SMI Case Manager - On-Call in Mesa, Arizona at Chicanos Por La Causa

We are hiring a pool of on-call SMI Case Managers at CPLC Centro Esperanza, in Mesa, AZ! Esperanza offers specialized services for Serious Mental Illness (SMI) populations focusing on case management and psychiatric services.

POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direction of the Clinical Coordinator, the SMI Case Manager coordinates, monitors, and provides direct services to members and families at the clinic and in the community, including case management, rehabilitation, support, and crisis intervention services. The SMI Case Manager works collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team setting to develop individual service plans (ISPs) for individuals with a serious mental illness and to provide or coordinate all services identified. This position is committed to meeting the members where they are and providing services in the community, at their place of employment, and at home as appropriate.

Must meet minimum monthly productivity standards.

FIELD-BASED
This role is performed in office and in the community wherever clients may feel most comfortable and able to receive services.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
To be considered a qualified behavioral health technician or a behavioral health paraprofessional, a person must have one of the following combinations of education, license and/or behavioral health work experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral health-related field required. One year behavioral health work experience preferred, or
• Bachelor’s degree in non-behavioral health related field and 30 semester hours in behavioral health education and two years behavioral health work experience, or
• Associate’s degree in behavioral health related field and four years behavioral health work experience, or
• Associate’s degree in non-behavioral health related field and 30 semester hours in behavioral health education and five years behavioral health work experience, or
• Has a high school diploma or equivalent and 18 credit hours of post-high school education in a field related to behavioral health completed no more than 4 years before the date of proposed employment and 2 years full time behavioral health experience OR 4 years of behavioral health work experience.
  

Behavioral health paraprofessional (BHPP):

• An associate degree, high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma.
• And meets one of the following criteria:
  • Six weeks of behavioral health work experience in any setting (jails, hospitals, clinics, schools, etc.) or
  • Has experienced six weeks of continuous onsite direction from a behavioral health professional, a behavioral health technician, or a behavioral health paraprofessional who has at least six months of behavioral health work experience.