Case Manager - Wraparound - full time

The Opportunity Alliance • South Portland, ME

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About The Position

The Opportunity Alliance is seeking a full-time Wraparound Case Manager for its community services area. This direct-service role provides home-based and community-based case management to youth and families with a mental health diagnosis or developmental disability. The High-Fidelity Wraparound program serves youth ages 12–20 with a diagnosed mental health disorder and/or developmental delay who are involved with the Juvenile Justice system. It offers comprehensive, holistic, youth- and family-driven intensive case management through teams made up of professionals and natural supports. The team helps youth and families develop individualized goals so they can remain in their homes and communities and work toward their vision of a fulfilled life. The program follows High-Fidelity Wraparound practices as defined by the National Wraparound Institute.

The Case Manager attends monthly staff meetings and participates in weekly supervision with the designated supervisor. Work is performed, reviewed, and evaluated under the Program Director. This is a 40-hour-per-week role covering a specified service area in Maine. The office is in South Portland, but work is primarily community-based and some travel is expected.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related field.
• Knowledge of serious and persistent mental illness, substance abuse, and trauma.
• At least two years of experience working with families and children, preferably within the mental health system.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings.
• Ability to meet physical requirements associated with family visitation, including climbing stairs.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office and email.
• A good driving record.
• For contracts that have Rider D: ability to pass criminal-background, child-protective-services, and sex-offender checks, and not be on a state or federal suspension and disbarment list.
• Ability to exert moderate physical effort, including occasional standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, and typing, and frequently lift and carry small children or materials weighing up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with families and children within the mental health system.

Responsibilities

• Provide home-based and community-based case management services to youth and families.
• Support youth and families in developing individualized goals through the High-Fidelity Wraparound process.
• Participate in monthly staff meetings and weekly supervision with the designated supervisor.
• Travel within the program service area to attend meetings and trainings and, as needed, meet with clients offsite or travel to the agency location to complete work.
• Transport clients when needed.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off accrual.
• Nine paid holidays per calendar year and up to three floating holidays per calendar year.
• Medical benefits at a reasonable cost.
• Dental and vision insurance options.
• Agency-paid basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• 403(b) retirement plan with an agency match; all employees are eligible.
• Tuition reimbursement offered once per year through an application process.
• Employer qualified under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time