The Case Manager works as part of the interdisciplinary Integrated Mobile Health Team – Full Service Partnership (FSP) team to conduct assertive outreach to chronically homeless individuals and provide them with intensive services to link them to housing and resources. The Case Manager will assist clients with benefits and housing application processes, life skills, and other skills as needed, and provide crisis management, case management, and other therapeutic services related to substance abuse and mental health.
Requirements
- Develop close working relationships with outreach workers, case managers, police, paramedics, the Los Angeles Housing Authority, and all collaborating agencies.
- Locate and focus efforts on specific chronically homeless persons that are considered to be most vulnerable.
- Present findings to other collaborative agencies in order to develop a service plan of action that will expedite housing opportunities and housing stability.
- Assist with developing and implement client treatment plans that emphasizes coordinated strategies for addressing mental health/substance abuse issues, relapse prevention, symptom/behavior reduction, medication management and any other risk factors that could impede permanent housing.
- Provide ongoing assessments of client progress in obtaining their individual goals.
- Utilize evidence based practice models including the Harm Reduction Model, and Motivational Interviewing when working with clients.
- Provide ongoing therapeutic case management services that will ensure successful permanent housing, decrease social isolation, decrease and prevent relapse risks, advocacy to deter evictions, and linkage and brokerage to any needed services such as medical, dental, mental health, substance abuse, like skills training, self-help, money management, meaningful community activities, volunteer services, job placement, etc.
- Ensure a smooth transition into permanent housing by assisting clients with benefits and housing application processes, life skills such as budgeting and cooking, accessing community resources, and other skills as needed.
- Provide crisis management, case management, and other therapeutic services related substance abuse and mental health services to clients on the streets, in service venues, in housing placements, or other locations as appropriate.
- Respond to urgent requests for assistance from clients or landlords as needed.
- Participate in all meetings with collaborative agencies and other community meetings as directed.
- Complete and maintain all documentation necessary per DMH requirements, agency requirements, and program requirements.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
