Case Management Specialist

Riverwoods Behavioral Health • Riverdale, GA

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About The Position

Manage the client's/patient's/resident's cases with a solid background of clinical knowledge and expertise and may be responsible for providing some therapeutic services to clients/patients/residents.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Counseling or related human service field required.
• One or more years of experience working in behavioral health setting.
• Experience with the patient population served by the facility preferred.
• Previous experience in case management and/or utilization review preferred.
• Current license required within the state the facility is operating in if required.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the primary case manager/discharge planner including the provision of daily psycho-education groups, individual patient sessions by a licensed clinical staff member, family sessions with supervision by a licensed clinical staff member and patient advocacy.
• Effectively assesses patients' therapeutic needs and communicates these through the development and completion of treatment plans, data gathering for Bio-psychosocial assessments, discharge plans and other assessments as available and needed.
• Effectively charts on daily groups, sessions, and other significant patient issues.
• Effectively communicates and records significant patient occurrences to the nursing staff, physician, and utilization review coordinator.
• Works cooperatively with the therapeutic team (social workers, nursing, physicians, etc).
• Effectively communicate with and involve in the treatment of patient's appropriate family members and other significant persons/agencies responsible for the care of the patient.
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree