Intensive Case Manager Family Intensive Treatment Team (FIT)

Directions for Living•Largo, FL

6d•Remote

About The Position

This is a professional position providing case management services to adults and families in the Families Intensive Treatment Program (FITT) under the Families First Division. The FITT program provides an intensive Wraparound approach to engaging and working with parents with at least one child under 10 years old who have entered the child welfare system due to parental substance misuse. The goal of services is to reunify children with their families. Services are provided in the home, school, and community by a counselor and behavioral health case manager team who will be working intensively with the parent and children to address the behaviors that resulted in the referral to the FITT program. The Intensive Case Manager- FITT (ICM) will play an integral role of support, linkage, and skill building for families experiencing a mental health or co-occurring mental health & substance abuse concern that is contributing to safety concerns within the family. The ICM will ensure that case management services focus on providing case management interventions that increase skills related to managing mental health and substance use issues as well as skills that increase housing stability. The ICM will utilizing natural supports, community supports, and input and resources from other community partners or professional agencies. The ICM functions as a member of an Integrated Decision Team (IDT) consisting of the ICM, a counselor, and an IDT facilitator. In additional to case management interventions, the ICM is responsible for ensuring the client and family have an individualized treatment plan that is strength based and built collaboratively with each member of the IDT team during the IDT session. The treatment plan, risk level, and case management interventions are developed by the Integrated Decision Team that consists of the family, natural supports, and formal supports that care about and know the youth and family best. Each IDT member, including the youth and family, contributes valuable knowledge, expertise and perspective that informs the treatment plan and clinical response. In addition, the ICM is responsible for reporting and discussing at IDT’s the youth or families progress/lack of progress, barriers, interventions, safety issues, or any other information important in resolving the safety concerns that bring the youth and family into treatment. The ICM ensures services are delivered using standards of trauma informed care principles, and that plans and clinical interventions address issues regarding how trauma impacts family functioning, and that plans and interventions use trauma resolution skills. The ICM ensures that services are Culturally & Linguistically Competent and are tailored to the unique culture of the child and family. The ICM will ensure that case management services occur in the community at a place convenient and comfortable for the youth and family. This is a field position. The Intensive Case Manager- FITT is responsible for ensuring an annual client facing client care number of 1410 hours annually. Achieving the minimum required weekly, monthly and annual client facing client care hours is an essential function of this position. Directions for Living is an essential services provider. All Directions for Living employees must be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services to the people that we serve in the event of an emergency, pandemic or other disaster situation.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Services from an accredited college.
Minimum of one year of previous experience working with adults and children with serious persistent mental illness.
Completion of Targeted Case Management Certification.
Excellent writing, communication, computer, organizational, and time management skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Proficiency in completing progress notes, treatment plans, and pertinent information concerning the consumer.

Responsibilities

Provide case management services to adults and families in the Families Intensive Treatment Program (FITT).
Engage and work with parents with at least one child under 10 years old who have entered the child welfare system due to parental substance misuse.
Reunify children with their families.
Provide services in the home, school, and community as part of a counselor and behavioral health case manager team.
Address behaviors that resulted in referral to the FITT program.
Provide support, linkage, and skill building for families experiencing mental health or co-occurring mental health & substance abuse concerns.
Increase skills related to managing mental health and substance use issues.
Increase skills related to housing stability.
Utilize natural supports, community supports, and input from other community partners or professional agencies.
Function as a member of an Integrated Decision Team (IDT).
Ensure the client and family have an individualized treatment plan that is strength-based and built collaboratively.
Report and discuss client progress/lack of progress, barriers, interventions, safety issues, or other important information at IDTs.
Ensure services are delivered using standards of trauma-informed care principles.
Ensure plans and clinical interventions address how trauma impacts family functioning and use trauma resolution skills.
Ensure services are Culturally & Linguistically Competent and tailored to the unique culture of the child and family.
Ensure case management services occur in the community at a place convenient and comfortable for the youth and family.
Achieve an annual client facing client care number of 1410 hours annually.
Be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services in the event of an emergency, pandemic, or other disaster situation.