Co-Occurring Case Manager at Children Service Center – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Purpose of this Position:

Co-Occurring Case Managers provide assistance to persons (ADULTS) with serious and persistent Mental Illness and a Substance Use Disorder. The case manager helps individuals gain access to needed resources such as medical, social, educational, natural supports, community resources and specialized mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, rehabilitation and support services. This service is expected to achieve specific outcomes of independent living, vocational/educational participation, adequate social supports and reduced hospitalizations.

Responsibilities Include, but are not limited to:

• Knowledge of mental health, substance use disorders and social service field
• Familiarity with and ability to access community resources
• Ability to make accurate assessments of clients’ needs and to be creative in seeking appropriate services
• Ability to organize time efficiently to meet client needs in a flexible, non-traditional time frame

Children’s Service Center/Robinson Counseling Center for adults creates a positive working culture of Care and Commitment for employees which extends to the children & families we serve. Joining our team also means having the opportunity to Grow within the organization while having access to Flexibility with being able to join different departments to help further Individual Development.

Employee Benefits Include:

• FREE Health Care/Medical Coverage
• Affordable Dental, Vision & Supplementary Insurances
• FREE Life Insurance & FREE Long Term Disability
• Safe Harbor 401k with Dollar-for-Dollar Matching
• FREE Employee Assistance Programs
• Yearly Annual Raises & Payday Flexibility - Control WHEN You Get Paid
• Tuition Reimbursement - Advanced Degree & Development Opportunities
• Student Loan Assistance Program ($100 per month on existing student loans)
• FREE Licensure, Supervision, Trainings, CEU/CME Reimbursement & Credentialing!
• FREE Subscription to the “Calm App”
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Flexible Holiday Time - Personal, Sick & Vacation Time Accrues at Day 1 of Employment!
  • Additional Benefits:
    • Phone Plan Discounts & Online Shopping Discounts
    • Workplace Banking Program Benefits
    • Flexible Spending Accounts . . . . AND MANY MORE!!

**CSC/RCC have been Voted and Certified as a “Great Place to Work” for 2024-2025!**

Qualifications:

A blended case management staff person shall meet one of the following criteria:

A. Bachelor's degree with major course work in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, anthropology, other related social sciences, criminal justice, theology, nursing, counseling, or education; or,

B. Registered nurse; or

C. A high school diploma and 12 semester credit hours in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, or other social science and two years’ experience in direct contact with mental health consumers; or

D. A high school diploma and five years of mental health direct care experience in public or private human services with employment as a case management staff person prior to April 1, 1989.

Mental health direct care experience is working directly with mental health service consumers (adults, children or adolescents) providing services involving casework or case management, individual or group therapy, crisis intervention, early intervention, vocational training, residential care, or social rehabilitation in a mental health facility or in a facility or program that is publicly funded to provide services to mental health consumers, or in a nursing home, a juvenile justice agency, or a children and adolescent service agency.