Attendance Case Manager-Fairfield County

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Job Summary:

The Behavioral Health Specialist (BHS) will develop a service relationship with each client to help them develop insight into themselves and their relationships.  The BHS provides cognitive-behavioral therapy to assist individuals struggling with a range of issues related to their emotional and behavioral health, such as relationship and family issues, substance use and addiction, difficulty coping with stress, and grief and loss issues.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains a service relationship with client, family, and caregivers to provide them support as appropriate.
• Reviews Diagnostic Evaluation and additional assessments, to aid in the ongoing development and implementation of a client’s individualized treatment plan (ITP).
• May provide Ohio Department of Medicaid behavioral health and addiction services within scope of practice.
• Assess clients for high risk behavior.
• Teaches clients social, coping, and conflict resolution skills. 
• Provides first-line crisis intervention and mediation as necessary. 
• Meets and sustains the OhioGuidestone designated productivity standard.
• Serve as a liaison to coordinate, makes referrals, or arrange for appropriate community resources when needed, acts as an advocate for the client as needed.
• Performs related administrative responsibilities; maintains client information, reports, records, and other documents; responds timely to emails and phone calls; attends and participates in various trainings and meetings; communicates with other agencies, departments, and vendors regarding required paperwork, contract compliance and consults with other county agencies and/or supportive services as necessary.
• Accurately and promptly, documents and maintains the confidentiality of client and family interactions including, legal, financial, and clinical documentation within agency guidelines.
• Maintains ongoing frequent contact with other assigned OhioGuidestone professionals, parents or outside agency professionals assigned to case.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• When working with Caregiver and youth:

• Assists families to build skills in the following areas child development, empathy, age appropriate discipline-limit setting, behavior management/modification/encouragement, household management, understanding and handling stress and anger, personal power, communication and positive relationships.
• Assists with enhancing positive family functioning to ensure children are raised in a warm and trusting environment.

• When working with youth:

• Provides school personnel and Caregivers with education and support on mental health, discipline, behavior management, household management, communication and relationship enhancement.
• Informs appropriate school personnel of clients being served maintaining confidentiality.
• Ensures that clients are in the proper educational setting.
• Consults with school personnel and participate in team meetings, as necessary.
• Educates school personnel on various mental health conditions/diagnoses and assist with effective classroom intervention/strategies.

• Exhibits positivity, flexibility and a willingness to take on new responsibilities as requested or required.
• This position is a grant funded position. If the grant funded is not renewed the following year, the candidate will be able to keep employment with OhioGuidestone. 

 

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of emotional and mental dysfunctions.
• Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, and cultures and their history and origins.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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