SCOAP/Transition Team Integrated Care Specialist III - COMCARE

Department:  COMCARE 

Pay:  $24.15 per hour | This position may be eligible for a sign on bonus of $2,500 after 60 days of employment if selected applicant meets all policy conditions.  

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm  

Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.  For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits.

Provide goal-directed, medically necessary services and support to adults who have mental illness and substance abuse problems contributing to repeat hospital admissions, criminal justice system and/or crisis contact.  Provide intensive case management to engage consumers, assist with accessing community resources to address basic needs and to identify long term solutions in an effort to promote recovery.

Service Provision Case Management Services

• Case Management using identified and accepted methods to remediate symptoms of mental illness and/or improve emotional and functional well-being
• Conduct risk assessments as needed to address safety of patients
• Provide Targeted Case Management (TCM) for assigned consumers to aid in achieving goals identified in the individualized treatment plan; interventions include: treatment planning, collateral contacts, phone support, access to supports and service coordination
• Provide Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST) for assigned consumers to achieve treatment goals; interventions include: assistance in improving symptom self-management, strengths assessment and planning, assistance to assure consumer income maintenance, individual therapeutic intervention, medication education, crisis management, assistance in to achieve academic progress
• Provide Attendant Care (AC) for assigned consumers to achieve treatment goals. AC interventions include: direct support, supervision and/or cueing
• Provide outreach, screening and engagement services to potential participants
• Arrange for the discharge of inpatient referrals and coordination of transition to the community
• Provide transportation to support patient attendance in medical appointments and other therapeutic goal related activities to include development of community resources, employment or education access, social or consumer-run activities and related supports

Treatment Planning

• Prepare quality treatment plans in collaboration with patient and/or guardian, additional treatment team and community partners
• Facilitate treatment plan review, addressing updates and progress on goals with patient, treatment plan coordinator or other members of the treatment team
• Complete DLA-20 at initial case management appointment and quarterly thereafter

Documentation

• Complete progress notes in accordance with COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines which meet requirements for medical necessity, goal-directed treatment and patient response to treatment within set timelines
• Complete Notes for Record, releases of information, safety documents and other documentation as required and/or recommended within established deadlines
• Respond to Utilization Review staff feedback forms and make corrections as needed
• Enter AIMS data monthly
• Completes discharge summary when closing to case management services
• Completes court reports or treatment summaries within required timelines as set by the entity requesting these documents
• Ensure patient’s financial information is current and up-to-date in medical record

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or be equivalently qualified by work experience or a combination of work experience in the human services field and education, with one year of experience substituting for one year of education. Per Sedgwick County policy, this is a driving level position that requires a valid US driver’s license without restrictions and current proof of automobile insurance.  Must have access to personal passenger vehicle to complete the driving duties of the position. Meet the specifications as outlined in the CMHC/CCBHC licensing standards and pass KBI, DCF child abuse check, adult abuse registry, and motor vehicle screens. Must complete orientations provided by Sedgwick County and COMCARE.

It is the policy of Sedgwick County not to discriminate in its programs or services, including employment, on the basis of race, color, sex, including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, marital status, religious or political affiliation, genetic information, disability, status as a member of the uniformed services or any other similarly protected status.

Sedgwick County is committed to making the application, interview, and pre-employment testing process accessible to qualified persons with disabilities as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you wish to volunteer information regarding any special assistance you may need, please contact the Sedgwick County ADA Coordinator at (316) 660-7050, TDD (Kansas Relay at 711 or 800-766-3777). Please do not use this phone number for employment questions. Applicants are contacted only if they are determined to be qualified candidates.