QMHP Outpatient C&A

Metrocare Services•Dallas, TX

About The Position

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The mission of Metrocare Services is to serve our neighbors with developmental or mental health challenges by helping them find lives that are meaningful and satisfying. We are an agency committed to quality gender-responsive, trauma-informed care to individuals experiencing serious mental illness, development disabilities, and co-occurring disorders. Metrocare programs focus on the issues that matter most in the lives of the children, families and adults we serve. The QMHP-C&A Outpatient position provides skills and case management services to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance in an effort to improve functionality within the community, including home life and school. Services may include, but are not limited to, assessment, development of measurable recovery goals and objectives, referral, linkage, advocacy, monitoring, crisis intervention, transportation, crisis intervention, and continuity of care all of which could take place outside of a traditional work day. The overall goal of this position is to maximize the individuals potential level of functioning, reduce hospitalization and aid in the successful reintegration of children or adolescents in their families and other social supports.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in human services with 1 to 3 years experience in MH/MR or related field or Masters degree with 0 to 2 years experience in human services.
Basic math skills required.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two-step instructions.
Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
Use computer, printer, and software programs necessary to the position (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
Ability to utilize Internet for resources.
Current State of Texas Driver License or if you live in another state, must be currently licensed in that state. If licensed in another state, must obtain Texas Driver License within three (3) months of employment.
Liability insurance required if employee will operate personal vehicle on Center property or for Center business.
Must be insurable by Centers liability carrier if employee operates a Center vehicle or drives personal car on Center business.
Must have an acceptable driving record.

Responsibilities

Provide overall service coordination, social skills, case management, emergency services/assessment, referral, transportation, linkage, and advocacy to individuals with varying needs.
Perform duties in concert with other members of an interdisciplinary treatment team.
Ensure authorization for clinical services.
Formulate individual recovery plan based on assessment findings on all new admissions.
Develop measurable objectives and goals agreed upon by the individual.
Actively assist in obtaining and modifying goals as needed.
Document all attempts to involve individual, service providers, and caregivers (unless opposed by the individual) in service plan process.
Review service plans every 90 days or as clinically indicated.
Participate in interdisciplinary team staffing.
Present assessment findings.
Update team on progress or lack of progress in reaching agreed upon goals.
Provide relevant information that might affect course of treatment.
Follow-up with assigned individuals who miss a scheduled clinic appointment.
Document attempts to contact individual.
Report repeated unsuccessful efforts to contact the treatment team.
Document clinical services by close of next business day.
Perform follow up hospital assessments the same day as requested by the hospital and report assessment outcome to the Clinical Manager
Facilitate inpatient admission upon request of the treatment team and/or hospital.
Evaluate progress of clinical session, solicit feedback from individual(s), and consult with colleagues and team leaders when dealing with unfamiliar/uncomfortable issues.
Co-facilitate family education workshops.
Identify and assist individuals in obtaining entitlements by providing referrals, advocacy and negotiation, as needed
Provide a minimum of four hours per week of direct clinical practice, Engage in competency development using specialized clinical knowledge and advanced skills to assess, diagnose, and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, conditions, and addictions.
Engage in and provide treatment methods across the following client types: Individuals Marital Couple Family Group psychotherapy
Performs other duties as assigned.