ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provide case management and care coordination services for clients/patients/residents in the facility.
- Responsible for coordinating continuum of care activities for assigned clients and ensuring optimum utilization of resources, service delivery, and compliance with external agencies and referral sources requirements.
- Responsible for psychosocial assessment and for conducting individual, family and group sessions.
- Conduct various duties related to coordinating treatment and discharge activities, as needed.
- Provide quality care through developing, implementing, managing and evaluating client/patient care plans.
- Collect, correlate and provide clinical data to the treatment team.
- Convey medical criteria and clinical information between the insurance provider and treatment team as warranted.
- May also correlate clinical data for business office as required.
- Coordinate in a timely manner, issues or activities relevant to the treatment team.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
- Master's degree in social work, Counseling or related human service field required.MSW preferred.
- One or more years' experience working in a behavioral health setting preferred.
- Previous experience with the patient population served by the facility preferred.
- Previous experience in case management and/or utilization review preferred.
Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of an individual's race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability and genetic information unrelated to an individual's ability to perform the essential functions of a particular job, status as a military veteran or qualified veteran, or any other protected characteristics or protected class status in accordance with applicable state, federal and local laws. Additionally, it is Acadia Healthcare's policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities, transfer, compensation, participation in training, or educational activities or programs, disciple, and termination in a nondiscriminatory fashion. EEO