At MHMR Concho Valley, our mission is “Working together to help people help themselves.”
If you are serious about making a difference, we guarantee you’ll love being a part of the MHMR Concho Valley.
POSITION TITLE: Caseworker I (IDD Access and Intake Service Coordinator)
Duties include screening of individuals requesting Center services, providing referrals to more appropriate community resource and/or making referrals to appropriate Center services. Facilitate the DID process and the Center admission process for new consumers. Represent IDD services at annual ARD meetings with School Districts within the service area to facilitate transition services. Coordinates and assists the Continuity of Care Service Coordinator with the maintenance of the HCS Interest List and enrollments into the HCS & ICF/ID programs and admissions to the State Supported Living Centers (LLSC). May, at times, provide Service which includes assessment, treatment planning, monitoring of services, and crisis prevention and management. Develops and maintains referral resources for service provision allowing for consumer choice, where available, of providers. Authorizes provision of services based upon assessed need and availability, ensures best value of resource allocation to service provision.
EDUCATION, TRAINING, & EXPERIENCE
- A bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or university; or
- An associate degree in a social, behavioral, human service, or health-related field, including psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human development, gerontology, educational psychology, education, and criminal justice; or
- A high school diploma or a certificate recognized by a state as the equivalent of a high school diploma, and two years of paid or unpaid experience with individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
ESSENTIAL TASKS
Crisis Services
- Available for after-hours consultation.
- Provide crisis services, as needed, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Monday – Friday and on rotation basis for after-hours, holidays and weekends.
- Respond to all crisis calls within 10 minutes; 30 minutes if face-to-face assessment is needed.
Intake Services
- Completes screening registration paperwork.
- Prepares IDD Admission Plan and related paperwork.
- Screens phone calls and walk-ins of individuals requesting IDD services.
- Coordinates the DID process for individuals requesting IDD services.
- Coordinates the admission process for individuals requesting IDD services.
Service Coordination
- Complete all PDP’s and PDP reviews on or before expiration date, ensuring the document is signed by client, and responsible staff, with client receiving a copy.
- A Person Directed Plan is completed that incorporates the comprehensive assessment and the individual choices of the client, including family members and support systems at the client’s discretion.
- PDP’s identify client strengths, problems/needs, objectives/goals,
- strategies, and individual preferences, as well as areas for improvement.
- PDP and Quarterly Reviews are monitored to assure each consumer’s response to services.
- Encourages participation in the PDP process.
- Participate in Medicaid time studies to determine how time is distributed across a range of functions and activities performed by this position with minimal error.
- Provides face-to-face contact monthly or as indicated but no less frequently than every three months with assigned caseload.
- Complete progress notes within 24 hours of service provision.
- Progress notes record progress towards outcomes in the PDP and other clinically significant events. Therapeutic language is used in all instances of clinical record documentation. Discharge summary is completed and entered into record within 30 calendar days following discharge.
- Compliance with Medicaid and TDADS documentation standards.
- Clients report an 80% or greater satisfaction rating for services provided.
Continuity of Care
- Provides unbiased choice of providers when facilitating the enrollment of individuals into community residential programs. Assures that proper documentation and assessments are completed for individuals moving to a residential setting (i.e.: PDP, IPC, ID/RC, and the ICAP)
- Participates in staffings as LA representative in placement deliberations for Individual’s from our catchment area or individuals seeking placement in our catchment area.
- Monitors clients as needed to ensure continuity of care in the least restrictive environment.
Assures at least 50% of the individuals on the HCS /TxHmL services interest lists are contacted within the first year of the FY contract and the other 50% are contacted the second year of the FY contract. (100% contacted within two years
REQUIREMENTS
- Valid Texas Driver License required.
- Must not have more than 3 moving violations in the last 3 years.
- Must be insurable on the Center’s insurance.
- Must be able to pass a background check.
- Must be able to complete all MHMR Concho Valley training.
STATUS
Full-Time
SHIFT HOURS
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., days and times may vary.
SALARY
$2,680.65 - $3,155 monthly
DEPT
4150
BENEFITS
We offer competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, and life insurance, retirement and 457 plan, other voluntary benefits, vacation, employee choice days, sick time off and holidays. https://mhmrcv.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Employee-Benefits-Sheet-05-2024.pdf
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
All applicants applying for positions at MHMRCV, please select "Apply on Company Site", then follow the steps and attach resume.
For questions, please email Jobs@mhmrcv.org.
Convictions related to any sexual assault, aggravated assault, drug related offense, murder, theft, battery, or any other crime involving personal injury; injury to a child, elderly individual, disabled individual, or threat to another person; abandoning or endangering a child; and aiding suicide, may make you ineligible for employment in positions, in direct contact with consumers of MHMR Services for the Concho Valley. The names of all prospective employees are cleared through the Texas Department of Public Safety to determine the existence of such records. Falsification of the application for employment is grounds for dismissal. Ask the personnel office for further information. For insurance purposes, driving records will be checked on all employees that are required to drive as stated in their position description. If an employee is determined to be uninsurable, employment may be dismissed.
It is the policy of the Center to create and maintain a safe, calm, and secure environment with supportive care, a system-wide understanding of trauma prevalence and impact, recovery and trauma specific services, and recovery-focused, consumer-driven services that applies to all staff, volunteers, contracted providers, and community partners.
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