Case Manager: Taos, Espanola
Hours: Full-time / Part-time regular employee at 18 - 36 hours/week
The DreamTree Project provides housing & compassionate support services to youth in crisis. If that mission aligns with you, please apply today.
All Staff Requirements:
- Provide service with integrity, respect, empathy, and confidentiality
- Maintain a safe and structured environment
Education & Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field and at least 1 year of relevant work experience; or at least 5 years of relevant work experience.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Connect youth and family to needed resources, services, and activities while supporting youth and team-defined Personal Plan goals.
- Maintain a clear and complete Success Coach Position Folder.
- Review applications and conduct interviews to recommend to the Program Supervisor if a youth will be accepted into our TLP .
- Maintain clear, complete, and timely file documentation for each youth.
- Meet with incoming residents, and parent/guardians, to complete intake paperwork.
- Meet with each participant to set and review goals in individually-designed Personal/Transition Plans, focusing on education, employment, good tenancy, health, accessing mainstream benefits, and life skills.
- Meet with each participant at a minimum once a week for 1 hour to monitor youth progress toward goals and to support youth with barriers and setbacks and coach them toward successful accomplishment of each goal.
- Provide transportation under exceptional circumstances only (i.e., initial orientation, appointments that mandate DTP presence, scheduled group activities, and urgent medical situations).
- Implement program rules and policies, including creating appropriate behavioral contracts when needed.
- Perform urinalysis tests as required.
- Perform casita searches for prohibited items as scheduled and as needed.
- Conduct exit interviews with youth.
- Maintain satisfactory working relationships with representatives of employers, area schools, colleges, GED programs, financial aid counselors, parent/guardians, behavioral health partners, and other persons essential to success.
- Attend one-on-one meetings with Program Supervisor as scheduled.
- Attend weekly Staff Meeting, Clinical Supervision, and TLP and Shelter team meetings.
- Coordinate independent living skills classes, community events, purchasing supplies
- After Care tracking
- Participate in the on-call phone rotation schedule.
- Maintain a clean driving record based on DreamTree Project insurance requirements.
- Participate in other duties as assigned.
Additional Compensation:
- $100 = 30 Days after start date
- $100 = 60 Days after start date
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Expected hours: 36 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Patient demographics:
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- On call
Experience:
- Case management: 1 year (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Taos, NM: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person