SDMI Care Coordinator - (FACT) Missoula, MT

Description:SDMI CARE COORDINATORSDMI CASE MANAGEMENTWAGE: $19.00 - $20.87 per hourCompetitive Benefits PackageHELPING PEOPLE LIVE INDEPENDENT LIVESAre you looking for more than a job?

Are you the healthcare champion we’ve been looking for?

AWARE is looking for the right person to join the SDMI Services team as the SDMI Care Coordinator.

If you embrace new ideas with a heart full of energy, we invite you to join a caring, compassionate, and fully engaged team that isn’t afraid to get vulnerable with one another. We have gritty, but respectful conversations that drive the needle forward on what it means to provide the highest quality of care for our clients. At AWARE, our strength lies in our culture of care. AWARE’s Unconditional Care Principles inspire the services we provide to each person who comes to us for care and these principles lead how we treat ourselves and our clients; with hope, compassion and focus on the next right step. When you join the AWARE team, you will become part of an organization that has a rich history (over 45 years!) helping Montanans with mental health and/or developmental disabilities. AWARE strives to provide the highest quality of care, every single day. When you join the AWARE team, you will be joining a team that believes that building on strengths is the key to success, that prides itself in taking on and sticking with the hardest challenges, believes we are agents of change, that everything is normal until proven otherwise, and that families are our most important resource. Working for our organization means that regardless of your role, we’ll support you so you can support others. AWARE seeks to provide opportunities for employees to grow professionally through its tuition advancement program, professional development opportunities and in-house trainings.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordinate meetings with case managers, clinicians, community-based providers, and/or support workers.
• Ask questions: learn who will be informed of any changes in care, resources, and/or treatment.
• Recognize that caring for an individual who has challenging mental health issues can be demanding on the individual, families, supporters, and clinicians. Organize respite when needed.
• Double-check all appointment times and places.
• Ask for information and appointment details in writing – copies of forms, letters, or emails.
• Find out information about mental disorder, and learn about the consumer’s journey, so that all are aware and can plan for the next stage.
• Find out what organizations or agencies are involved in care and treatment.
• Maintains a caseload established with the Service Director in order to work closely with programs in assigned service areas.
• Assesses and evaluates adults to determine the appropriateness and need for case management services.
• Assists in the person's entry into service and monitors the needed services throughout service system.
• Provides coordination and comprehensive development of an Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) and monitors that plan as
• required by established rules.
• Follows State of Montana and A.W.A.R.E., Inc. rules, policies, procedures, and guidelines as they apply to this service.
• Assures that any person serviced by Adult Case Management is screened for and assisted in enrollment in the SDMI
• Program.
• Must demonstrate – on a consistent basis – the willingness and ability to productively utilize work time in order to meet the needs of the individuals being served as directed, with the understanding that specific fiscal goals (billing, case load number maintenance, weekly) must be met on a monthly basis.
• Records notes, billing units, assessments, referrals, and other data entry assignments via AWARE’s Electronic Healthcare Record System.

AWARE empowers its employees to operate under the auspices of AWARE’s Unconditional Care Principles.Requirements:

Required Skills, Abilities & Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services or a related field.
• Minimum of one (1) year direct work experience.
• Valid Montana Driver’s License.

To learn more please visit www.aware-inc.org.

Benefits:

AWARE proudly offers an excellent benefits package, uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, professional growth, and achieving financial security. AWARE’s benefits include:

• Annual raises
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Insurance
• Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life Insurance
• Wellness programs
• Generous paid time off

AWARE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer