Mental Health Professional (MHP) / Case Manager - PACT

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Mental Health Professional / Case Manager - Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)

Shift : Office Day (8am - 4pm)

Days Off : Sunday, Monday

Insurance Benefits : Dental, Life, Long-term Disability, Medical (no premiums / payroll deductions for employee coverage)

Other Benefits : Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

Union Representation : This position is a part of a union and is represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.

About DESC :

DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center) is a nonprofit organization working to help people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing. Our vision is a community where no person is abandoned, ignored, or experiencing homelessness.

As the region's leading provider of services to multiply disabled adults who have experienced chronic homelessness, DESC serves almost 3,000 people each day. Our integrated service model is designed to help people secure and maintain appropriate, safe and affordable housing. DESC is recognized nationally and regionally as an innovator in developing solutions to homelessness.

About PACT :

The Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is a nationally recognized, evidence-based approach to mental health treatment which utilizes a highly collaborative model to positively impact the lives of individuals challenged by the most severe and persistent mental illnesses.

The DESC PACT team is centered in the concept that recovery is more successful when all providers work closely together to provide integrated support services for all aspects of participant's lives, including medication, therapy, social support, employment and housing.

Team scheduling requirements reflect this commitment to provide participants with intensive wrap-around, 24 / 7 services at their homes and in a variety of community settings. Team members provide rotating coverage for 12 hours per day Monday to Friday and 8 hours per day on weekends & holidays. In addition, all team members participate in on-call rotations to provide 24-hour crisis coverage.

MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide ongoing assessment of participants' mental illness symptoms and make appropriate changes in treatment plans as they are needed.
• Provide psychoeducation to enable participants to identify their mental illness symptoms and integrate substance use services as appropriate.
• Promote participants' personal growth and development by assisting participants to adapt to and cope with internal and external stressors.
• Provide individualized assessments, counseling, supportive therapy, coaching and / or side-by-side support to clients to assist their development in the areas of activities of daily living, social & interpersonal relationships, general time management and basic employment skills.
• Plan, structure & support community-based activities such as obtaining and setting up housing, grocery shopping, nutrition assistance, house cleaning and other household activities, money management, social activities and vocational support.
• Coordinate with outside service providers including inpatient and outpatient treatment services, social security, veterans' benefits, legal and advocacy services and personal primary care medical and dental providers.
• Provide practical help and supports, advocacy, coordination, side-by-side individualized support, problem-solving, direct assistance, training, and supervision to help participants obtain the necessities of daily living including medical and dental health care; legal and advocacy services; financial support such as entitlements or housing subsidies; money management services (e.g. payeeships); and transportation.

SPECIALTY AREA

LIVING CONDITIONS

Support PACT clients with achieving and maintaining healthy living conditions. This can include but is not limited to attending care conferences related to living conditions, outreaching and supporting clients in their residential units with tools and skills to maintain their units, coordinating with housing staff, participating in cleaning out clients' units, and documenting barriers to maintaining healthy living conditions.

OTHER

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required sit for long periods of time, communicate with other people by talking and hearing, required to lift and carry items weighing up to 40 pounds and to operate computer hardware systems. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER :

DESC is committed to diversity in the workplace, and promotes equal employment opportunities for all staff members and applicants. The Agency will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, caste, marital status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability in any employment practice, unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification. Minorities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Salary Description

$79,579.44 - $87,886.56 annually