Organizational Overview:
CarePlus New Jersey continues to be a leader in mental health and a pioneer in integrated care in Northern New Jersey for more than 45 years. CarePlus strives for excellence in mental health, addiction recovery, and community-based services. Our goal is to offer affordable, accessible, and holistic-centered care that empowers individuals to reach their full potential and enhance their quality of life.

Job Summary:
You will provide comprehensive care management, care coordination, health promotion, comprehensive transitional care, individual and family support services, and referral to community and social support services through person-centered care planning. Additionally, you will provide all services consistent with SAMHSA's fundamental components of recovery, in a person- and family-centered approach that incorporates cultural appropriateness.

What You Will Do:

• Engage consumers and their families.
• Facilitate and coordinate psycho-educational services (including groups) for consumers and their family members on a variety of topics relating to wellness (physical and mental), health promotion, prevention, skill-building and related health and wellness/recovery topics.
• Offer on-site as well as outreach services (including transport of consumers).
• Fulfill case management services, including, but not limited to coordinating or directly facilitating linkages to services, service coordination, treatment enrollment assistance, and so forth.
• Provide services based on the tenants of evidence-based practices (i.e., IMR, MI and TIC).
• Ensure consumers have community supports in place (and engage in service planning as appropriate) that fulfill a positive corroborative role.
• Communicate observations and information about the consumer in the consumer's service record and to team members.
• Engage in supportive counseling and crisis intervention.
• Participate in assessment and evaluation of consumers at intake/admissions, during ongoing recovery/service delivery and at discharge.
• Provide input into formulation of consumer-centered care plans in collaboration with team members, containing relevant goals, measurable objectives (that serve as indicators for evaluating progress) and realistic time frames for achievement; performs reviews of progress and evaluates effectiveness of goals/objectives.
• Work with administrative staff to ensure that all services are documented based on billing and regulatory standards; collects information on consumers and reflects all demographic data.

What We Need to See:

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related field
• At least 1 year of experience in a related field.
• A valid driver's license and must be insurable by agency's automobile insurance
  
  

What We Offer:

• Health, Dental and Vision
• Life & AD&D insurance; STD & LTD coverage
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Competitive Hourly Wages and Premium Holiday Compensation
• 401k Plan and Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount and Rewards Program

About CarePlus New Jersey:
CPNJ embraces a culture of diversity and inclusion in all of it policies and procedures. Care Plus follows Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, et seq and NJ Law Against Discrimination. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by Federal and State laws.