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Poughkeepsie, New York
Mobile Crisis Case Manager
Full Time 35 hours week. Location: Mobile Crisis Team
Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
Hourly Rate $27.47 Excellent Benefits Package
JOB DESCRITPION:
The Case Manager will be working with a team of professionals and community-based agencies — to stabilize a psychiatric crisis, avoid hospitalization and/or incarceration, and initiate immediate community-based treatment. These evaluations are performed in homes, hospitals, community and mobile-based milieus.
Daily responsibilities include:
- Establishing and implementing a plan to successfully engage clients in relevant services and other resources.
- Engage in advocacy for adults, children, adolescents and families served as appropriate.
- Providing follow-up services (as needed) aimed at establishing linkage to services for program participants, developing and maintaining cooperative relationships with programs providing services for the population served.
- Advocating for clients' access to community resources and services, ensuring that clients' needs are met and rights maintained; consult and collaborate with community providers to ensure continuity of care.
- Participating in supervision, program meetings and in-service trainings; participate in clinical reviews and case conferences for clients on caseload.
- Participating in verbal de-escalation in emergent situations and be able and willing to assist other staff as needed to maintain a safe, secure environment.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A Bachelor’s degree in a social work, psychology or other relevant behavioral science major is preferred.
- Preferrably two years of experience and skills working with the mental health/ SUD population .
- Familiar with working with adults, children, and families.