Mental Health Specialist MHP Outpatient

Description

Envision Unlimited is a full spectrum of care organization serving people with disabilities from infants to 80+ years old regardless of race, gender, religion, or ability to pay. Founded in Chicago in 1948, Envision Unlimited has a legacy of evolving care delivered with empathy, every time and everywhere.  Innovative services offered across Chicagoland and Central Illinois include community living options, novel day programs, behavioral health services, employment programs, respite for families, and foster care for children with disabilities.

Summary:

Member of a multi-disciplinary team providing comprehensive mental health services to clients residing in the community in need of enhanced services beyond what a traditional outpatient program provides, including recent discharges from in-patient facilities. Must maintain compliance with all clinical documentation for assigned caseload, including but not limited to IM-CANs, LOCUS, and consents. Will provide individual and group therapy, medication training, skill building, crisis intervention and case management services to clients using a recovery model within client’s home or within community.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Essential Responsibilities, include but are not limited to:
• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to implement recovery-oriented services to clients using evidenced based practices.
• Work collaboratively with team leader and staff attending case staffing's and clinical meetings as needed.
• Conduct assessments, including IM-CANs, to determine need/appropriateness for services, and coordinate linkage to services identified.
• Provide clients with referral, linkage, and follow-up services as needed.
• Provide services needed to achieve psychiatric stability including crisis intervention, therapy, medication training, community support and case management services.
• Work with CST team to facilitate individual and group skill building activities to aid clients with achieving recovery goals that promote community living at the highest potential possible.
• Assist clients to secure and maintain entitlements.
• Develop and implement therapeutic recreational opportunities for clients.
• Responsible for maintaining compliance with all clinical documentation for assigned caseload.
• Maintain and update client’s pertinent information within the MH electronic care system i.e. face sheets, contacts, consents, and diagnoses.
• Achieve assigned productivity targets and complete progress note documentation within 24 hours of providing services.
• In conjunction with the client’s treatment team, keep client’s family, guardian, and other Envision Unlimited staff informed of the client’s progress, including emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and medication changes/adjustments.
• Provide information to outside agencies as requested to coordinate and assure the appropriateness of services.
• Work with CST team to manage client recruitment, prior authorization and on-going utilization management and other administrative requirements of the program.
• Participate in on-call rotations with other ACT/CST staff, addressing client needs/concerns as needed and appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

No supervisory responsibilities.

OTHER EXPECTATIONS:

Employees shall respect the diversity of all individuals (e.g., clients, co-workers, stakeholders) and refrain from any form of discrimination and/or based upon a person’s legally protected characteristics or conduct, including but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.

Employees share the responsibility of creating and maintaining a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive work environment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all employees so classified.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, physical requirements may include standing, walking, and sitting; seeing; hearing and listening; clear speech; dexterity a