Collaborative Care Case Manager - Get a FREE Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling!

Fulfill your purpose at CLM:

Center for Life Management (CLM) provides the area's most comprehensive array of mental health services. Our Collaborative Care Program is an innovative approach to healthcare that encompasses the integration of mental, physical and behavioral health needs. Working together as a multi-disciplinary team, internal (CLM) and external (area agencies) work as one entity to support individuals with co-occurring mental health needs and intellectual disabilities and/or traumatic brain injury.

The Collaborative Care Case Manager provides treatment and care planning, resource identification, benefit coordination, service monitoring, and community-based counseling support to assist clients with improving symptoms and behaviors that otherwise interfere with daily functioning and wellness goals. This is a full time, 40 hour per week position.

Major Functional Areas and Description of Duties

• Provide individual assessment to create treatment and care plans that specify presenting problems, objectives, interventions, and desired outcomes;
• Assist clients with applying for and maintaining adequate medical coverage to support consistent access to whole health care and treatment;
• Provide outreach, advocacy, coordination, resource identification, linkage and monitoring of internal and external supports and services;
• Provide counseling and Functional Support Services (FSS) in the home or other community-based setting as deemed appropriate for the objectives, interventions and desired outcomes identified in the client’s treatment plan;
• Provide Individual Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBSI) to develop, apply, and reinforce coping strategies to reduce and/or ameliorate symptoms and behaviors that interfere with functioning and goal achievement;
• Provide Family Training and Counseling (FTC) services as needed to educate natural supports and promote how to best encourage the client’s resiliency and recovery toward treatment goals;
• Provide Crisis Intervention (CI) when clients experience acute exacerbation of symptoms to ensure their safety within the home and/or community;
• Adhere to and uphold the practices specific to the Continuum of Collaborative Care Model specific to support the authenticity of program implementation;
• Work collaboratively with other treatment team members, natural supports, and external providers to ensure a wrap-around approach is provided for continuity of client care
• Provide timely documentation on each service delivered;
• Provide set case management contact per month (eligible for incentive pay upon exceeding service expectation);
• Provide set hours of functional support services each week to meet key performance indicators (eligible for incentive pay upon exceeding service expectation);
• Engage in appropriate consultation meetings and committees, both internally and externally, as determined by supervisor;
• Function professionally and in a manner that protects the integrity, confidentiality and rights of all clients;
• Execute all required services and documentation in accordance with agency policies and federal/state standards;
• Maintain professional memberships, licenses, accreditation, certifications, etc.;
• Represent CLM in a professional and appropriate manner in all settings;
• Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Benefits

At Center for Life Management we offer a robust benefits package because caring for our staff is just as important as caring for our clients. Benefits for benefits eligible employees include:

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid earned time (3 weeks in year one, caps at 6 weeks)
• Paid holidays (8) with bonus birthday holiday in your birth month
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with 3% company contribution upon 1 year of employment
• Life Insurance paid by company
• Short and Long Term Disability paid by company
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance paid by company
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), accessible to staff and their natural supports
• Company issued cell phone and laptop as needed for role
• Scholarship for professional advancement
• Mileage reimbursement for applicable positions
• On the job training and continuing education opportunities
• Rewarding and supportive work environment with excellent opportunities for career growth
• Meaningful relationships with your co-workers and the individuals we serve
• Flexible work schedule
• Teamwork, teamwork and more teamwork!

The Center for Life Management has partnered with New England College to offer a Master’s Degree! This is an exciting opportunity for CLM staff to earn a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS) degree in 3 years.

Who’s Eligible and What’s Required:

• Must be a regular, full-time CLM employee in good standing for 9 months or more.
• Must hold a Bachelor’s Degree.
• Must agree to a five (5) year commitment of full-time employment in good standing with the Center for Life Management (beginning from start date/year of Professional Development Program participation).
• Participants must maintain a B average to continue participation in the program.

*Cost of tuition is covered by Center for Life Management

*Employee is responsible for applicable taxable portion of tuition remission

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