CASE MANAGER (CRISIS) at Highland Rivers Health in Cedartown, Georgia

Job Description:

Crisis stabilization services are a first-line alternative to hospitalization in state hospitals, providing psychiatric stabilization and detoxification for adults age 18 and over on a short-term basis. Highland Rivers has three crisis stabilization units (CSUs) that operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as emergency receiving and evaluation facilities. The CSUs are available to residents of all 12 counties Highland Rivers serves.Responsibilities include:

• Assist individuals with long term placement.


• Provides daily groups and documents participation and response.


• Progress notes regarding discharge planning including progress or lack of towards discharge.


• Participates in daily Treatment Team Meeting.


• In-service Trainings as scheduled.


• Essential Learning Courses as schedules.


• Enters connects reauthorizations as needed into computer system as required.


• Meets with individual's family members as needed for discharge planning and documents results of the meeting.


• Assist individuals with ensuring WRAP plans & SNAPS are completed.


• Ensures discharge appointments are made including any medical follow-up needed and documents in the individual's record.


• Schedules transport when consumers are unable to obtain.


• Ensures Individual Treatment Plans have individualized goals and are reasonable and measureable. Focus on 30 day readmits regarding documentation on reason for re-admit and developing goals to prevent relapse.