CLS COMMUNITY LIVING SUPPORT/CM I

Job Details: Job Location: Family & Youth Guidance Center - San Angelo, TX, Salary Range: Undisclosed, 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.

Job Title: Community Living Support (CLS) Case Manager I

Department Code: 3500

Monthly Salary: $3155

Employment Status: Full-

Shift/Schedule: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

MHMR Concho Valley - MHMRCV (Concho Valley Center For Human Advancement) has an open position. 

POSITION SUMMARY & DUTIES/GENERAL DESCRIPTON:

 The employee provides Community Living Support (CLS) skills training practice to children and families participating in the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver. The employee works in collaboration with Waiver participants and families towards the fulfillment of unmet underlying needs specifically: community inclusion and maintain stability in the home environment. The employee will provide practice in skills related to activities of daily living and socialization. They will work to reinforce skills or lessons taught in school, therapy, or other settings. This practice may include: basic education about the nature of the mental illness, the importance of consistent self-administration of medication as prescribed, and/or basic parenting skills. The employee will assist individuals and families in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other appropriate services that will help the child achieve a quality of life and level of care acceptable to the family. This employee will also provide crisis prevention, intervention, and management services to include location and coordinating services and supports to prevent or manage a crisis. They will serve as an active member of the child family team (LOC YES) unless deemed unnecessary by the child family team itself.

ADDENDUM: The employee will provide traditional skills training to individuals within the MHMRCV catchment area who are identified as qualifying for packages which skills training is deemed applicable &/or necessary for improvement. As Case Manager I/CLS, this employee will be held to expectations of productivity as designated by the Intensive Services Supervisor and/or the MH Program Manager as well as individual child and Family teams within the wraparound process.

EDUCATION REQUIRED:  Bachelor’s degree in a Center approved Human Services field. Bachelor or advanced Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in a social, behavioral, or human service field including psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human development, gerontology, educational psychology, and education.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: An Undergraduate degree in any of the disciplines listed above, at least 1 or more years working with families and children, experience/knowledge of mental illness and treatments for improving mental health, knowledge of community support service agencies as well as knowledge of the community.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION: 

Valid Texas driver’s license. 
Must be insurable on the Center’s insurance. 
No more than 3 moving violations in the last 3 years.
Ability to be credentialed as a Qualified Mental Health Professional-CS.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: SPECIAL SKILLS: Willing to work in an accountable system where goals for performance are established and measured and being held accountable for meeting or exceeding those established goals. Ability to perform tasks requiring attention to detail. Ability to work with special population. Ability to type accurately. Must be able to maintain professional boundaries with coworkers and consumers. Ability to communicate effectively with professional clinical staff. Demonstrated organizational skills. Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines. Computer literate. Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

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 MHMR Services for the Concho Valley must complete our Center’s online application form to be considered for any position.   Resumes will be accepted, but they will not take the place of MHMR Services for the Concho Valley’s application form.  

CLOSING DATE:   Open until filled.

For questions, please email [email protected].

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.

MHMR Concho Valley is a trauma informed organization dedicated to creating and maintaining 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.  MHMR Concho Valley has made an implicit commitment to prevent and reduce suicide deaths among individuals served by the Center through applying the elements of safer suicide care outlined the Zero Suicide Framework (lead, train, identify, engage, treat, transition, improve).   

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