School Based Case Manager

Position Summary

The School-Based Case Manager promotes and supports individuals in the school setting who are at risk of developing or have mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Services include assessments, supportive level counseling, advocacy, and link/referral to needed services as indicated in the ISP.

Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Services, systems, and programs available in the community including primary health care, support services, eligibility criteria and intake processes, generic community resources, and mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse treatment programs.
• The nature of serious mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse depending on the population served, including clinical and developmental issues.
• Different types of assessments, including functional assessments, and their uses in service planning.
• Treatment modalities and intervention techniques, such as behavior management, independent living skills training, supportive counseling, family education, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and service coordination.
• The service planning process and major components of a service plan.
• The use of medications in the care or treatment of the population served.
• All applicable federal and state laws, state regulations, and local ordinances.
• Identifying and documenting an individual's needs for resources, services, and other supports.
• Using information from assessments, evaluations, observation, and interviews to develop individual service plans.
• Identifying services and resources within the community and established service systems to meet the individual's needs; and documenting how resources, services, and natural supports, such as family, can be utilized to achieve an individual's personal habilitative/rehabilitative and life goals.
• Coordinating the provision of services by public and private providers.
• Work as team members. Maintaining effective inter- and intra-agency working relationships.
• Work independently, performing position duties under general supervision.
• Engage and sustain ongoing relationships with individuals receiving services.
• To drive and must possess a valid Virginia driver's license. May be called upon to travel to any Horizon worksite; transport clients, provide services to clients at other locations. Regular attendance at trainings and Horizon meetings may require travel to a variety of Horizon sites.
• To participate in and successfully pass behavioral intervention training; includes both verbal de-escalation skills and physical skills techniques to be utilized with consumers as needed.
• Willing and able to work modified schedules (weekends, holidays, etc.) as required.
• Demonstrate a positive regard for individuals and their families.