Substance Use Disorder (SUDS) Case Manager

About the job

Kaniksu Community Health in Sandpoint is hiring a full-time Substance Use Disorder (SUDS) Case Manager as it expands support for people with substance use disorders. The case manager links patients with health care services and community resources and helps them get past barriers to care, working under the Director of Behavioral Health and the behavioral health providers as part of its Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team.

Kaniksu Community Health is a non-profit community health center in north Idaho offering integrated medical, dental and behavioral health care for all ages, regardless of a patient's ability to pay, through the Patient Centered Medical Home model.

What you'll do

• Give triage support to people with a substance use disorder who need health or social services
• Serve on the treatment team and keep its members informed
• Respond to crises and give support when needed
• Maintain electronic client records such as mental health screenings and encounter notes
• Coordinate identified care needs with the right support services, in the community, by telehealth or in person
• Make Child Protection Services (CPS) referrals when necessary
• Protect client rights under the confidentiality policy and follow the professional code of ethics for your discipline
• Attend staff, behavioral health and other meetings
• Treat patients from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds with empathy, dignity and respect

What you need

• A BSW (Bachelor's degree in Social Work) from an accredited college or university
• Qualified to obtain Idaho licensure as a bachelor-level social worker (LBSW)
• Knowledge of social work principles, practices and ethics
• Knowledge of community resources and support services, and the ability to build and keep community partnerships
• Able to assess patient needs and arrange the right services and referrals
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills, and the ability to work on an interdisciplinary treatment team
• Computer skills to keep accurate, timely electronic client charts and to communicate within the organization
• Able to keep information confidential and use sound professional judgment
• Able to work well with people with substance use disorders and with complex social or behavioral health needs
• Able to pass an enhanced background check by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Criminal History Unit

Preferred

• Experience in mental health or substance use disorder services, or in a related human services field
• Working knowledge of administrative procedures at a federally funded community health center

Schedule

• Full-time, 40 hours a week
• Choice of four days of 10 hours or five days of 8 hours

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Education Assistance and Guided Career Pathways
• A 401K with a 4% employer match
• Access to in-house medical, dental or behavioral health services
• Affordable on-site childcare all year