Case Manager

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assist individuals in achieving service plan goals through direct services and coordination of behavior health, public agencies, and community resources.
• Assess, evaluate, facilitate, and monitor individuals’ progress in relationship to established client center service plan and conditions of parole.
• Complete intake packets for program enrollment and participation.
• Provides referrals and crisis intervention for the individuals’ identified needs.
• Interview individuals, review records, and confer with other professionals to review individual progress, and to determine their suitability for program participation.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners, participate in staff meetings and monthly supervisions, and participate in integrated staffing with individuals receiving TASC services.
• Identify and refer individuals with behavioral health needs.
• Complete and submit internal and external program reports.
• Complete and maintain all required individual and program related documentation which includes, documenting the results of screenings, enrollments, service plans, reports, progress notes, discharge summaries and other individual-related activities including accurate reporting of services.
• Monitor all individuals determined by individual progress towards service goals.
• Aid clients with the enrollment in public benefit systems and obtaining vital records.
• Maintain and monitor TASC database system and contractual/external database systems to ensure program compliance.
• Develops effective working relationships with the internal and external partners.
• Participate in meetings to adjust, update, or revise client centered service plans.
• Obtain and clinically analyze progress reports from internal and external partners to ensure individuals’ progress is on target with the benchmarks outlined in their service plan.
• Ensure that confidential information relating to the organization, its staff, and individuals is kept confidential.

Our Ideal Candidate

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Valid driver's license.
• CADC certification within two years of employment with TASC may be required based on contractual obligations.
• Must be able to pass an IDOC Background check.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.
• Demonstrated experience in group facilitation.
• Knowledge of the current ASAM placement criteria, DSM-V as it relates to substance-related disorders, and Code of Ethics for substance abuse professionals, or the ability to acquire the knowledge.
• Comfort working inside a correctional setting and with persons convicted of serious violent offenses.
• Flexibility in thinking and approaches to leading group discussions.
• Good verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Good time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.