We are a nonprofit community mental health center whose mission is to ensure all members of our community have an opportunity to achieve their highest potential for living satisfying, productive, and valued lives.

We are dedicated to developing, organizing and efficiently utilizing resources to plan and provide quality mental health, developmental delay/intellectual disability, and substance use disorder services. We believe all persons should be afforded the opportunity to access community resources.

Persons with mental illness, developmental delay/intellectual disability, and substance use disorder are often devalued. They are segregated from living in the acceptable residence of their choice and from productive participation with their family and friends.

The efforts of Cumberland River Behavioral Health and our associated agencies is focused on empowering individuals to make decisions, preserve friendships, increase family involvement, integrate into the community, live satisfying lives, and to be employed in meaningful activities which are challenging and rewarding.

Cumberland River Behavioral Health is dedicated to planning and providing quality mental health, developmental and intellectual disabilities, and substance use services in our eight county service area, including Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Rockcastle, and Whitley counties.

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Cumberland River Behavioral Health, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other non-merit based factors. In addition to federal law requirements, Cumberland River Behavioral Health, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has operations. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

RHOAR SOS Case Manager

Middlesboro, KY

Full Time

Cumberland River Behavioral Health, Inc.

Entry Level

Job Title: SOS Case Manager

Summary of Job Duties: The Case Manager is responsible for assessing, coordinating and providing services for women who are admitted to the program.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This position requires a HS diploma and 2 years job related experience. Bachelor degree in related field is preferred. Knowledge of women’s issues in recovery is helpful. If in recovery, a minimum of 2 years continuous abstinence from drugs/alcohol required. Submit to and pass a criminal record check and a drug screening test.

Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 am until 4:00 pm. Evening and weekend hours may be required.

This position reports directly to the Cumberland River RHOAR Program Director.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Include the following:

In coordination with the Program Director, plans, coordinates, and evaluates all programmatic and administrative needs and responsibilities of clients.
Assess client employment and job training needs.
Teach open classes to address job/interview skills.
Follow up with clients and employers to ensure successful job placement.
Prepare and maintain a list if agencies and contact information for referrals.
Maintain and submit food stamp applications for clients.
Coordinate with parties involving the food stamp cards of clients who have left the program.
Attend Community.
Coordinate with courts, judges and referral agencies to provide services.
Works regionally with police, medical personnel, and other community.
Service agencies and individuals to provide and promote optimal services to clients.
Screens all clients for admission and maintains a waiting list.
Provides daily supervision to ensure accurate, complete, and up-to-date records are kept and all clientele are receiving appropriate care.
May be required to perform drug screenings on clients as needed.
Facilitates communication with other Recovery Kentucky Program staff.
Attends and participates in all required meetings.
Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with other team members.
Other duties as designated by Program Director.

Required Job Skills:

Oral and Written Communication Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Ability to exercise good judgment, tact, diplomacy and compassion when problem solving, handling conflict or in a crisis situation
Ability to complete record keeping in a timely fashion.
Ability to get along with diverse personalities and maintain effective working relationships.
Ability to work well with people of all races, backgrounds and needs.
Ability to make decisions quickly based on available information and take action.
Attentive to all aspects of the work environment.
Knowledgeable of Behavioral Health Concepts and how to incorporate concepts into practical application.
Ability to work as part of a team and to positively represent the agency in the community.
Knowledgeable of the stages in recovery for behavioral health and/or chemical dependency.

Additional Responsibilities:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable the individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physically able to reach, push, pull, stoop, stand, walk and lift up to 20 pounds.
Possess a valid Driver’s License, maintain a safe driving record, and maintain the required minimum vehicle insurance amount for the State of Kentucky, if required for job performance.
Maintain CPR/First Aid licenses.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions or may be off-site from normal office location.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

Environmental Data and Job Hazards:

Hours of work are structured 8.0 hour blocks of time but may be subject to irregular and/or flexible hours based on needs or demands
Position may require duties to include routine or reasonable anticipated tasks or procedures where there is a degree of actual or potential exposure to blood or other infectious materials.
All staff are required to participate in yearly trainings regarding infection control and safety in the environment including hazardous waste and blood borne pathogens.
All new staff must attend training regarding handling physical, verbal threats, acts of violence or other escalating and potential dangerous situations including when police need to be summoned.
All staff must be certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation within one month of employment and maintain the certification, if providing direct care.

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