Geriatric Case Manager

Join the transformative Southcoast Behavioral Health team and be part of a difference-making journey every day!

Southcoast Behavioral Health, located in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, is a premier mental health treatment center with 192 beds. We serve pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, as well as adults with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Manage the client's/patient's/resident's cases with a solid background of clinical knowledge and expertise and may be responsible for providing some therapeutic services to clients/patients/residents.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

* Provide case management and care coordination services for clients/patients/residents in the facility.

* Responsible for coordinating continuum of care activities for assigned clients and ensuring optimum utilization of resources, service delivery, and compliance with external agencies and referral sources requirements.

* Responsible for psychosocial assessment and for conducting individual, family and group sessions.

* Conduct various duties related to coordinating treatment and discharge activities, as needed.

* Provide quality care through developing, implementing, managing and evaluating client/patient care plans.

* Collect, correlate and provide clinical data to the treatment team.

* Convey medical criteria and clinical information between the insurance provider and treatment team as warranted.

* May also correlate clinical data for business office as required.

* Coordinate in a timely manner, issues or activities relevant to the treatment team.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

* Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Counseling or related human service field required.

* One or more years' experience working in a behavioral health setting preferred.

* Previous experience with the patient population served by the facility preferred.

* Previous experience in case management and/or utilization review preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

* Current license required within the state the facility is operating in if required.

* CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

* First aid may be required based on state or facility.

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