The Criminal Justice Case Manager provides clinical and administrative support to clients with serious psychiatric and/or substance abuse difficulties within the program of Mental Health Partners.

• Do you thrive in working with clients in the criminal justice system with moderate to high mental health and substance abuse service needs?

• Are you familiar with moderate to high Criminogenic Risk Factors?

• Do you want to utilize your well-defined experience to provide case management, coordination, therapeutic support, and behavioral support to clients with a high risk of recidivism?

Essential Functions:

• Assists clients in skill building and resource development in order to successfully live as independently as possible

• Assists other teams when necessary with outreach, engagement, and paperwork

• Provides a variety of case management services, under supervision, assisting clients to apply for various types of public assistance and providing supporting documentation, attending multi-agency clinical case consultations, and facilitating referrals to other organizations

• Supports client recovery by developing and enhancing client access to resources for vocational, financial, medical, housing, utilities, food, transportation or basic living needs as appropriate

• Works collaboratively with clients and other pertinent staff to provide assessment, develop treatment plans and coordinate appropriate care

• Assists clients in crisis situations to provide appropriate interventions or referrals

• Participates in team meetings to staff cases and communicates administrative information

• Facilitates groups, classes and workshops as needed

• Provides education on daily living skills and encourages client's use of those skills as needed

• Provides support in the management of the milieu and the work environment

• Face to face (in the office or in a community setting) or phone contact with clients in order to facilitate progress toward recovery through resource development

• Effectively interacts and communicates with other MHP staff/clients/customers/partners/etc.

• Other duties as assigned

Specialized Duties:

• Support transition process of clients involved in the criminal justice system to access and engage with MHP services

• Works with Boulder County Sheriff’s Dept personnel

• Work in the Boulder County Jail, in the community and at MHP sites

• Network with inter-agency providers, teams and partners on behalf of client care

• Network with external partners to coordinate access to MHP services

• Meet with clients in Boulder County Jail to establish rapport, and inform about MHP services and transition plan

• Meet with clients at different Mental Health Partners locations/in community to establish rapport, and inform about MHP services and transition plan

• Develop, or enhance, external partner relations

Mental Health Partners offers a diverse, quality work environment, a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. Our benefits include a very generous paid time-off policy (paid holidays, paid vacation and paid personal days-off), medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, and percentage match-up retirement contribution. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccination (and any subsequent boosters) and the annual influenza vaccine. Medical exemptions or religious accommodations may be requested.

What’s In It For You:

• Full time job with benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, disability and retirement plan)

• Paid time off and paid holidays

• Engaged employer who believes you are a key factor in delivering our mission to the community

• No overtime or weekend shifts, flexible schedule

• Training, personal and professional growth opportunities

• Strong team that will support you, and ask you to jump in to lend your skills where needed.

What We Need for this Role:

• Bachelors Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or related field

• Certified Addition Specialist (CAS) or Certified Addition Technician (CAT) | CAC I or II preferred, or working towards it.

• A professional who is resilient, grounded, and has a healthy self-care practice

• A professional that can work in a collaborative team environment.

• Strong initiative to work with a vulnerable client population providing services to support re-entry

This posting will close on 05/29/2024