Intensive Case Manager - Inpatient

State of Maine • Bangor, ME

4d • $24 - $34 • Onsite

About The Position

This is professional services work in providing intensive case management for a targeted group of high risk mental health clients in a local community. Responsibilities include acting as a single identifiable focus for service responsibility and functioning as the primary support in a comprehensive and individualized approach to integrating clients into the community. Work includes ensuring clients’ basic living needs are being met; advocating for and/or assisting clients in gaining access to and maintaining medical, psychiatric, self-help, rehabilitation, social, educational, psychological, and other necessary support services; and the intensive monitoring of clients’ integration progress and overall service delivery. This classification is distinguished from the classification of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Caseworker in that Intensive Case Managers provide immediate and ongoing comprehensive case management, follow-up, and responsive interventions to a small (10-15 clients) group of the most problematic/high risk mental health clients in support of their integration into the local community. Work is performed under limited supervision.

Requirements

• A Bachelors Degree in one of the Social or Behavioral Sciences and four (4) years experience in professional community mental health work.
• Equivalent work experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Some positions may require a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) license as issued by the Maine State Board of Social Worker Licensure.

Nice To Haves

• A Masters Degree in Social Work may be substituted for two (2) years experience.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a single identifiable focus for service responsibility
• Functioning as the primary support in a comprehensive and individualized approach to integrating clients into the community
• Ensuring clients’ basic living needs are being met
• Advocating for and/or assisting clients in gaining access to and maintaining medical, psychiatric, self-help, rehabilitation, social, educational, psychological, and other necessary support services
• Intensive monitoring of clients’ integration progress and overall service delivery
• Providing immediate and ongoing comprehensive case management, follow-up, and responsive interventions to a small (10-15 clients) group of the most problematic/high risk mental health clients in support of their integration into the local community

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays
• 12 days of sick leave
• 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
• Health Insurance Coverage – The State of Maine pays 85%-100% of employee-only premiums ($12,845.82 - $15,112.76 annual value), depending on salary.
• Health Insurance Premium Credit – Participation decreases employee-only premiums by 5%.
• Dental Insurance – The State of Maine pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums ($395.72 annual value).
• Retirement Plan – The State contributes the equivalent of 14.11% of the employee's pay towards the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS).
• Six weeks of fully paid parental leave for all employees who are welcoming a child—including fathers and adoptive parents.
• Additional, unpaid leave may also be available, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

What This Job Offers

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