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Mental Health Professional (MHP) - Case Worker

Carolina Therapeutic Services
place Chicago, 60668
local_atm $18 - $22 an hour
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Full Time
Experience:
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Aging
ECT
Families
Individuals
Inmates

About Job

Description:

  • Maintain assigned caseload of weekly billable insurance hours.
  • Responsible for ensuring services are provided in the community.
  • Participating in the person-centered planning process.
  • Providing direct community-based behavioral health services and support for the individual and family as indicated in the Person-Centered Plan.
  • Monitor and track consumer hours and annual intake dates and complete as assigned.
  • Assisting the Case Manager in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions as evidenced by symptom reduction and progress toward goals.
  • Responsible for completing the OnTarget tasks assigned within 24 hours.
  • Assisting the Case Manager with consulting identified non-medical providers, engaging community and natural supports and including their input in the person-center/ed planning process.
  • Ensure that all information obtained while at Carolina Therapeutic Services is kept confidential and will remain confidential beyond employment.
  • Ensure confidentiality training is updated.
  • Report critical concerns, problems, and lack of engagement to supervisor in a timely manner and actively seek Supervisor’s input and assistance to resolving the concern.
  • Participate in multi-disciplinary staffing and meetings.
  • Attends all appropriate in-services, workshops, or continuing education programs, which are trainings provided by CTS Health or on behalf of CTS.
  • Responsible for completing appropriate annual intakes.
  • Maintains strict confidentiality according to all Federal and State guidelines and requirements.
  • Exemplifies personal and professional conduct.
  • Upholds the Professional Code of Ethics.
  • Maintains a cooperative relationship with employees, treatment staff and others.
  • Adheres to and supports facility policies, programs and activities.
  • Demonstrates tact, courtesy, and a positive approach to communication and interaction with other employees, visitors, physicians, etc.
  • Responsible for personal development to ensure current knowledge in the profession.
  • Responsible for maintaining a safe, clean and drug free environment in the office space utilized.
  • Willingness to work beyond what is required periodically.
  • Maintain service notation that meets agency notation standards, Medicaid standards, and/or any other auditing agency such as the LME. (For timeliness, quality, and completeness). This notation must include: I) the purpose of contact; 2) describes the provider's interventions; 3) effectiveness of the intervention; 4) the time spent performing the intervention; and 5) signature (degree/credentials or position) of person providing service.
  • Must maintain the flexibility to respond to client needs and crisis situations beyond the agencies normal working hours.
  • Deliver services in various environments, such as homes, schools, jails (for state funds only), homeless shelters, etc.
  • Perform any other job-related duties as specified by a supervisor.
Requirements:

  • Human service field with less than one year of full-time, post-graduate degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional with less than one year of full-time, post-graduate degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling. Supervision shall be provided by a qualified professional with the population served until the individual meets one year of experience.
  • Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human service field with less than two years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated MH/DD/SA experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional with less than two years of full-time, post-bachelor's degree accumulated supervised experience in alcoholism and drug abuse counseling,
  • One-year documented experience in the delivery of mental health treatment to children and /or adolescents.
  • High School diploma (additional 5 years’ mental health experience preferred)

Professional Field

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Patient Focus

Diagnoses

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Issues

Aging

Age Groups

Children (5-10)
Adolescents/Teenagers (14-19)

Therapeutic Approach

Methodologies

ECT

Modalities

Families
Individuals

Practice Specifics

Populations

Inmates
Undergraduate/Graduate/Post Graduate
Racial Justice Allied
School

Settings

Milieu
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Residential Treatment Facilities (RTC)
Home Health/In-home
Corrections
Forensic