Case Manager I-III ECI [1082]

Texas Panhandle Mental Health • Amarillo, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Texas Panhandle Centers (TPC), you’ll be part of a caring team dedicated to making lives better for over 10,000 individuals and families each year across the Texas Panhandle. As a non-profit, TPC provides a wide range of services from mental health and substance use support to intellectual and developmental disability care, empowering clients of all ages to achieve dignity and independence. With seven service centers located throughout the region, our staff work together with our clients to achieve our mission to create an accessible system of care that supports individual choice and truly make a difference. We invite you to join us in our vision of “Making Lives Better!” Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) provides services to families with children (birth to 3 years) who have developmental delays and disabilities in Potter and Randall County. ECI offers Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Specialized Skills Training, Service Coordination, Nutrition services, and additional services for auditory impairment and vision impairment. The Case Manager position will become credentialed as an Early Intervention Specialist/Service Coordinator through training requirements with the Texas Health and Human Service Early Childhood Intervention Program.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to human services or early childhood intervention, which includes three hours of semester course credit in early childhood development or early childhood special education
• For Case Manager I, no experience required
• For Case Manager II, minimum one (1) year of experience in human services case management, or a teacher certification with experience as an Early Childhood-Kindergarten teacher
• For Case Manager III, minimum two (2) years of experience in human services case management, or a teacher certification with experience as an Early Childhood-Kindergarten teacher
• Graduate work in a related field may be substituted for up to one (1) year of experience
• Forty clock hours of continuing education in early childhood development or early childhood special education completed within five years prior to employment with ECI may substitute for the three-hour semester course credit requirement in early childhood development or early childhood special education
• The content of the coursework or training must relate to the growth, development, and education of the young child and may include courses or training in: child growth and development; child psychology or child and adolescent psychology; children with special needs; or typical language development
• Must have a valid Texas driver’s license and be insurable under agency vehicle policy
• Must be 18 years of age or older

Nice To Haves

• Ability to speak Spanish
• One (1) year experience in human services case management
• Knowledge in developmental milestones for children birth to three years of age
• Certified Teacher (Child Development, Special Education, Family Studies), Licensed Social Worker, Registered Nurse, Early Intervention Specialist, Psychology, Sociology

Responsibilities

• Staff will maintain ethical and professional communications at all times using respectful Trauma-Informed Care language
• Performs service coordination and specialized skills services for assigned caseload
• Assist children and their family to attain outcomes developed through the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), and foster family advocacy for their child through knowledge of accessing community resources
• Works under the general supervision of ECI- Early Intervention Specialist Lead Coordinator
• Completion of work by the Case Manager I-III requires originating new techniques in working with their assigned clients, establishing criteria with other team members as they develop and revise IFSP’s
• Decisions are varied but based on well-defined guidelines
• Collaborations with the therapist on the ECI team to meet the needs of the children on caseload
• Adheres to TPC Business Code of Conduct and reports concerns if ethical and/or business standards defined in the code are compromised

Benefits

• 501(c)(3) designation – you can apply for the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
• Robust benefit offerings – Medical, Urgent Care visits for a low $10 co-pay, Dental, and Vision
• Employer paid life insurance (1.5 times employee’s salary)
• Staff automatically enrolled into a 457 Retirement Account at 1% of their annual salary. Employer Match 1% higher than employee’s contribution up to 6% in the 403 (b) or 457 Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid time off – PTO accrual, Holidays
• One (1) annual Mental Health Floating Holiday, one (1) annual Celebrate Diversity Floating Holiday, and one (1) annual A Day to Remember Floating Holiday available to staff after 90 days of employment
• Additional Supplemental Coverage available i.e. Disability, Accidental, Cancer, Critical Care, and Section 125 Flexible Spending Account Plan
• Teladoc – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to a medical provider free of charge via telephone or video
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to behavioral health, financial, and legal counseling in person or via telephone

What This Job Offers

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