Case Manager
Northampton, MA, United States
Grace House is a residential treatment program for mothers in early recovery located in Northampton, MA. The program can house up to fourteen mothers with children in a collective living environment, where they share space and resources in an effort to build a recovery community and encourage peaceful living. As a therapeutic setting, we strive to provide each family with a safe, nurturing environment where mothers and their children can experience success.
The Case Manager provides support services to women with children and/or pregnant in a comprehensive six-to-nine -month residential treatment program. S/he assists referred individuals in need of substance abuse treatment by providing the education and support needed to establish a clean and sober way of independent living and assisting clients to access community resources as well as mitigate barriers to success.
Responsibilities include:
Provide service coordination and linkages to the community
Develops helping relationships through use of programmatic structure and evidence based models including Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Connects clients to varying and multiple community entities and helps the find resources in order to have a successful treatment and discharge
Facilitating groups for up to 14 women at a time
Assist clients in obtaining benefits, housing and health care as needed
Provide support and participate in the development, revision and utilization of relapse prevention and/or safety plans
Encourages and facilitates utilization of clients' natural support systems as well as recovery-oriented, peer support and self-help supports and services
Will assist in data collection and tracking for grant evaluation
Maintain and update appropriate treatment plans for residents
Requirements Bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution or at least three years of relevant work or lived experience that is acceptable by MBHP waiver
Ability to pass certification for CPR, First Aid
Valid driver's license and ability to provide transportation on an as needed basis
Ability to counsel and support clients with co-occurring and/or substance use disorder diagnoses
Demonstrated knowledge of trauma-informed care
Lived experience relative to co-occurring and/or substance use disorder preferred *Recovery Coaches welcome! * bilingual encouraged to apply: Spanish/English
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