Job Description

Claiborne Women's Recovery Case Manager

Help Others, Make a Difference, Save a Life.

Do you want to make a difference in people's lives every day?
Or help people navigate the tough spots in their life?
And do it all while working where your hard work is appreciated?

You have a lot of choices in where you work…make the decision to work where you are valued!

Join the McNabb Center Team as the Claiborne Women's Recovery Case Manager today!

The Claiborne Women's Recovery Case Manager

Duties:

• The Recovery Home case manager will facilitate groups, provide weekly case management, and interface with community agencies and referral sources to coordinate care.
• Any other duties may be assigned as deemed appropriate.

JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

• Serves as primary case manager that provides case coordination using a social model approach to a predetermined number of adult women.
• Interfaces with agencies to increase cooperation and consistency between work, community, behavioral, and physical health providers.
• Functions as a member of a Recovery team to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions for adult women.
• Embraces the key values of empowerment, normalization, rehabilitation, and continuity of care.
• The holder of this position will provide contacts with individuals that meet the requirements of the program and provide advocacy, linkage, and referral services as needed.
• Must maintain appropriate chart records and document case management and group meeting notes per agency standards.
• Must complete all documentation in a timely manner and according to agency standards.
• Must participate in direct supervision with program supervisor and director, as necessary.
• Must interface with community agencies and referral sources to coordinate care.
• Must provide Medication monitoring, therapeutic support and crisis intervention as needed.
• Must participate in weekly Recovery team meetings with relevant staff for coordination of care.
• Must uphold professional ethical standards and centers policy and procedures as well as CARF standards.
• Case manager may be required to work a flex shift based on the needs of the program participants.

TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS/ENVIRONMENT

• This position operates in the office, Recovery Home group rooms, and in the community.
• The Jail to Work and Recovery Home participants will attend groups in assigned rooms.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; and employee will also perform other reasonably related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. Moreover, management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job duties, or working schedules based on their duty to accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

COMPENSATION:

• Starting salary for this position is approximately $18.42 /hr based on relevant experience and education.

Schedule:

• Due to the diversity of job responsibilities, this position requires flexibility in scheduling (days, evenings, and weekends).

Travel :

• Must be capable of driving a van and also transporting clients in personal vehicle.

Equipment/Technical Competency :

• Must also have the ability to communicate effectively and possess good time management and organizational skills.

Equipment/Technology:

• Must be computer literate and have ability to communicate effectively (oral and written communication.)

QUALIFICATIONS - Claiborne Women's Recovery Case Manager

Experience / Knowledge:

• One year experience in the social work and addictions field and/or behavioral health and criminal justice setting required.
• Additional experience utilizing trauma-informed practices with female clients who have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.
• Experience with addiction, motivational interviewing and re-entry programming preferred.
• Knowledge of Social Model Theory of Recovery Homes is preferred.

Education / License :

• Must have at least a Bachelor's degree and 1 year experience in a health-related field of counseling, psychology, social work, sociology, addictions, or a behavioral science field with course work or experience in the areas of cultural diversity, human development, etiology and treatment of mental illness, alcohol and drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse, suicide, and crisis intervention.
• Candidates with a Bachelor's degree in rehabilitation, occupational therapy, criminal justice, or education, must have fifteen college-level semester hours of coursework in behavioral health and at least one year of work experience in the behavioral health setting.

Physical/Emotional/Social - Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to effectively and ethically coordinate care for adult women.
• Ability to present professionally and work within a team format to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions.
• Ability to work within a team format to meet positive goals for adult women and interface with other agencies involved in the ecology of the individual.
• Must be capable of assisting in utilizing nonviolent methods of crisis intervention including therapeutic holding.
• Lifting up to 50 lbs., frequent sitting, and standing, walking, bending, stooping, and reaching required.
• This position also requires knowledge and certification in, as well as adequate implementation of verbal and physical de-escalation techniques that include a wide range of bodily movements including but not limited to grasping, holding another person, running, and walking.
• Physical de-escalation techniques will only be implemented at Helen Ross McNabb Center facilities; not in community settings.
• Lifting up to 50lbs. frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, and reaching.
• Valid driver's licenses.
• This position also requires utilizing a personal, dependable vehicle, as well as Center van to conduct Center business.
• The employee must have a F endorsement on his or her Driver's License to be available to transport individuals as needed.

Location:

• Claiborne County, Tennessee

Apply today to work where we care about you as an employee and where your hard work makes a difference!

Helen Ross McNabb Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

Helen Ross McNabb Center conducts background checks, driver's license record, degree verification, and drug screens at hire. Employment is contingent upon clean drug screen, background check, and driving record. Additionally, certain programs are subject to TB Screening and/or testing. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

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Job Tags

Contract work, Work experience placement, Local area, Immediate start, Flexible hours, Shift work, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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