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 Supported Employment/Education Case Manager (SEED) will be the development and delivery of a comprehensive supported employment /education program for adults who have significant barriers in the vocational or educational area, primarily recurrent mental illness. Specific duties include but not limited to:

• providing access to a diverse array of community vocational, educational, and volunteer opportunities and matching these opportunities with the clients skills, strengths, and interests in mainstream/normalized settings;
• developing and monitoring traditional and non-traditional community vocational , educational and volunteer opportunities for clients and providing specialized follow-up for each client after establishing the client in a work setting;
• providing one-on-one support and on the job coaching and training as needed to maintain the client in normalized vocational settings;
• developing and maintaining effective employer relations and integrated job opportunities;
• conducting psychosocial group activities in conjunction with other staff as needed: and
• supervising and coordinating pre-vocational work units in the psychosocial work program.
• regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• additional responsibilities may be assigned as circumstances warrant.

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

• a bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, business, human development, counseling, occupational or recreational therapy, or a related field;
• prefer work experience in the business community or experience providing rehabilitation services for disadvantaged populations
• reliable transportation and a valid, unrestricted driver's license;
• prior computer experience and basic computer fluency;
• flexibility in assigned working hours;
• a commitment to interdisciplinary and community mental health center approaches; and
• an energetic and positive approach to the rapidly evolving changes and challenges of a complex work place.
• 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;