Transition Facilitator (Youth Case Manager)

Job Description

Job Description

GCBHS has immediate openings for Case Managers/ Youth Transition Facilitators to provides Community Psychiatric Support Treatment (CPST) services to severely and persistently mentally ill youth and young adults . CPST services are designed to provide specific, measurable, and individualized services to each person served. Join our mission to help individuals with mental illness and addictions to lead healthy and productive lives.

We are looking for BSW or Psychology or Sociology or Criminal Justice or related Human Services degree graduates. GCBHS offers great career advancement opportunities and a rich benefits package including Tuition Assistance ($2,500 per semester for a MSW or MA in Counseling). We also provide practicum supervision, license supervision, and continuing education credits. This is a great starting point for a recent Social Work or Psychology graduate and students in a MSW or Master's in Mental Health Counseling program .

Why Work at GCBHS?

As the region's most comprehensive community behavioral health organization, GCBHS seeks to make life better and brighter for those challenged with severe mental illness and addiction. Specifically, GCBHS is a non-profit behavioral health agency with 700 staff serving more than 30,000 individuals annually.

• Boost Your Earning Potential—We offer Productivity Bonuses up to $50 an hour!
• Did you know you could earn up to $3,000 in state-funded bonuses? Ask our team for more information about Ohio's State-Sponsored Workforce Initiatives!
• Paid Time Off and Sick Time (accrued separately)
• Flexible work schedules + mileage reimbursement
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• Comprehensive health insurance (dental/vision)
• 403(b) Retirement with agency matching
• Tuition Assistance ($2,500 per semester or quarter for MSW or MA Counseling)
• Internship and Practicum opportunities for MSW and MA Counseling students (prioritized for current employees)
• Bonus opportunities based on productivity metrics
• Eligibility for discretionary annual incentive bonus

Responsibilities for Case Manager/TF:

• Provides case management - Community Psychiatric Support Treatment (CPST) services and Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) to youths and young adults with severe mental illness in an outpatient facility and in the community
• Initiates, coordinates, and monitors evaluations necessary to identify each client's needs in areas to include: living arrangements, financial issues, benefit status, legal status, physical/psychiatric health, activities of daily living, social supports, leisure and recreation
• By assertive outreach, attempts to engage the client in identifying and expressing his/her own needs, offers services to assist in meeting these needs, and re-assesses outcomes with the client on a regular basis
• Gains knowledge of the following: mental health treatment and basic needs resources, informal and formal linkages with agencies that provide services, the client’s use of services, and applicable costs of use, and the opportunities for alternative resources.
• Strives to understand the characteristics of the client population and practice setting in which this population is served; the socioeconomic, cultural, gender, racial, and sexual orientation issues that may affect the differential use of services; the fiscal impact and consequences of using particular services; and the system of agency-community resources and the interrelationships among system components

Requirements for Case Manager/TF:

• Masters degree in mental health, vocational training, education, social work, counseling
• OR BSW (Bachelor of Social Work), Bachelor in psychology, criminal justice, or a related human services field plus two years of specialized education, training, or experience in one of the specified fields of study
• Experience in social services and behavioral health preferred but not required
• Position requires frequent driving of own personal vehicle. A valid driver’s license, vehicle, and insurable driving record are required

Did You Know about the Ohio State-Sponsored Workforce Initiatives? More eligibility details will be available after Oct 1st.

Ohio currently offers several programs to support behavioral health professionals:

1. Welcome Back Initiative : If you're returning to the behavioral health field after a minimum 30-day break, you may be eligible for a $2,500 bonus (or $3,000 if not referred by current staff).
2. Great Minds Fellowship : If you are a student in the final two years in one of the specified programs, you may be eligible for up to $15,000 in tuition assistance.
3. Great Minds Workforce Commitment Incentive : If you are a student who graduated in or after May 2023 in one of the specified degrees, you may be eligible for up to $20,000 in student loan repayment assistance.
4. Great Minds Retention Funds : If you are/were a graduated Great Mind Fellow and continue working at GCBHS for at least one year may be eligible for additional funding of up to $10,000.

GCBHS has been named a Top Workplace in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for 13 years in a row! Please visit our website to learn more about GCBHS.

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