We are looking for Game Changers
The types of people who wake up excited to make a difference. The superheroes of their field who care about the people they serve. If that sounds like you, we want you on our team. We recognize the importance of a quality work life balance and offer a generous paid time off program and flexible work arrangements to meet the changing needs of our workforce.
Job Duties
- Assesses and evaluates the needs of ACT individuals and continues caseload contact to develop goals. Assists individuals in developing appropriate program plans to meet identified needs. Completes referral forms, clinical and legal documentation necessary to obtain community based services for individuals. Advocates for new services as needed. Seeks out and develops community resources to meet the needs of assigned individuals for activities and support services.
- Engages individuals and families in a welcoming, hopeful, empathic manner regardless of stage of readiness and phase of treatment.
- Provides case management services for individuals, families and/or guardians for support, rehabilitation and/or crisis intervention purposes. Monitors and evaluates living situations, school and/or program placements of individuals to determine consistency of treatment and progress. Assists in commitment procedures when necessary as well as voluntary admissions.
- Attends daily team meetings to review problems and plan solutions and completes meeting minutes on a rotation basis. Attends meetings with ACT psychiatrist at least twice per week to ensure continuity of individual care.
- Assists individuals with medication compliance and distributes medication vials to individuals as ordered by the psychiatrist, as well as “eyes on meds” activities, to ensure compliance with treatment plan.
- Works within the rotation of ACT individuals to ensure that individual needs are met by all professional disciplines, including transportation.
Qualifications
- Must be a QMHP in accordance with Medicaid Provider Manual Guidelines. Must meet one of the following:
- Possess specialized training (including fieldwork and/or internships associated with the academic curriculum where the student works directly with persons receiving mental health services as part of that experience) OR one year of experience in treating or working with a person who has mental illness; AND
- Be a human services professional with at least a bachelor’s degree in a human services field OR,
- Possess a Bachelor's degree and be an LLBSW or LBSW with the State of Michigan.
- Be a Master’s prepared LLMSW or LMSW with the State of Michigan.
- Be a Master’s prepared LLPC or LPC with the State of Michigan.
- Be a Master’s prepared TLLP or LLP with the State of Michigan.
Benefits of Being a Superhero!
- We are proud to offer an equitable and inclusive environment that reflects the communities that we serve and encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our workforce.
- Here at Easterseals MORC, life is good. We have flexible hours, loads of time off, and awesome events. 3 weeks of Personal Time Off (PTO) and 3 floating holidays, in addition to Easterseals MORC's 10 observed holidays.
- As a member of our family, you are part of a culture that values professional development, community service and collaboration.
- We keep it open, honest and inclusive. We care about providing our employees a collaborative experience, including quarterly team days.
- We not only offer our employees a competitive salary, we also provide bonuses and extra incentives to reward their hard work & dedication.
- Innovation is at the heart of our organization. We use cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practices.
- We offer fantastic benefits! We have a competitive and comprehensive salary and benefits package including Medical/Dental/Vision coverage with company contribution Flexible Spending Account, Voluntary Dependent reimbursement
- We offer a variety of resources centered on our 6 pillars of well-being to support staff in living a healthy lifestyle. Free access to Calm app? Yes please!
- We offer traditional and 401k options to ensure each of our employees are able to save for their future.
- We are a PSLF (Public Service Loan Forgiveness) Employer.
Proud Winners of:
- Metro Detroit's 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
- Corp! Magazine Diversity Award Winner
- West Michigan's 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
- Crain's Cool Places to Work
- Oakland Parenting Awareness Coalitions' Family Friendly Employer of the Year
