Mental Health Outreach Worker/Case Manager

POSITION SUMMARY:  The Mental Health Outreach Worker serves as the backbone for the service coordination and will assist clients transitioning from prison or jail back into the community by providing support, guidance, and service coordination. Mental Health Outreach Workers provide the direct outreach to clients ensuring both the overall health of the client and basic needs are met within the program. This includes providing clients with transportation to mandated court cases, speaking on clients’ progress to the court, facilitating group rehabilitation and weekly check-ins, barrier removal, community reintegration via public outings, and discharge planning to ensure successful placement into lower-level care facilities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Complete initial and updated Needs and Service Plans (NSP's).

· Provide a summary of clients for all county meetings.

· Plan and facilitate weekly group sessions using the provided curriculum.

· Find and plan fun in-house activities for Clients.

· Transport to scheduled court appointments (as needed)

· Meet with each Client 1x1 for 30-60 min to discuss NSP goals, placement, or discharge.

· Write progress notes based on 1x1 and group interactions.

· Develop activity calendar monthly.

· Locate placements for clients.

· Preplacement interviews as needed, while completing the functional capability form and preplacement appraisals

· Review client referrals.

· Meet with County case managers and conservators as needed.

· Accurately manage any appointments and communicate with the treatment team

· Report accordingly/crisis response team.

· Attend weekly team/clinical/1x1 meetings.