Philadelphia
full-time
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Position Summary:
PMHCC Case Management is a unit dedicated to providing recovery support services to individuals as they journey through their recovery process from the disease of addiction and other life challenges with the goal of achieving and maintaining long-term recovery. As case managers assist individuals in their recovery process, individuals are empowered to identify their strengths and talents and focus on the areas of need that they are willing to address at specific times. This collaborative approach is built upon the idea that all individuals, regardless of their challenges or backgrounds, are people first.
The Case Manager provides case management services to individuals with a substance use disorder or may have a co-occurring disorder (mental illness and addiction). Case managers support individuals and promote a drug-free and sober life-style by connecting them to a range of community resources, mentoring and advocacy. Individuals seeking self-sufficiency and recovery from substance abuse and co-occurring disorders are provided ongoing support and ancillary services such as engagement, evaluation of the individual’s strengths and needs, service planning and goal setting, linking, monitoring, advocating and coaching.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Skills Required:
Must display a mastery of the following case management core competencies:
Education and Experience:
A High School or Associate's degree and a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in social science and 2 years experience in public or private human services with 1 year in direct client contact or a Bachelor's degree with major coursework in sociology, social work, psychology, gerontology, anthropology, political science, history, criminal justice, theology, nursing, counseling or education.
Physical Demands:
Must be able to sit in front of a monitor for a minimum of 1 - 2 hours. Must be able to travel via car or public transportation for off-site home visits and meetings. Must be able to climb stairs and lift up to 20 lbs. while performing duties of the job.
Essential Functions:
Must have the ability to physically perform the duties and able to work in the environmental conditions required of a position of this class. Must have a valid driver's license.
Equal Opportunity Employment:
PMHCC, Inc. is committed to equal opportunity. It is our policy to support equal employment for all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual preferences, age, national origin, disability, behavioral health status, military status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Americans with Disabilities Act:
Employees as well as applicants who are currently, or become disabled, must be able to perform the functions of the job with either reasonable accommodation or unaided. PMHCC, Inc. will examine reasonable accommodations on a case by case basis in accordance with the law.
PMHCC, a not-for-profit organization, began as The Philadelphia Mental Health Care Corporation in 1987 for the City of Philadelphia in order to implement a major grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Program for Chronic Mental Illness. One of nine national grants, the funding was to assist the Philadelphia Office of Mental Health realize its vision for a unified mental health system to provide affordable housing, effective case management, and a broad range of psychosocial and vocational programs for people with mental illness. The objective included consolidating funding in a managed behavioral healthcare model.
Over the years PMHCC's activities and responsibilities have broadened so that PMHCC serves as a major human services systems management company in support of several City of Philadelphia departments, while maintaining its core commitment to public behavioral health programs.
Today, PMHCC makes a major contribution to Philadelphia's citizens by serving as an umbrella organization for special programs and initiatives, and providing critical administrative services to mental health, substance abuse, intellectual disabilities, human services, special health and related city offices and health programs.
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