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Job Description Position: Case Manager
Type: Full-Time, Non-Exempt
Compensation: $28-$32 per hour
Shift: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Program Details This is a residential, all-women facility specializing in detoxification and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. The program provides a structured and supportive environment to help clients achieve and maintain sobriety, while also facilitating their transition to outpatient and aftercare services for continued recovery.
Key Responsibilities Assessment: Conduct comprehensive ASAM assessments of the client's needs, strengths, and challenges, including mental health, substance use, and medical, social, and environmental factors. This will help in creating care plans that focus on psychosocial rehabilitation and vocational goals.
Planning: Using motivational interviewing and supportive counseling skills, develop personalized treatment plans that address clients' recovery goals.
Group Facilitation and Skills Training: Lead psychoeducational groups to teach recovery, relapse prevention, and independent living skills.
Case management: Connect clients to appropriate resources and services, such as mental health treatment, substance abuse counseling, medical care, housing assistance, and vocational support.
Monitoring and Support: Keep regular contact with clients, offering support, encouragement, and crisis intervention as needed. Also, assist the primary therapist in increasing motivation to engage in treatment.
Collaboration and Discharge Planning: Work closely with the treatment team, including therapists, licensed vocational nurses, clinical technicians, and other professionals, to ensure coordinated and effective care. Keep referral partners informed of the client’s progress and discharge plan.
Documentation: Adhere to program and regulatory requirements Drug Medi-cal guidelines by maintaining accurate and timely documentation of client progress, interactions, and services provided.
Crisis Management: Respond effectively to crises, de-escalating and coordinating with emergency services when necessary.
Other Duties as Assigned Monitors cases by verifying clients’ attendance; observing and evaluating treatments and responses; advocating for needed services and entitlements; obtaining additional resources; intervening in crises; providing personal support.
Maintains clients’ records by reviewing case notes; logging events and progress.
Communicates clients’ progress by conducting weekly interdisciplinary meetings and evaluations; disseminating results and obstacles to therapeutic team and family; identifying treatment influences.
Improves staff competence by providing educational resources; balancing work requirements with learning opportunities; evaluating the application of learning to changes in treatment results.
Qualifications & Skills License/Certification: CADC or +/ SUDCC or + Certification or higher (required)
Experience: 1+ year(s) in the field of Substance abuse/ 1+ year(s) of behavioral healthcare experience (required)
Additional: Valid CA Driver's License, Current Health Screen / Physical, TB Test Clearance, Current CPR/First Aid certificate, Able to Pass Live Scan (required)
Important Qualities Strong sense of ownership and accountability
Strong desire to apply medical knowledge / nursing skills in a behavioral health setting
Compassion for clients and employees in all interactions
Emotional stability under pressure
Exemplary professional conduct and ethics
Company Description Akua Behavioral Health is California’s leading mental health and substance abuse treatment center. We provide our clients with individualized, compassionate treatment from Master’s and Doctorate level clinicians across various levels of care at fully licensed and accredited facilities throughout Northern and Southern California. To give our clients the best chance at lasting recovery, we pioneered an integrative East-meets-West approach that combines Western evidence-based treatment with holistic Eastern traditions to treat the mind, body, and spirit. Our mission is to create an environment of healing and transformation for each client seeking change.
Seniorities & Employment Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Other
Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness