Childrens Case Manager

Job Summary

Partner in Excellence (Partners) is a health care provider supporting children in Minnesota and Wisconsin areas. Partners services include intensive autism therapy services, occupational therapy, speech therapy and children’s mental health targeted case management. Case managers assist children and families in gaining access to medical, social, educational, vocational, and other necessary services to decrease mental health symptoms. Case managers work closely with families, children, and other community professionals.

Essential Functions

• Review and understand medical documentation, including, but not limited to diagnostic assessments, discharge summaries and other mental health or medical records.
• Collaborate with client/family, professionals, family’s community supports/network in a nonjudgmental and safe way.
• Strong clinical writing skills
• Assist the client/family in obtaining needed services by referral to and coordination with other agencies/providers.
• Assure continuity of care and continually assess the effectiveness of services.
• Provide wrap-around support and care via coordination of all community provides and natural/informal supports.
• Strong interpersonal skills to ensure positive work relationships with many different personalities.
• Maintain professional working relationships with clients, providers, co-workers and supervisors.
• Ability to problem solve and make appropriate decisions.
• Ability to both work with a team and independently.
• Demonstrates dependability and consistency.
• Document client/family contacts accurately and in a timely fashion
• Maintain client files per state and county regulations.
• Ability to use time effectively, work under stress and intervene appropriately in crisis situations.
• Complete required training and participate in ongoing training opportunities as instructed.
• Be fully knowledgeable of Partners in Excellence’s Privacy Policies and Procedures and report any violations to Center Manager and clinical supervisor. Protect Partners’ clients’ privacy at and away from the site.
• Appropriately receives feedback and implements changes in a prompt and positive way.
• Flexible work schedule, including overtime, nights and weekends as required, including attending events/meetings as needed (must be available to work 5 days a week)
• Complete all other projects/duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related field and has a minimum of 2000 hours of clinically supervised experience providing services to children with Severe Emotional Disturbance OR is qualified as a mental health practitioner due to a master's or other graduate degree in behavioral sciences or related fields.
• Experience and training in identifying and assessing a wide range of children’s needs
• Knowledgeable about local community resources and how to use those resources for the benefit of children and their families.
• Meet supervision and continuing education requirements.
• Successfully pass initial and subsequent background checks (no history of felonies, substantiated client maltreatment or vulnerable adult incidents, or disqualifying misdemeanors)
• Successfully complete the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) MH-TCM curriculum training

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous case management experience

Supervisory Responsibilities
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of computers/software, MS Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Outlook

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This is largely a sedentary role. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Must also be able to travel in MN weather conditions to see clients in home/community setting.

Other Duties
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.