Case Manager (Bridge Team)

Job description

Responsibilities Case Managers assist with monitoring consumer’s well-being including needs in the areas of mental health, physical health, living, learning, working, and social environments. Case managers travel to wherever consumers reside, whether that is at home, boarding homes, or other community based living to provide monitoring, when working with children they would be going to the schools as well. The primary role of the case manager is to increase psychological adjustment for the consumer by empowering the consumers and sometimes family members with information, education and support in order to follow through once case management ends. Primary Job Functions: Clinical Responsibilities: - Demonstrates the ability to assess the consumer’s needs utilizing the SUN-R - Identifies goals and plans for appropriate services documented in ISP - Provides appropriate linkage to community resources - Monitors consumers to secure placement in the least restrictive environment - Provides ongoing monitoring of consumers’ progress and needs as assessed in the SUN-R - Advocates on behalf of the consumer to secure community resources - Effectively collaborates with the treatment team member...