Care Coordinator - Intensive Case Management (ICM) Gwinnett/Rockdale/Newton/Clayton Co.

View Point Health Job Title: Care Coordinator Job Code: SST012/Social Services Tech 3 Shift: Full-Time (40 hours per week on average) Job Hours: 8:00 PM 5:00 PM - Times May Vary Base Location: Gwinnett/Rockdale/Newton/Clayton Division/Department/Program: Care Coordinator (ICM) Intensive Case Management (ICM) uses a multidisciplinary team approach to provide intensive mental health treatment services to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness in their homes and other community settings-24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year.

ICM is intensive, and its goal is to keep individuals out of state hospitals, jails, emergency rooms and other institutions.

ICM clients have to meet a strict criterion (i.e., diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness, unable to maintain activities of daily living, and be unsuccessful in other forms of treatment).

ICM clients often have no resources and no family support and require an intensive and expeditious form of treatment.

Program Description: Intensive Case Management (ICM) consists of providing environmental supports and care coordination considered essential to assist a person with improving his/her functioning, gaining access to necessary services, and creating an environment that promotes recovery as identified in his/her Individual Recovery Plan (IRP).

The focus of the interventions includes assisting the individual with 1) developing natural supports to promote community integration; 2) identifying service needs; 3) referring and linking to services and resources identified through the service planning process; 4) coordinating services identified on the IRP to maximize service integration and minimize service gaps; and 5) ensuring continued adequacy of the IRP to meet his/her ongoing and changing needs.The performance outcome expectations for individuals receiving this service include decreased hospitalizations, decreased incarcerations, and decreased episodes of homelessness, increased housing stability, increased participation in employment activities, and increased community engagement.Intensive Case Management shall consist of four (4) major components and cover multiple domains that impact ones overall wellness including medical, behavioral, wellness, social, educational, vocational, co-occurring, housing, financial, and other service needs of the individual.

View Point Healths Care Coordinators are an integral part of our program.

The Care Coordinator provides intensive case management services for consumers with severe and persistent behavioral health disorders.

Typically, the goal is prevention of hospitalization or other out-of-home placements.

The Care Coordinator provides services primarily in community settings: home, school, and other service settings.

Duties & Responsibilities: Conducts face-to-face comprehensive assessments to identify problems and service needs.Will utilize their personal recovery experience as a tool in providing support to consumers i...