Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits (insurance, 401k, paid sick and time off, etc.)
• Loan forgiveness eligibility

Responsibilities:

Provide for coordination of treatment, care, services and payment for patients to ensure appropriate continuity from the time of admission through assessment, planning, treatment, and discharge.

Facilitate and coordinate the provision of psychological and social support services to his or her assigned individuals.

Provides regular assessment of the need for continuing treatment and continuing education for CARES patients.

Contact previous providers regarding status of patient care, treatment, and services.

Make referrals, as appropriate, as indicated by individual case needs.

Assists in the scheduling of passes, appointments, and other outside transportation issues as needed.

Assists in providing support for CARES patients and families, as needed, including financial assistance for payment of care.

Assists in developing treatment-planning goals/objectives with patients, families and treatment team members.

Disseminates agency and program information to social service agencies, churches, childcare institutions, etc., as needed.

Serves as a liaison for patients with other social service agencies including Department of Human Services (DHS) and Arkansas Medical Services (Medicaid).

Assists patients with appropriate discharge planning.

Provides client/family follow-up care as needed.

Returns phone calls, contacts, and other communications from family members, guardians, outside agencies and referral sources in a timely manner.

Keeps detailed and accurate documentation of all pertinent client information.

Attends regular treatment team staff meetings and provides pertinent input regarding client concerns, progress, etc.

Responsibility is assumed for continuing educational and professional development, as needed, and contributions are made to the professional growth of others. Documentation of continuing education, etc., will be provided to the personnel department and copies kept in the employee’s record.

Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor or other applicable personnel.

Qualifications:

At least twenty-one (21) years of age and preferably has a bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related human service field.

Student interns who are currently pursuing a master’s degree in human services and/or paraprofessionals may also be used under direct and close supervision of a Mental Health Professional. The LIP must be of the same discipline as the intern as outlined in the guidelines established by institution where the student is receiving training.

Possesses computer skills, preferably in Microsoft Word and Excel applications and able to document accurately and professionally.

Experience working with “at-risk” youth or other populations with special needs preferred.

Ability as a self-motivator and the aptitude to work in a high stress fast paced position with a minimal amount of supervision.

Must be willing and able to work with all patients of Methodist Family Health, regardless of gender

Must have good auditory, visual and olfactory ability

Requires the ability to sit and stand for long periods of time and intermittently walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch and reach with hands and arms

Use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls

Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment and other treatment equipment

Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen, chart or other treatment items

Requires the strength and stamina to perform clinical duties

Methodist Family Health (MFH) requires its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to CMS regulation 86 FR 61555, with exceptions only as required by law.

Flu shot is mandatory and required for all positions (subject to qualified exemptions).

Job descriptions are not intended, nor should be construed, to be all-inclusive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

When an employee performs two or more different jobs, for which different straight time hourly rates are established, the employee will be paid during overtime hours as a rate not less than one and one-half time the hourly rate established for the type of work he or she is performing during the overtime hours.

Level One - Full Access: Ongoing regular access to PHI of all forms while the employee is on duty and performing within the scope of his or her job as defined by the employee's job description, and Policy and Procedure. "Such access must be for cause, consistent with job responsibilities and related to patients, claims, audits, reviews and other legitimate business purposes." (e.g. Physicians, nurses and other clinicians)

Education

• High School or better