School of Social Work at UT Arlington
Case Manager - Texas Mentor
Description TEXAS MENTOR provides individualized residential treatment for children and adolescents who are emotionally disturbed and behaviorally impaired, as well as, individuals with developmental disabilities, and court-involved youth. Texas Mentor has been providing services for 20 years and is part of a National Corporation.
Job Description:
Provide case management services on a weekly basis or biweekly (every other week) depending on service needs of assigned caseload. Therapy may be provided based on credentials. Maintain the health and safety of client’s served based on observations during visits and meeting with the children in care as well as the Mentor. Responsible for the development of the ISP or ISP/ICP with the Mentor and child. Conduct weekly or bi-weekly monitoring of each mentor, who includes the mentor’s report of the client and your feedback/interventions to the mentor. Participate in all required trainings as required by licensing standards and the agency. Conduct Mentor training during monthly contacts.
Participate in on call rotation responding to calls immediately and following up with required phone calls or documentation, including the completion of incident reports.
Ensure client files are maintained in accordance with minimum standards, TYC standards, YFT guidelines, contractual guidelines, and mentor quality assurance policies at any given time. Assist in the arrangement of respite for the Mentors with CPMS. Perform all other duties as assigned by the management team.
Direct supervision from a person fully qualified to conduct child-placement management activities. The direct supervision must consist of 10 documented monthly, face-to-face case related conferences over each annual period, this must continue until the employee’s previous experience and directly supervised experience totals three years.
Requirements Bachelor’s Degree in social work or other human services field required or Master’s Degree with license may provide therapy to children in care.
Preferred: One year of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency under the supervision of a person fully qualified to conduct child placement management activities. The experience may include a maximum of 350 hours of formal, supervised field placement or practicum in child placing activities.
Send resumes to anji.taylor@thementornetwork.com
