Case Manager ECIP

Job Description

Job Description

Department : Outpatient-ECIP

FLSA Status : Non-Exempt

Positions Supervised : None

Job Status : Full-Time

Reports to : ECIP Supervisor

Amount of Travel Required : Shawnee County

Work Schedule : Monday thru Friday

Varied hours between 7 am to 7 pm; must be able and willing to adjust work schedules based on their clinical caseload and the needs of individual clients.

Position Summary

The ECIP Case Manager will work closely with families of young SED children who are participants in the Early Childhood Intervention Program (ECIP). This role communicates with families about their child’s progress and behavior in the ECIP program. The ECIP Case Manager is expected to coordinate with schools, childcare providers, and other classrooms for the re-entry of children to a school environment. This role coordinates referrals from and to schools and provides support to children in the ECIP classroom setting. Lastly, this position provides parent support and education to caregivers about how to support their young child’s mental health symptoms and behaviors.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides direct services to serious emotional disturbance (SED) children / youth and their families based on the philosophies and principles of the strengths model.
• Works collaboratively with the school districts, and other early childhood programs to create a system of care for the identified clients that promote both good mental health and academic
• Coordinates care with schools and mental health therapists (internal or external to FSGC).
• Facilitates outreach to families and child welfare contacts to help engage in
• Participates in the treatment planning
• Maintains the treatment plan and necessary treatment protocols required by Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)
• Communicates with School Liaison and school personnel when appropriate about student needs, interventions and progress.
• Helps maintain communication between all entities including family, student, school, clinician, child welfare, and community.
• Provides individual supportive counseling, solution focused interventions, emotional and behavioral management, and problem behavior analysis with the client with the goal of assisting the client with developing and implementing social, interpersonal, self-care, daily living and independent living skills to restore stability, to support functional gains, and to adapt to community living.
• Engages with the students in the classroom, the home, or in the community to help build skills wherever needed.
• Makes referrals to appropriate community
• Promotes individuals access to needed medical, social, educational and other needed In addition, this position assists the individuals with the application for benefits, and the arrangement of transportation to needed services.
• Engages in coordination of services for children / youth as identified in an individual’s plan that has as its objective the assurance of an integrated, comprehensive plan of supports and services, which includes family members, natural supports, and relevant community providers.
• Assists youth and families with crisis planning when
• Acts as an advocate for children / youth and This will include assisting the client and family in accessing needed resources and additional services and / or reconnecting with students / families when they are not following through with the treatment process.
• Helps families negotiate barriers to treatment and ensures services are coordinated with the
• Participates in meetings for the purpose of case review, case assignments, and individual case planning. School Based Case Manager’s caseloads shall be assigned and monitored by appropriate supervisors and The size of the caseload shall be assessed based upon clinical needs of the children / youth and family.
• Participates in internal and external networking activities designed to increase the likelihood of meeting the client and family’s identified needs.
• Completes clinical documentation (progress notes, ) and Client Status Review’s (CSR’s) in a timely fashion.
• Completes required
• Works as part of an integrated treatment team collaborating with the individual served, family members or others they want involved in their treatment and other treatment team members (internal and external) to help support the individual in their treatment and recovery.
• Demonstrates cultural and linguistic
• Approaches interactions with individuals served and colleagues with a trauma sensitive lens
• Provides services that are recovery oriented, and person and family centered, utilizing a strengths-based approach.
• Provides services to meet the whole health needs of individuals
• Utilizes appropriate assessment instruments to help monitor the progress of individuals served and ensure necessary services are received in the appropriate intensity and duration.
• Utilizes Evidence Based Practices (EBPs) as
• Acts as an ambassador of Family Service and Guidance Center in the community setting but especially with the area school districts and associated agencies.
• Other duties as assigned as qualified and trained

POSITION QUALIFICATIONSEducation / Licensure :

Experience / Training :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 – 2.5+ hrs / day)

F (Frequently) Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 – 5.5+ hrs / day)

C (Constantly) Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs / day)

Physical Demands Lift / Carry

Stand (0) 10 lbs. or less (0)

Walk (F) 11 – 20 lbs. (0)

Sit (F) 21 – 50 lbs. (O)

Manually Manipulate (0) 51 – 100 lbs. (N)

Reach Outward (0) Over 100 lbs. (N) Reach Above Shoulder (0)

Climb (0) Push / Pull

Crawl (0) 12 lbs. or less (0)

Squat or Kneel (0) 26- 40 lbs. (0)

Bend (0) 41 – 100 lbs. (0)

Other Physical Requirements :

ECIP Case Manager must have sufficient ambulatory capabilities to work with children and adolescents in the office setting. Position may require the ability to use physical restraint using Managing Aggressive Behavior (MAB) with children and adolescents exhibiting out of control behaviors.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Office and Community-Based working environment; requires flexible schedule; frequent interruptions occur; expected to deal with individuals in crisis; risk of exposure to aggressive and / or acting out (verbal and physical) children and youth, and exposure to low socioeconomic homes and neighborhoods.