Salary: $30.00 Hourly
Job Type:
Job Number: Clinical Case Manager-STH-26
Closing:
Location: 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA
Department: Clinical Case Manager-STH-26
Division: Student Health Services
Description
Equity and Diversity
The District is strongly committed to achieving staff
diversity and the principles of equal opportunity employment. The
District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,
ancestry, sex, age, religion, marital status, disability, or sexual
orientation in any of its policies, procedures or practices. In
fact, the college encourages applications from all segments of
qualified people.
Closing Date
Open until filled.
College ProfileCerritos College is ranked
14th among the top 100 schools with the highest Hispanic enrollment
in the United States by the United States Department of Education.
Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for
southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the College's
district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian
Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens,
Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Enrollment
currently averages 20,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online
at
www.cerritos.edu.
Distinguishing Career Features
The Clinical Case Manager reports to the Manager, LCSW. This
position provides direct clinical mental health services to
students, including clinical case management. Additionally, as
needed the Clinical Case Manager may assist with triage, crisis
intervention and assessment, brief individual and group
therapy.
Summary
Under the direction of the LCSW, Manager, the Clinical Case Manager
will provide clinical case management services, as well as direct
clinical social work and mental health services to the college
community. The Clinical Case Manager primarily provides direct
student mental health services, including case management services,
individual and group therapy, clinical triage, crisis intervention,
and assessment under supervision. This position will assist LCSW,
Manager in developing and maintaining relationships with local
community partners and referral sources for students accessing
support. Additionally, this position may serve as a resource for
mental health prevention and promotion activities including
classroom presentations and campus outreach events.
Job Duties
Essential Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Exhibit an equity-minded, trauma-informed focus,
responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse
student population of community college students, fostering, and
supporting an inclusive approach.
Conduct initial clinical case management meetings with students
to assess their needs for care, support, and appropriate referrals.
Assist with ongoing support to students to achieve collaborative
clinical case management goals such as successfully linking to
off-campus care, including mental health therapy, psychiatrists,
Autism and ADHD evaluations; increasing understanding of health
insurance plan coverage and processes for accessing care; enrolling
in or re-establishing enrollment in health insurance including
Medi-Cal, etc.
Provide immediate crisis intervention and continuity of care
for students, including assessment of mental status and clinical
needs.
Develop after-care plans for students with complex mental
health needs requiring services after and beyond the counseling and
medical care provided by SHS staff.
Under the clinical supervision of licensed mental health staff,
may provide triage, crisis visit intervention, individual and group
therapy to students.
Provide timely written documentation in the EMR and assist
LCSW, Manager with tracking of clinical case management utilization
and outcomes.
Participate, under the guidance of LCSW, Manager, in community
outreach efforts to educate students and greater college community
on mental health and wellness issues, their importance and the
availability of resources to provide support.
Participate in weekly group and/or individual clinical
supervision as needed and within guidelines required for
pre-licensed MSW providing clinical social work services.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications for Education and
Experience:
- Graduation from an accredited master's in Social Work degree
program.
- Have registered or will register within 90 days of hire with
the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an Associate
Clinical Social Worker (ASW).
- Experience providing case management, crisis intervention and
outreach services.
- Experience in collaborating with clients from diverse
backgrounds and/or those for whom English is not the first
language.
- Understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of the
diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic
background of the student, community, and employee
populations.
- Work with the core hours of 8:00am to 5:00pm (negotiable),
Monday through Friday.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in a college mental health services center
providing services to diverse students, faculty, and staff.
- Experience with Point and Click Solutions (PNC), EMR.
Supplemental Information
Knowledge and Skills
The position requires professional knowledge of:
- Knowledge of philosophy and guiding principles for effective
case management.
- Knowledge of models, practices, and tools of case management
applicable to college students with a wide range of mental health,
social services, and other needs.
- Knowledge of safety screening and planning including assessing
risk of suicide, harm to others, child and dependent adult/elder
abuse, and interpersonal violence and delivery of crisis
intervention/emergency services, and demonstrated crisis
intervention skills and techniques.
- Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules
and regulations including FERPA and HIPAA.
- Knowledge of ethical standards of clinical social work.
- Knowledge of clinical documentation and recordkeeping rules and
guidelines.
The position requires demonstrated skill in:
- Providing clinical case management services, including
assessment, collaborative goal-setting, and referrals for students
with a wide range of mental health needs to support their academic
success and retention.
- Providing mental health services to clients from diverse
backgrounds and intersectional identities.
Abilities
This position requires the ability to:
- Conduct clinical case management assessments and other analyses
to identify a wide range of care needs for students often with
complex mental health needs.
- Create and follow through on sound continuity of care plans to
support student short- and long-term mental health, psychiatric and
social service needs.
- Apply sound crisis management skills when supporting students
in high intensity and crisis situations.
- Work with and assist students navigating through complex
systems.
- Prepare clear, concise, and comprehensive documentation in a
timely fashion.
- Understand and follow applicable legal requirements and ethical
standards including seeking consultation as needed.
- Provide mental health services, including clinical case
management, and as needed clinical triage, brief individual and
group therapy, crisis visit interventions and mental health
assessment and referral services to students with a wide range of
mental health needs to support their academic success and
retention.
- Analyze situations accurately and adopting an effective course
of action.
- Continuously engage in learning and professional
development.
- Work cooperatively and productively with internal and external
constituencies.
Licenses and Certificates
- Master's in social work from an accredited master's degree
program.
- Registered, or application in process, as an Associate Clinical
Social Worker (ASW) with the California Board of Behavioral
Sciences within 90 days of hire. *Supervision of clinical hours
toward licensure available.
Salary:
$30.00//hr.
Application Procedures:
Application materials must be submitted by the closing date. We are
committed to providing an inclusive and accessible interview
process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to interview due
to a disability, please contact Human Resources at
hr@cerritos.eduas early as possible. While advance notice
(ideally at least 72 hours before the scheduled interview) helps
ensure we can meet your needs, we will make every effort to
accommodate requests made at any time.
It is the applicant's responsibility to provide copies of all
transcript(s) verifying all educational degree(s) and/or coursework
required for the position. Transcripts must be from regionally
accredited institutions. A foreign transcript must be evaluated by
a NACES certified agency. The website address is
www.naces.org.
Required Documents:
- Cover Letter
- Resume
- Copy of Unofficial Transcripts (Must show all coursework
completed and the conferral date of the degree)
- Copy of ASW Registration with the Board of Behavioral
Sciences
To apply, visit https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/cerritosedu/jobs/5332580/clinical-case-manager-short-term-hourly
The District ensures that all qualified applicants for
employment and employees have full and equal access to employment
opportunity, and are not subjected to discrimination in any program
or activity of the District on the basis of national origin,
religion, age, sex or gender, race, color, medical condition,
ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status,
physical or mental disability, or because he or she is perceived to
have one or more of the foregoing characteristics, or based on
association with a person or group with one or more of these actual
or perceived characteristics. .
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