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Horizon Behavioral Health · 3 months ago

Case Manager - Developmental Disabilities

HWC @ Langhorne, Lynchburg, VA, US

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$38K/yr - $61K/yr

1+ years exp

Horizon Behavioral Health is a provider of services for individuals with developmental disabilities. The Case Manager serves as a support coordinator, ensuring that services are planned, individualized, and person-centered for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

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Responsibilities

Ensuring that services to individuals with developmental disabilities and intellectual disabilities are planned, individualized, and person-centered

Providing assistance to individuals and their family members in accessing needed services that are responsive to the individual’s needs

Qualification

Case managementDevelopmental disabilitiesAssessment techniquesCrisis interventionService planningCommunity resourcesBehavioral intervention trainingTeamworkIndependent workRelationship building

Required

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in an applicable human services field

A minimum of one (1) year of directly related work experience providing case management to individuals with developmental disabilities. May consider an equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the required knowledge, skills, and abilities

Knowledge of services, systems, and programs available in the community including primary health care, support services, eligibility criteria and intake processes, generic community resources, and mental health, developmental disability, and substance abuse treatment programs

Knowledge of the nature of developmental and intellectual disabilities, serious mental illness, and substance use disorders, and/or co-occurring disorders, depending on the population served, including clinical and developmental issues

Knowledge of different types of assessments, including functional assessments (e.g., VIDES), and their uses in service planning

Knowledge of treatment modalities and intervention techniques such as behavior management, independent living skills training, supportive counseling, family education, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and service coordination

Knowledge of types of developmental, mental health, and substance use services available in the locality

Knowledge of the service planning process and major components of a service plan

Knowledge of the use of medications in the care or treatment of the population served

Knowledge of all applicable federal and state laws, state regulations, and local ordinances

Knowledge of identifying and documenting an individual's needs for resources, services and other supports

Knowledge of using information from assessments, evaluations, observation, and interviews to develop individual service plans

Knowledge of identifying services and resources within the community and established service system to meet the individual's needs; and documenting how resources, services, and natural supports, such as family, can be utilized to achieve an individual's personal habilitative/rehabilitative and life goals

Knowledge of coordinating the provision of services by public and private providers

Ability to work as a team member, maintaining effective inter- and intra-agency relationships

Ability to work independently, performing position duties under general supervision

Ability to engage and sustain ongoing relationships with individuals receiving services

Ability to complete DBHDS core competency-based curriculum within 30 days of hire

Ability to participate in and successfully pass behavioral intervention training; includes both verbal de-escalation skills and physical skills techniques to be utilized with consumers as needed

Willing and available to work modified schedules (weekends, holidays, etc.) as required

Ability to drive and must possess a valid Virginia driver's license. May be called upon to travel to any Horizon worksite, transport clients, provide services to clients at other locations. Regular attendance at training and Horizon meetings may require travel to a variety of Horizon sites