Description
Do you have a passion for helping families build strong, healthy and supportive relationships? Are you energetic, have good problem-solving skills, and are able to advocate for others?
If you answered YES to either of these questions, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!
Being a Blended Case Manager I has its Advantages!
You will be offered:
* Interaction with all levels of care with the ability to work independently and also as part of a case management team.
* Flexible Schedule (mostly during the hours of 9am-6pm, with some evening work needed due to family availability).
* Company phone and laptop provided. Use of company car.
* Benefit eligibility after 30 days of employment (1st day of the 1st pay period after 30 days).
* Pay rate of $40,000 annually with the ability for advancement with an increased caseload!
* Access to our ASCEND program that can help you pay back your student loan debt or pay up to $25,000 a year for your graduate degree!
* $2,000 sign-on bonus for external applicants (paid out in 3 installments over 90 days).
As a Case Manager, you will:
* Coordinate care of individuals in mental health, medical, educational, placement, and related areas. Assess needs using identified tools to develop an initial plan of care.
* Connect families to needed resources in their local community - which could include educational, financial, mental health, physical health, housing, food insecurity, and other resources.
* Coordinate, monitor, and review the provision of services to ensure individuals are receiving and participating in services on a continual basis.
* Maintain direct contact (telephone and/or face-to-face) with all individuals involved in the assigned caseload per state regulations.
* Ensure the timely and accurate completion of related documentation to include service documentation, outcome reports, service plans, face sheets, FPI, authorizations, releases, and assessments.
The home office is located in Malvern, PA; however, this position primarily works in the community and visits the homes of assigned clients, mostly in the Chester County area. Vehicles are provided for work travel.
Devereux Pennsylvania Children’s Services (DPACS) serves children, adolescents, and young adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral, emotional, and psychiatric challenges and disorders. Located in West Chester and Malvern, Pennsylvania, services provided include psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF), acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (AIP), assessment services, community-based mental health services, community-based employment training, and social skills training, and approved private school educational services to male and female children and adolescents (6-21 years of age) with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and concomitant psychiatric and behavioral challenges often associated with experiencing some level of trauma in their lives.
Qualifications
EDUCATION: Associate’s degree with 12 semester credit hours in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, or other social sciences, and 2 years’ experience in public or private human services with 1 year in direct client contact. Or Bachelor's Degree in a Human Services field (Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Criminal Justice, etc.).
EXPERIENCE: 2 years’ experience in public or private human services with 1 year in direct client contact.
Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse occurring in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.
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