Specialized Adult Case Manager - Leap Team

LifeView Group•Pensacola, FL

47d•$20 - $22

About The Position

Lakeview Center provides comprehensive behavioral health care to adults and children with mental illnesses, drug and alcohol dependencies and intellectual disabilities. Across Northwest Florida, our services range from residential treatment to outpatient counseling, psychiatry, trauma care, treatments for substance misuse and 24/7 support for those with serious mental illnesses. Learn more at https://elakeviewcenter.org/about-us/careers. LEAP TEAM (Linking, Engaging, Advocating, Assessing, and Planning) is a short term to intermediate term multidisciplinary community team designed to engage and treat individuals who often fall through a gap in the community mental health continuum of care. These individuals tend to be high utilizers of acute care mental health systems as well as state mental health treatment facilities. By definition, this population is often difficult to engage in services due to lack of readiness for change and symptom severity/complexity and lack of adherence to treatment. The LEAP team consists of case managers, nurses, peer specialist, counselor, and a physician's assistant for medication management. The team is interdisciplinary and does home visits to meet the individual’s right where they are located. Overview: The purpose of case management is to assist clients in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services. The primary goal of case management is to optimize the functioning of individuals who have complex needs by coordinating the provision of quality treatment and support services in the most efficient and effective manner. The desired outcomes for persons using the service system are self-sufficiency, and satisfaction in the living, learning, work and social environments of their choice.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college with a major in counseling, social work, psychology, criminal justice, nursing, rehabilitation, special education, health education, or a related human services field (a related human services field is one in which major course work includes the study of human behavior and development).
Must have a minimum of one (1) year of full time or equivalent experience working with: adults experiencing serious mental illness.
OR
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college and three (3) years full time or equivalent experience working with: adults experiencing serious mental illness.
Must be able to travel locally to clients’ homes, training locations and other locations as necessary.
Ability to complete approved mental health targeted case management training within three months of initially providing case management services.
Must have knowledge of available resources in the service area for adults with serious mental illness.
Must be able to provide individualized, integrated mental health, substance abuse and co- occurring services to meet the needs of individuals served and their families.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Ability to recognize signs and symptoms of abuse.
Ability to effectively relate to a variety of individuals, including persons living with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder, persons with developmental disabilities, family members of persons served, and co-workers.
Ability to assist in maintaining a therapeutic milieu.
Ability to provide in home and in community services.
Must be able to pass organization screening requirements, including state or federal background screenings as appropriate.
Must possess a valid driver’s license from the state in which you reside, a good driving record and be insurable under the corporate policy.

Responsibilities

Assist clients in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services.
Optimize the functioning of individuals who have complex needs by coordinating the provision of quality treatment and support services in the most efficient and effective manner.