Join Community 43 in our commitment to provide quality, culturally sensitive integrated phsyical, mental and behavioral health services to adults in need within the International Clubhouse Model framework. Community 43 offers a diverse work environment, competitive pay and benefits and the opportunity for training and advancement.
SMI Case Manager/Social Practioner
- Develops and maintains and manages the Integrated Service Plan (ISP) within required time-frame.
- Works collaboratively with the integrated care team to engage, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with service participants, their family, behavioral health, medical and dental providers, community resources and others in ensuring that all services prescribed in the Integrated Service Plan are implemented.
- Participates in the development of the integrated comprehensive assessment and Integrated Service Plan (ISP).
- Implements services to members in accordance with their plan and provides ongoing care and reviews progress.
- Coordinates with all involved healthcare, behavioral health and wellness providers and maintains current documentation on members’ progress in managing chronic medical and psychiatric conditions and assists the individual in achieving their recovery goals. Is responsible for supporting and developing a therapeutic community based on Social Practice and the International Standards for Clubhouse Programs. Social Practice is a specialized form of therapy that uses the setting of an intentional community to assist people in their mental health recovery. It focuses on a community evidence-based approach of helping individuals learn new skills, hone their talents, build dignity, develop a sense of belonging and make progress towards their goals.
- Must have SMI experience
Who we are: Our intentional community is a therapy-through-work program that focuses on helping adults with mental disorders. We assist people in living vocationally meaningful and socially satisfying lives by returning to work and school, living independently, participating in their community and developing a social support network.
Who you are: You are an energetic, positive individual with the ability to motivate people. You have highly developed organizational and written and verbal communication skills. You’re able to work as part of a team as well as independently in an upbeat and dynamic environment. You believe recovery for people with mental illness is possible and you believe in the power of community. You have a high tolerance for ambiguity. You are skilled at creating and implementing structure. You’re a self-starter and a creative thinker. You have an encouraging demeanor and can maintain a high level of energy and focus. You have outstanding interpersonal skills. You like to have fun!
What skills you need to do the job: Be consistently upbeat with an energetic attitude, assess a person’s strengths and challenges, analyze tasks and spaces for barriers to utilization and develop interventions to address them, create systems and procedures for many types of tasks and activities, easily build rapport with people from many different backgrounds, maintain focus in a dynamic environment with many interruptions and distractions, manage competing demands on time, remain relaxed and nonreactive when others are upset, stay alert and positive, coordinate and participate in small and large groups activities. You will also need to stand and move for long periods, document necessary information using pen and paper and/or a computer, use standard office equipment, and use standard kitchen equipment. Ability to effectively handle crises in a supportive and professional manner based on training and standard accepted practices.
What you’ll do on the job: We are looking for a candidate to join our team as a Case Manager to work with our SMI Adult population. This position is full time and will require flexibility with scheduling client needs.
This position will provide direct service crisis intervention, support, transportation and education to members in conjunction with, other in-home member services. It completes member assessments, makes appropriate referrals to collaborating partners and other community services as member needs indicate, ensures the continuity of care in the provision of comprehensive services to clients and assists in coordinating communications with other departments of the agency or with collaborators in accomplishing this function. Clubhouse Social Practitioners have generalist roles and share community support and unit responsibilities. Central to this role is the active engagement of Clubhouse members in all aspects of Clubhouse operations. Staff complete work with members, not for members. They are responsible for planning and coordinating work tasks with small and large groups. Staff also assist members in developing vocational, educational, housing and socialization goals and objectives. More specifically:
- Perform all elements of a Mental Health Social Practice (member engagement, social design, relationship development, continuous assessment & therapeutic intervention and management of transitional environments) with the membership.
- Observe and assess experiences with members in a variety of naturalistic environments in order to create specific interventions for individuals’ rehabilitation.
- Utilize the community to design positive interventions to deal with common barriers such as social isolation, poor self-esteem, anxiety, symptom management, and poverty
- Develop relationships with Community 43 members and the community as a whole that can be leveraged to: provide support for positive change and risk-taking; combat social isolation and increase meaningful connections; and introduce members to new opportunities.
- Create access to environments outside of Community 43 that are not therapeutically oriented to build general skills, a sense of confidence, and to support members’ self-efficacy. This includes the provision of on-site support in employment, education, and housing environments.
- Engineer various environments and social interactions to create therapeutic results and develop an accessible positive community.
- Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Maintain compliance with all government agency requirements, company policies and procedures.
- Flexible, as demonstrated by interchangeability with other staff on the unit, staying late or arriving early, if necessary, to fulfill unit or member needs.
- Complete all documentation including but not limited to progress notes and reach out documentation on time.
- Complete thorough and therapeutic intake assessments.
- Case Management
REQUIRED AND PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND CREDENTIALS
- 3+ years’ experience working with individuals with serious mental illness and or/hands on experience working in a community setting preferred.
- Experience providing direct services related to treatment and recovery of individuals with SMI.
- Driver’s License, Fingerprint Card
Before applying, please read: http://clubhouse-intl.org/documents/communities_eng.pdf
Equal opportunity employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $21.00 - $22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- On call
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- SMI case management: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person