SUD Community Based Case Manager

About the Role

Zepf Center, a leading provider of behavioral health and substance use disorder services in Northwest Ohio, is seeking a full-time Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Case Manager. This role involves providing ongoing wraparound integrated care coordination services to an assigned caseload of adult consumers in SUD and/or combined SUD/MH treatment programs. Services are delivered in various settings, including the office, consumer homes, and community locations.

Responsibilities

• Provides therapeutic client-centered interventions, including service coordination, integrated care, linkage, referrals, follow-up, healthcare management, resource access, advocacy, individual/group/family counseling, urinalysis, transition planning, wellness programming, and participation in/facilitation of care coordination/team meetings.
• Monitors clients to identify potential relapse, new treatment needs, changes in level of care, and effectiveness of the Individualized Action Plan (IAP).
• Facilitates referrals and linkages to appropriate internal and external resources based on assessed needs.
• Maintains clinical responsibility for assigned clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
• Develops and updates strength-based IAPs in collaboration with clients, families, and significant others, based on case management assessments/IAP reviews conducted at least every 90 days.
• Ensures accurate and timely documentation, including program admission and discharge forms, activity/progress notes, case management assessments/IAP reviews, IAPs, Level of Care forms, DPS logs, resource access applications, releases of information, monthly reports, online productivity tracker forms, incident report forms, and regular email communication.
• Assists clients in gaining access to essential community resources.
• Provides ongoing support for consumers’ individual recovery processes.
• Delivers quality chemical dependency treatment according to program and agency requirements.
• Uses motivational techniques to engage consumers in successfully completing their treatment.
• Maintains a healthy environment that promotes the recovery process.
• Provides basic chemical dependency education, counseling, and case management to guide consumers toward full recovery.

Requirements

• High school diploma with 3 verifiable years of experience working within the behavioral health field, OR a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Working knowledge of and experience with persons diagnosed with mental health conditions as classified by the DSM-5.
• Knowledge of chemical dependency, including the addictive process, withdrawal, and recovery.
• Current/active Chemical Dependency Counselor Assistant (CDCA) certification in good standing through the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board (OCDPB) at hire.