Pay is commensurate with experience within a range of $20.00 to $27.86 per hour. Full time, non-exempt, benefits eligible. Bert Nash offers excellent benefits which include medical, dental, vision, KPERS retirement, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free counseling and resources, and generous PTO.

Caring. Hope. Giving back. Our mission at the Bert Nash Center as the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) of Douglas County is to advance the health of the community through comprehensive behavioral health services responsive to evolving needs and changing environments. We accomplish this by believing in our team. Each person that works for the Bert Nash Center contributes directly to the success of our clients, organization, and community. Our values of compassion, integrity, equity and hope reflect in everything we do.

Responsibilities:  The primary responsibility of the CPST case manager services for clients who meet the criteria for the targeted population. Specific duties include but not limited to:

• Help clients/and families to identify, assess, and understand the symptoms of their mental illness and to minimize the effect of those symptoms in all the significant areas of their lives.
• Assist clients in learning, practicing, and implementing new skills that contribute to their recovery as specified in the treatment plan.
• Provide supportive counseling, solutions focused interventions; behavioral analysis to increase clients ability to function in all life domains.
• Provide outreach and crisis intervention services to clients and prospective clients to enable timely access to those services appropriate and necessary for crisis stabilization with the purpose of diverting the client from hospitalization with the goal of allowing the client to maintain independent living;
• Work with identified team member, including the client and/or family, to develop an person centered plan of care, that is individualized to meet the identified needs and goals of the client
• Participate in strategic planning, program development and performance improvement processes
• Additional responsibilities that may be assigned as circumstances warrant specifically related to supportive housing facilities and clients; and
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Qualifications:  The Case Manager position requires but not limited to:

• BA/BS degree or four years of equivalent education and/or experience working in the human services field.
• Reliable transportation; and a valid, unrestricted driver's license and proof of current car insurance
• Prior computer experience and basic computer fluency.
• Must be able to achieve within one's first 6 months of employment a working competency in the management and use of the Center's electronic medical record  (EMR) software as demonstrated by timely and accurate documentation of the clinical record.
• An ability to work independently and in cooperation with others.
• Flexibility in assigned working hours
• A commitment to interdisciplinary and community mental health center approaches
• An energetic and positive approach to the rapidly evolving changes and challenges of a complex work place.