness in achieving independence in living, vocational education, social supports, and reducing hospitalizations. Responsibilities include maintaining basic needs such as housing, food, and medical care, and providing information and support to clients and their families. This community-based role requires reliable transportation for travel throughout Armstrong County to homes, schools, and other locations. The case manager will build informal support networks and utilize community resources for linkage, monitoring, and problem resolution. A Bachelor's degree in a related field is required, with a 35-hour workweek and on-call responsibilities.
Description
Mental Health Case Manager -
The Targeted Case Manager will be assisting adult individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. The Targeted Case Manager will provide services to achieve the goals of independence of living, vocational education status, social supports, and reduced hospitalizations. The Targeted Case Manager will be maintaining basic needs and skills such as obtaining housing, food, medical care, recreation, education and employment. The Targeted Case Manager will also offer information, encouragement, support and assurance that help is available to the client and family members.
Reliable transportation required. This community-based role primarily serves Armstrong County and involves regular travel to homes, schools, and other locations(ie food banks) throughout the community
The Targeted Case Manager shall organize and bring in the natural supports available to the person through family, friends and neighbors, and when the client's needs cannot be met through this means, the Targeted Case Manager shall organize resources available in the local community and given service providers. When the client's needs cannot be met this way, the Targeted Case Manager shall also perform assessment service planning, informal support network building, utilization of community resources, linkage with services, monitoring and delivery of service, outreach and a problem resolution for their clients.
Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, nursing, education, or related field. 35 hour workweek with some on call responsibilities Flexible work schedule. Annual salary $42,482. Excellent benefits including healthcare. Positions working with both child and adult populations are available. Resumes may be submitted through the Indeed website or mailed to Executive Director, Family Counseling Center of Armstrong County, 300 South Jefferson Street, Kittanning, PA 16201. PA Child Abuse (Act 33) PA, Criminal History (Act 34) and FBI Fingerprint (Act 114) clearances required. E.O.E.
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