Adolescent Intensive Case Manager

Company: SAN LUIS VALLEY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Location: Alamosa
Posted on: September 17, 2022

Job Description:

Description:
SLV Behavioral Health is a regional leader in Behavioral Health Services. We are community based and work with many agencies throughout the San Luis Valley. We are a non-profit with purpose - dedicated to hope, healing and recovery. We have a variety of employees from hybrid, fully remote and on-site. When you join SLVBHG, you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where you are an important part of ever-changing industry. At SLVBHG, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. Your work will have a direct impact on the providers of our agency and the people we serve. If you want to be part of the behavioral health industry and have an impact on helping providers increase services, this is the place for you! POSITION OVERVIEW - Adolescent Case Manager

Essential Functions:

• Ability to work to achieve the mission and goals of this agency.
• Create and implement groups that train youth in life skills - skills training in individual, family, and group work.
• Assess adolescent's need for and coordinate the client's health care, not limited to mental health and/or substance use treatment, medical, educational, social, or other services.
• Keep on-going records on all youth and families, including treatment goals, progress towards meeting goals, and case management documentation in the EHR.
• Develop appropriate linkages/referral systems for youth.
• Work as a liaison and resource for youth to bridge the gap between SLVBHG and community partners. Ability to work closely and cooperatively with external agency representatives.
• Work with clinicians at SLVBHG to provide on-going case management for adolescents enrolled in services.
• Provide support and linkage with external providers such as making appointments for the client if they are unable to do so.
• Work directly with youth and their families to provide psychosocial support.
• Identify and work with other community resources to provide prevention programming for youth.
• Ability to express oneself clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Meet performance standards as specified by the supervisor and management staff. Secondary Functions:
  • computer skills
  • Knowledge of and ability to apply harm reduction theory
  • Ability to work with volunteers and high-risk youth
  • Ability to work with diverse populations.
  • Ability to exercise discretion and judgment concerning decision-making
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently and as a member of a Team
  • Ability to work to achieve the mission and goals fo this agency Organizational Relationships:
    • Receives supervision from the Clinical Supervisor
    • computer skills
    • Knowledge of and ability to apply harm reduction theory
    • Ability to work with volunteers and high-risk youth
    • Ability to work with diverse populations.
    • Ability to exercise discretion and judgment concerning decision-making.
    • Creative problem solving.
    • Ability to work independently and as a member of a Team.
    • Ability to work to achieve the mission and goals of this agency. PM1
      
      Requirements:
      Qualifications: Adolescent Case Manager
      • Education: Bachelor's Degree
      • Experience: One year of experience in related human service field preferred. Material and Equipment Directly Used: (including, but not limited to) Computer (WORD, email, general Windows products, electronic records), agency vehicles, voice mail.
        Work Environment: General office environment; light physical work as needed: travel or errands outside the office.
        PM1 PI191050537

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