Clinical Case Manager (Short Term Hourly)

Job Duties

• Exhibit an equity-minded, trauma-informed focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse student population of community college students, fostering, and supporting an inclusive approach.
• Conduct initial clinical case management meetings with students to assess their needs for care, support, and appropriate referrals.
• Afford ongoing support to students to achieve collaborative clinical case management goals such as successfully linking to off-campus care, including mental health therapy, psychiatrists, Autism and ADHD evaluations; increasing understanding of health insurance plan coverage and processes for accessing care; enrolling in or re-establishing enrollment in health insurance including Medi-Cal, etc.
• Provide immediate crisis intervention and continuity of care for students, including assessment of mental status and clinical needs.
• Develop after-care plans for students with complex mental health needs requiring services after and beyond the counseling and medical care provided by SHS staff.
• Under the clinical supervision of licensed mental health staff, may provide triage, crisis visit intervention, individual and group therapy to students.
• Provide timely written documentation in the EMR and assist LCSW, Manager with tracking of clinical case management utilization and outcomes.
• Participate, under the guidance of LCSW, Manager, in community outreach efforts to educate students and greater college community on mental health and wellness issues, their importance and the availability of resources to provide support.
• Participate in weekly group and/or individual clinical supervision as needed and within guidelines required for pre-licensed MSW providing clinical social work services.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited master's in Social Work degree program.
• Have registered or will register within 90 days of hire with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an Associate Clinical Social Worker (ASW).
• Experience providing case management, crisis intervention and outreach services.
• Experience in collaborating with clients from diverse backgrounds and/or those for whom English is not the first language.
• Understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic background of the student, community, and employee populations.
• Work with the core hours of 8:00am to 5:00pm (negotiable), Monday through Friday.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a college mental health services center providing services to diverse students, faculty, and staff.
• Experience with Point and Click Solutions (PNC), EMR.