Case Manager - Adult Mental Health

Davis Behavioral Health • Layton, UT

2d • $22 - $28 • Hybrid

About The Position

Davis Behavioral Health (DBH) is actively recruiting a full-time Case Manager to work on the Adult Mental Health Outpatient team. This position will be based out of the DBH Layton Clinic office; however, the majority of the work will be conducted in the community throughout Davis County. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, the Adult Mental Health Outpatient Case Manager is a bachelor's level mental health professional who provides targeted case management, behavior management, skills development, and personal services to adults with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use. The case manager assists clients in effectively utilizing available community resources. Case management can be provided in the home, office, and community settings. This position offers hope, guidance, and skills toward obtaining and maintaining thriving independence in community living.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in social work or a related field is required.
• The ability to obtain Behavioral Health Case Management (BHCM) certification within 90 days of employment is required, if unlicensed.
• The Adult Mental Health Outpatient Case Manager must complete and maintain certification in First Aid and CPR.
• Knowledge of community resources
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and engage clients in mental health treatment
• Knowledge of techniques and principles of human behavior and development
• General understanding of mental health and substance use disorders
• Ability to work independently and effectively
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with community partners
• Computer knowledge
• Must have reliable transportation and a valid driver's license.
• Ability to assist clients in developing a range of social supports in the community.
• Ability to advocate for client rights.
• Ability to assist clients in monitoring their medications.
• Skill in the application of problem-solving and multitasking.
• Ability to work diligently and maintain company standards without prompting.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to motivate and engage clients.
• General understanding of mental illness and substance use disorders.
• Ability to maintain client confidentiality.
• The selected candidate must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screening.
• DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal drugs or abusing alcohol; therefore, making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing pre-employment drug screening by providing a valid sample.
• Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.
• Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws, including no use of medical marijuana.
• Those eligible must no longer be in active treatment at DBH and have one year of stable recovery. Active treatment includes weekly or group therapy, regular case management, housing, peer support services, etc. Clients who are in medication management services only or those who have infrequent therapy will be reviewed for eligibility on a case by case basis.
• DBH utilizes an electronic medical health records system, so computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Office products is required.
• Meeting monthly face-to-face service expectations and productivity standards is also required.
• The successful candidate must also have a clean driving record to operate agency vehicles and/or transport clients, when necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Strong preference will be given to candidates who graduated from a college or university with a bachelor's degree in social work (BSW) AND active licensure as a Social Service Worker (SSW) in good standing in the State of Utah.
• Strong preference for active licensure as a Social Service Worker (SSW) in good standing in the State of Utah.
• Previous experience working in the social work field and/or working with people who have serious mental illness is strongly preferred.
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish skills are highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Complete DLAs (or other agency identified case management needs assessments) at the required frequency in order to create individualized goals and objectives.
• Use information from the DLA to complete individualized service plans in support of overall mental health treatment goals.
• Maintain agency standards for productivity and documentation.
• Engage with clients' treatment teams to support clients and coordinate treatment objectives.
• Maintain an active caseload.
• Coordinate and advocate for care that ensures basic needs are met. This may require coordination and advocacy with multiple local and State agencies.
• Work with clients and their families or other support systems to ensure basic needs are met.
• Be knowledgeable about the crisis system and know when to activate it.
• Able to balance independent work while appropriately consulting with supervisor and taking directions when given.
• Other responsibilities and as needed and assigned.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance - The current carrier and network is SelectHealth Share.
• High Deductible Health Plan with a sizeable employer Health Savings Account contribution. H.S.A. administered by HealthEquity.
• Dental Insurance - The current carrier and network is Delta Dental
• Integrated Primary Care Clinic - Nice Healthcare. Every day care whenever you need it.
• Vision Insurance - Offered by VSP
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - Administered by APA Benefits.
• Annual healthcare spending limit: $3,300
• Annual dependent care spending limit: $5,000
• Utah Retirement System participating agency
• 401(k) - DBH matches up to 2% of annual earnings
• Voluntary employee-funded options available (457 Plan Roth IRA)
• Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance - Administered by USAble.
• Basic Life and AD&D Benefit Amounts
• Employee:2x your base annual earnings, rounded to the nearest $1,000, to a maximum of $300,000
• Spouse: $10,000
• Child(ren): $5,000 on each eligible dependent child
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance - Administered by USAble.
• Long-term Disability - Administered by USAble.
• Health Reimbursement Account (H.R.A.) - Offered to employees to voluntarily opt out of DBH medical insurance. Administered by APA Benefits.
• Up to $2,600 per year contributed by DBH after required employee contribution.
• Voluntary Insurance - Administered by Assurity.
• Voluntary Accident
• Voluntary Critical Illness
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity
• Voluntary Identify Theft Protection - Administered by Allstate Benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Administered by Intermountain Healthcare.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level