Pay is commensurate with experience within a range of $20.00 to $27.00 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 for adults who meet the criteria for the targeted population includes but not limited to:

• To help clients to 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 and practicing news 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.
• Providing 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 and allowing the client to maintain independent living;
• Develop individualized crisis plan with client and review during treatment plan review time.
• Additional responsibilities that may be assigned as circumstances warrant.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Flexibility to provide after hour coverage for crisis services.

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

• a 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
• 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;
• ability to exercise sound independent judgment;
• flexibility in assigned working hours;
• an energetic and positive approach to the rapidly evolving changes and challenges of a complex work place.