Case Manager - FIRE
Company: Westcare Foundation, Inc.
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job Description:
Job DetailsJob Location Las Vegas - 5659 Duncan Drive - Las
Vegas, NVPosition Type Full TimeSalary Range $20.40 - $20.40
HourlyDescription Position Summary: Working as part of a
collaborative care team, the person in this position will assist
individuals with identify challenges to sustained healthy parenting
to obtain health, residential, financial and social services
resources to assist in supporting identified needs, provide needs
assessments and develop and participate in care management plan
development and implementation. Will advocate on the individuals
behalf for services needed, link with other agencies and internally
for services, and refer as needed. Participates in treatment plans
and provides advisory and consultative services related to
programming.
Essential Job Functions:
Assess need and make decisions regarding the delivery of the
appropriate individual, group and family supportive services both
internal and external.
Assist Program Manager with interviews and make assessments of
potential clients to determine need and appropriateness for program
participation and referrals.
Analyze situations and take necessary actions to provide crisis
intervention. Interpreting and implementing WestCare procedures
regarding crisis intervention as appropriate.
Monitor and assess client behavior.
Provide input into Individual Treatment/Service Plans.
Report to immediate supervisor any unusual or reportable incidents
that should be brought to the attention of the Program Manager, or
regulatory agency.
Participate in decision to refer clients for ancillary services,
i.e., family support groups, continuing care groups, etc.
Attend all interdisciplinary treatment team meetings and establish
parameters for discharge planning. Collaborate and engage with
community resources to proactively prevent domestic violence, child
welfare system involvement and promote sustained healthy
relationships by addressing immediate needs of all program
participants.
Educate and refer individuals to community agencies and businesses
that appropriately address their needs for food, shelter, clothing,
employment, transportation, etc.
Assist with establishing or re-establishing family and community
support systems
Act as advocate to improve access to needed services
Participate in clinical staffing decisions regarding the
individuals current strengths and resources and their need for
additional resources
Complete documentation of services in a timely manner in the
electronic health record
Provide input into the patients treatment needs and disposition
Assists other staff as needed in a collaborative manner to promote
cooperation and portray a professional image to the community.
Embrace and embody the mission, vision, guiding principles,
clinical vision and goals of WestCare Foundation
Qualifications Essential Qualifications:
Certifications/Licenses:
Education:
BA in Psychology, Social Work or Counseling preferred or working
towards a degree in social work with comparable years of qualifying
experience which must include at least 3 years of experience
working with individuals with behavioral health disorders.
Experience and Competencies:
Must have good communication and teamwork skills.
Working Conditions:
Work is performed in multiple community based settings including
the individuals place of residence.
A minimum of 40 hours per week are expected but significantly more
hours will be required from time to time. Completion of job duties
may require working before and after normal working hours. Regular
attendance is required. Being able to work as many hours as is
necessary to complete job tasks is a required and essential duty of
this position.
Essential Physical and Mental Demands of the Job
The employee must be able to perform the following essential duties
and activities with or without accommodation:
Physical Demands:
Requires mobility and physical activity: Having an adequate range
of body motion and mobility to work in an office, residential, or
outdoor environment including standing and walking (even and uneven
surfaces), sitting for extended periods of time, bending, twisting,
reaching, balancing, occasional lifting and carrying of up to 30
pounds. Use of computer and telephone systems is required which
includes coordination of eye and hand, and fine manipulation by the
hands (typing, writing, and working with files). Requires the
ability to defend oneself and clients in physically abusive
situations through the use of approved physical de-escalation
techniques.
Requires talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the
spoken word. Talking is required to impart oral information to
employees, clients, patients, and the public, and in those
activities in which the employee is required to convey detailed or
important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or
quickly.
Requires hearing: Hearing is required to receive and communicate
detailed information through oral communication.
Requires seeing: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and at
distance. This factor is required to complete paperwork for many of
the employees essential job functions and to observe client
behavior and activities in and out of the facility.
The normal work routine involves no exposure to human blood, body
fluids or tissues. However, exposure or potential exposure may be
required as a condition of employment. Appropriate personal
protective equipment will be readily available to every
employee.
Mental Demands:
Requires the ability to collect and analyze complex numerical and
written data and verbal information to reach logical
conclusions.
Requires the ability to work and cooperate with clients,
co-workers, managers, the public and employees at all levels in
order to exchange ideas, information, instructions and
opinions.
Requires the ability to work under stress and in emotionally
charged settings.
The ability to defend oneself and clients in mentally/verbally
abusive situations through the use of approved mental/verbal
de-escalation techniques.
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