Job Description
Job Description
Primary Purpose :
The Case Manager works as part of the treatment team, with primary responsibility for helping clients gain access to a wide variety of supportive services. The case manager conducts a needs assessment, assists clients in developing a service plan, and works with clients to help them achieve the goals of the service plan.
Major Responsibilities
- Conducts comprehensive client assessments to collect functional, environmental, psychosocial, financial, employment, housing, educational, and health information as appropriate regarding clients’ needs.
- Assists clients in developing service plans.
- Facilitates client access to community resources, including substance abuse and mental health services, recreational activities, housing, food, clothing, school programs, vocational opportunities or services, and other relevant supportive services; assists client in developing natural resources and making contact with social supportive networks.
- Develops linkage agreements and relationships with a wide variety of service providers.
- Monitors service plan and tracks client activities in relation to service plan.
- Meets clients in home or other community locations as necessary.
- Documents all client encounters and contacts; maintains comprehensive client files; completes and submits billing documentation as required.
- Provides ongoing assessment; evaluates effectiveness of service plan and progress made by client; participates in client treatment planning and case review with program staff.
- Monitors effectiveness of services provided and if necessary, recommends revision of service plan.
- Maintains and reports applicable statistics regarding programs and client services.
- Conducts inter-agency and / or family conferences as needed.
- Adheres to confidentiality requirements.
- Attends mandatory in-services.
- Knowledge of the procedures to follow in the event of an incident.
- Knowledge of job responsibility in emergency.
- Knowledge of responsibility regarding actions to minimize, eliminate, and report risks
- ADHERE TO AND FOLLOW ▪ The By-Laws of the Corporation and as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation
Education and Experience :
Possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in social work, psychology, counseling, sociology, or a related field and three years of social service experience, one year of which has been with substance abuse and / or mental health clients; or equivalent to a Master's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in social work, psychology, counseling, sociology, or a related field and one year of professional case management experience involving substance abuse and / or mental health clients.Possession of a valid Illinois driver’s license and car required.Preferred licensure / certification includes Certification in Alcohol and Drug Counseling (CADC), licensure in clinical social work (LCSW), certification in counseling mentally ill substance abusers (MISA), or related.Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies.
Apis Services provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment.
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy / childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.