Job Description
WellStone is North Alabama's most comprehensive behavioral healthcare provider serving over 13,000 persons a year throughout Northern Alabama, with offices in Huntsville and Cullman. We are a non-profit community organization that offers a wide range of services for every phase of life, from children to older adults
In this rewarding position you are working directly with clients in our acute care facility. Providing resources for care, assisting the therapeutic team and encouraging healthy choices as your clients transition to outpatient therapy and treatment. (Fulltime 8a-5p - Acute Care Services)
What we're looking for:
- Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences field
- Excellent 5 year driving record & reliable transportation
- Excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills
- State of Alabama Adult Case Management Training
- Knowledge of Community Lay-out (Madison County Area)
- Knowledge of Community Agencies and Resources
- Personal Automobile Liability Insurance in the amounts of $100k, $300k, $50K
What you'll be doing:
- Provide in patient case management services
- Provide direct services to mentally ill clients to address needs which may have been unmet as well as information about continuum of care
- Provide follow-up progress as per need of client to treatment team members
- Provide Basic Living Skills training when necessary
- Assist clients with obtaining medication
- Monitor medication compliance, maintain awareness of common side effects, and ensure client is taking medication as directed on a regular basis
- Provide traditional case management services as well as collateral services such as transportation to appointments, referral agencies, etc.
- Maintain high quality client documentation and records management utilization electronic charting
- Monitor the care and services clients receive in residential setting
- Develop and implement Individual Service Plan which consist of goals, resources, and interventions
- Revise client’s goals once met, or progress as they occur
- Assist mentally ill clients through crisis situations and/or arranging for the provision of such assistance by other professional or personal caregivers
- Perform incidental care to families of the mentally ill and assist those family members in understanding the mental illness
- (Fulltime 8a-5p. WellStar)
What we offer:
- Competitive Medical, dental, and vision prices
- State Retirement through RSA plus an optional 457b/401a with a company match
- 9 paid holidays throughout the year
- Ability to continually accrue up to 15 days of PTO a year (unused rolls over)
We care for those impacted by behavioral health disorders, we are committed to one another through collaboration, and we are optimistic problem solvers who do what it takes to get the job done. We look forward to you joining the WellStone team.