The Role
Provides community-based case management, crisis support, and goal-directed interventions for children with severe emotional disturbances and their families. Maintains treatment-plan contacts, completes progress documentation, attends treatment-plan and crisis meetings, coordinates assessments, and keeps scheduling records current. Requires flexible hours, strong organization and teamwork, mental health or human services education or equivalent experience, required training completion, and a valid driver’s license.
Summary Generated by Built In
Case Manager
Status: Full-time
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide Case Management (CPST, Crisis) to persons assigned to caseload.
- Provide goal-directed support and solution-focused interventions.
- Work hours are flexible to meet the needs of the person served.
- Will make all person contacts as indicated in tx plan.
- The majority of contacts happen out of the office and in community settings.
- Contact with new referral is made at opening meeting or within 24 hours of opening meeting.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Maintains contacts assuring persons receive contacts as designated in Treatment Plan and if going to be out of the office, makes arrangements with other CM staff to ensure contact continues.
- Weekly contact sheets turned in at the end of the workweek.
- Progress notes complete within 48 hours of service.
- Attend tx plan meetings every 90 days and following a crisis.
- Complete DLA20 every 90 days and help coordinate CBCL’s are completed timely.
- EMR scheduler is utilized and kept updated.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Age 21+ years old and have a BA/BS degree with an emphasis on Mental Health/human services or equivalent experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Interest and investment in working with children who experience Severe and Emotional Disturbance (SED) and their families.
- Have completed or will complete any required training within six months of employment.
- Must have a current and valid driver’s license
Skills Required
- Age 21 or older
- BA or BS degree emphasizing mental health or human services, or equivalent experience
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Interest and commitment to working with children experiencing severe emotional disturbance and their families
- Complete any required training within six months of employment
- Current and valid driver's license
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The Company
What We Do
Compass Behavioral Health is a mental health services provider serving Southwest Kansas. The organization delivers professional behavioral-health care designed to support individuals’ social and emotional well-being, including therapy, medication management, crisis services, and community programs for children and adults. It operates offices in Garden City, Dodge City, Scott City, and Ulysses and serves residents across multiple surrounding counties throughout the region.
