Case Manager - Children's Services

Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority of Adrian MI is looking to hire a full-time Case Manager - Home Based (Children's Services) . This position is onsite and requires travel to/from the consumer's location. This position will provide intensive services to children and their families, who have multiple service needs and access to an array of mental health services. The Case Manager - Home Based is responsible for supporting families in meeting their child's developmental needs, providing support to preserve families, to reunite families who have been separated, and to provide effective treatment and community supports based on the child's needs, with the focus on the family unit. The starting pay for this position is $1,038.00 per week .

About Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority

We have been providing services to some of the most vulnerable members of the Lenawee County community for over 40 years. Our agency provides or manages a full array of services to adults and children with mental health issues, emotional disturbances, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities. Our mission is to create a path to resilience, recovery, wellness, and self-determination. We feel a responsibility to identify needs and work with our community partners to identify solutions. Our priorities are to offer a welcoming environment, integrated care, community benefit, community inclusion, innovation, and improvement.

Working for us, you will find an organization that is dedicated to the well-being of the people we serve as well as our community. A career with us is challenging and rewarding. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to diversity in our workforce. In addition to rewarding work , our employees enjoy competitive pay , excellent benefits , good work-life balance , and a positive work culture .

A Day in the Life of a Case Manager - Home-Based

You assist eligible minor consumers (and their families) with the development of a youth-driven / family guided Person / Family-Centered Plan (P/FCP) emphasizing strength-based, culturally relevant interventions, parent/youth and professional teamwork, and connection with community resources and supports. You work with the minor consumer (and their families or chosen support network) in developing a P/FCP that promotes individual choice, the use of community resources, and formal and informal supports in pursuit of the minor consumer's desired goals. You effectively monitor the supports and services according to the plan. You will find creating a path to resilience, recovery, wellness, and self-determination for the youth that you work with to be very rewarding!

Qualifications for a Case Manager

• Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited program;
• Licensed by the State of Michigan to practice in a human services field (if applicable);
• Three years supervised work experience in examination, evaluation, and treatment with you and children with serious emotional disturbances.
• Possess a valid U.S. driver's license.

Why work for LCMHA?

We have been around for over 40 years providing services to some of the most vulnerable members of the Lenawee County community. We feel a responsibility to identify needs and work with our community partners to identify solutions. We have been leaders in implementing system change.

The starting salary is $53,976. The annualized salary range for this position is $53,976 to $69,810 per year (based on a 37-1/2-hour work week); the range is based on the number of years of service with the agency.

The benefits package includes:

Employees receive a generous paid leave benefit, and paid leave begins to accrue on an employee's first day of employment; an employee would receive about 24-1/2 paid days off in the first year. The number of paid leave hours an employee accrues is based on length of service; the paid leave time accruing increases after one year, five years, and ten years of employment.

Employees receive scheduled annual salary increases, starting after one year of employment.

Paid Holidays -- LCMHA observes 15 paid holidays per year; employees are eligible for paid holidays as of the first day of employment.

Employees are eligible to enroll in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance as of the first day of employment.

• Medical insurance: The employee premium contribution for the plan choices is dependent on the plan and coverage-level choice.
• Vision insurance: the agency covers 100% of the cost for all coverage levels;
• Dental insurance: the agency covers 100% of the cost for all coverage levels.

Employees who decline to enroll in the agency's medical insurance program because they have medical insurance coverage from a different source receive a medical insurance opt-out payment (this benefit starts as of the first day of employment).

Retirement Benefits: this benefit starts as of the first day of employment.

Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance (at no cost): the agency covers 100% of the cost; benefits start as of the 91st day of employment.

LCMHA is also a participating / qualifying site for several student debt relief options including the HRSA Loan Repayment Program & MDHHS Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program (Please note that employee eligibility is determined by these programs, and not by LCMHA).