Case Manager - Peer Assistance Services Inc

Case Manager - PHAP

Peer Assistance Services, Inc. is a community-based, 501(c)(3), non-for-profit Colorado corporation. Our mission, to lead with prevention and intervention for substance use and mental health concerns, guides all agency programming. Our values of grit, integrity, and compassion are guideposts for all that we do in the service of our mission. Each staff member operates from these to ensure the success of the agency. PAS implements two statewide programs, Screening Brief Intervention, Referral to treatment (SBIRT), and the Peer Health Assistance Programs (PHAP)

Screening, Brief, Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, or SBIRT, is an evidence-based early intervention practice to identify, reduce, and prevent use of alcohol and other substances. SBIRT calls for community-based screening for health risk behaviors, including substance use. SBIRT in Colorado is a statewide program that provides training, technical assistance, and implementation support to health and mental healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, and stakeholders. SBIRT in Colorado manages a statewide campaign to increase public awareness of the risks related to alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use and to reduce the stigma of seeking treatment.

Peer Health Assistance Programs contract with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations to provide the Peer Health Assistance Programs which are statutorily created and funded by license fees. These programs provide assessment, referral, long-term case management and monitoring for health and mental health professionals with physical, emotional, psychiatric, psychological and/or substance use conditions affecting their practice.

These are the professions who have statutorily created programs for Nurses – RNs and LPNs, Direct Entry Midwives, Dentists and Dental Hygienists, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Interns, Veterinary Professionals, Marriage and Family Therapists, Professional Counselors, Psychologists, Social Workers, Addiction Counselors, and Unlicensed Psychotherapists. 

The Peer Health Assistance Program is available on a fee for service basis to other licensed healthcare providers in Colorado who do not have a statutorily created program. These professions include physical therapists, surgical technicians/assistants, chiropractors, optometrists, nursing home administrators, podiatrists, athletic trainers, massage therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, and speech and language pathologists.  
Please visit our website at https://www.peerassistanceservices.org/ to learn more about the agency. 

About the Case Manager Position  

This is a hands-on, full-time position with day-to-day responsibilities that will include ensuring program participants are able to practice their profession with reasonable skill and safety, while complying with regulatory requirements. You will also collaborate with licensed evaluators to develop a monitoring contract outlining treatment and community resources to optimize program participants' physical and mental health and wellbeing. You will need to maintain regular communication with program participants, treatment providers, and workplace supervisors to measure compliance with the monitoring contract. You may also have to adjust monitoring contract requirements based on compliance measurements while keeping accurate records of contract monitoring throughout the program participant's involvement in the Peer Health Assistance Program. Your goal will be to help program participants achieve optimal health and well-being while also meeting regulatory requirements.  

Compensation:  $55,000 to $60,000

 What will you do?

• Provides comprehensive case management for Peer Health program participants. 
• Comprehensive management of compliance with monitoring contracts. 
• Collaborates with licensed clinical evaluators to provide referrals to treatment and other resources. 
• Maintains accurate electronic participant records. 
• Communicates with State Regulatory Boards. 
• Directs participants to appropriate providers. 
• Establishes and manages relationships with key partners, e.g., treatment and healthcare providers, employers, supervisors, and practice monitors. 
• Conducts regular audits of program participants for quality assurance.  
• Attends staff meetings including clinical consultation, office hours, case review, required trainings, and all agency meetings. 
• Assists with additional program activities as requested. 

 What education & experience is required in this role?

• Bachelor’s degree in a health and behavioral health-related field, e.g., nursing, social work, or human services, is required.
• Two or more years of experience in case management is preferred. 

 Do you have these special skills?

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail and organization skills.
• Deliver high-quality services to program participants and contracts.
• critical thinking

Covid 19 Vaccination:

• Employees must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination

What makes us different?

• Comprehensive Medical (United HealthCare), Dental, and Vision.
• FSA and Employer paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Robust Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plan option - 403(b)(7) for eligible employees
• Generous PTO
• Part-time, paid sick leave accrual but not eligible PTO employees.
• Professional Development
• Travel and Reimbursement

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