Targeted Childrens Case Manager
About The Position
Lakeview Center provides comprehensive behavioral health care to adults and children with mental illnesses, substance dependencies, and intellectual disabilities. Its services across Northwest Florida include residential treatment, outpatient counseling, psychiatry, trauma care, substance-misuse treatment, and 24/7 support for people with serious mental illnesses. The purpose of case management is to help clients access needed medical, social, educational, and other services. The role coordinates quality treatment and support services efficiently and effectively to optimize the functioning of individuals with complex needs. Desired outcomes include self-sufficiency and satisfaction in the living, learning, work, and social environments clients choose. The position requires local travel to client homes, training locations, and other locations as needed. The role requires a Level II background screening and drug testing.
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 that includes coursework in human behavior and development, plus at least one year of full-time or equivalent experience working with children with serious emotional disturbances; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in any field plus three years of full-time or equivalent experience working with children with serious emotional disturbances.
- Ability to complete approved mental health targeted case management training within three months of initially providing case management services.
- Knowledge of resources available in the service area for children with serious emotional disturbances.
- Knowledge of and compliance with state and federal statutes, rules, and policies affecting the target population.
- Ability to pass organization screening requirements, including state or federal background screenings as appropriate; Level II background screening is required.
- Valid driver’s license from the state of residence, good driving record, and ability to be insured under the corporate policy.
- Drug testing is required.
Responsibilities
- Help clients gain access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services.
- Coordinate quality treatment and support services efficiently and effectively to optimize the functioning of individuals with complex needs.
- Provide individualized, integrated mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring services to meet the needs of individuals served and their families.
- Travel locally to clients’ homes, training locations, and other locations as necessary.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life and AD&D insurance
- Voluntary term life insurance
- Employer-paid long-term disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Accident insurance
- Group critical illness insurance
- Individual short-term disability insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Identity theft protection
- Employee discount program
- Teladoc
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Job Type
Full-time
