The Co-Responder Case Manager (“CM”) is an integral member of Community Reach Center’s Co-Responder (“Division”) Division. The CM provides clinical and support services to consumer and/or their families through integrated behavioral healthcare services. The CM will utilize a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Model that emphasizes assisting persons to explore and develop social, occupational, leisure, and living skills. Provides treatment that supports consumers in living in the community successfully including linking consumers with resources to obtain and/or learn basic needs. Additionally, the CM will have other duties and responsibilities as determined from time to time by the Program Manager.

Essential Functions:

• Assist eligible consumers in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services.
• Provide an assessment of needs, service plan development, referrals/linkage, and monitoring/follow ups for consumers.
• Provides therapeutic crisis intervention and emergency services as required.
• Facilitates and contributes to the accomplishment of tasks by consumers, empowers consumers to reach optimum level of achievement, and sets a positive example and provides role modeling as well as technical expertise to accomplish goals.
• Participates in community outreach and maintaining strong relationships with community resources
• Provides prevention/early intervention, case management, family psychoeducation, and other clinical interventions to consumers and families as appropriate to the position
• Documents intervention and program activity and maintains accurate and timely clinical records according to Community Reach Center’s policies and procedures.
• Attends and participates in group sessions, in-service education and training opportunities, meetings, and special events to utilize opportunities of professional growth.
• Assists in pinpointing program and management problems and participates in on-going program development, implementation, and evaluation
• Maintains confidentiality of consumer records.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or directly related field is required
• 1+ years of experience working with children and/or adults who have mental illness, particularly those individuals diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness
• Communication, organization, time management and clinical skills.
• Ability to work independently in a community-based setting
• Valid Colorado Driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Bilingual Spanish preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, keyboard, and personal vehicle.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Will be exposed to law enforcement weapons, lights and sirens - may be exposed to graphic images or discussions.
• Light to moderate lifting is required.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required.

All persons offered a position will be required to provide valid proof of vaccination prior to starting employment.

Community Reach Center is an EEO/AAP Employer-Minorities/Women/Disabled/Protected Veterans. Apply at www.communityreachcenter.org

CRC benefits package: medical insurance, health savings accounts, dental, vision, mail-order prescriptions, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, employer paid short and long-term disability insurance, employer matching 401(k), generous PTO plan, EAP, and flex spending accounts.