Case Manager Outpatient

Southwest Behavioral & Health Services is seeking a Case Manager who enjoys working with children to join our Mesa Outpatient Clinic. In this position, you will work with adults providing case management, crisis intervention, conducting assessments, and designing treatment interventions. You will provide occasional wellness checks in the community or hospital.

Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate will possess a variety of skills to successfully perform their duties.

• Attention to detail
• Develops treatment plans
• Monitors caseload
• Interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to conduct home visits as needed

About The Position

The goals of case management are to support the most appropriate and least restrictive setting, to improve the member’s level of functioning, and to assist the family or guardian and member in learning and retaining skills to help the member remain in the family/community. Case management assists members to address needs identified in service planning and assist the member in obtaining formal/informal services to address their needs and to assist members in identifying and resolving barriers to the implementation of their treatment plan, such as access to community resources, employment, and daily living skills.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Function as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team to develop and implement treatment or case plans, assessment criteria, programmatic goals, objectives, and activities.
• Develop treatment plans for clients in conjunction with team members.
• Attend and participate in in-service training sessions and related training opportunities, as well as appropriate staff meetings.
• Document client services provided according to the approved clinical standard rules, regulations, and procedures of the center.
• Educate other providers and stakeholders regarding the program and services available as requested.
• Perform intakes and psychosocial assessments of families and their individual members.
• Conduct home visits as needed and case consultations with other agencies and organizations.
• Monitor caseload for re-authorizations.
• Consult with clinical staff and other community human service professionals.
• Participate actively in agency committees when assigned.
• Complete required documentation in accordance with SBH standards.
• To ensure compliance and adequate services, additional job duties may be required to meet the needs of the program and/or department.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum requirement consists of 21-year age
• Bachelor’s Degree required and a minimum of 1 year experience in the Behavioral Health field (Psychology, Counseling, or Social Work)
• Motor Vehicle clearance
• Certification of CPR and First Aid Training
• Must have fingerprint clearance issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety or be eligible to receive within eight (8) weeks of hire
• Good academic and working knowledge of DSM IV, State SMI checklist, Community Resources, Psychotropic Medications, Crisis Intervention, Clinical Methods and Procedures, Interventions Techniques, and ability to apply same to possible unstable, treatment resistant adult/adolescent/child of various ethnic cultures for co-occurring disorders (GMH/SA/SMI)
• Knowledge and ability to function as a team, compile, organize, and document client assessments, intervention techniques, treatments, case planning, and follow-up

Benefits

• 3.3 weeks of PTO in your first year of employment, with increased accruals after continued service
• 10 paid holidays
• Low-cost medical, dental and vision insurance, short-term/long-term disability and life insurance for employees
• Company retirement match (40% company match up to a 10% deferral)
• Career development through internal promotion
• Tuition reimbursement and discount degree programs
• Employee Assistance Program, Health & Wellness and more

About SB&H

Southwest Behavioral & Health Services is a large, non-profit community-based provider of behavioral health services with locations throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area and surrounding counties. We are a well-established voice in the community with numerous sites, over a thousand employees, and 40 years of experience.

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