Williams and Colbert Case Aide - Envision Unlimited
Chicago, IL
About the Job
Are you looking to make a difference in people’s lives? Do you want to learn and grow professionally while experiencing meaningful work?
Join our community mental health and wellness program and help people achieve success every day. Envision is a premier provider of recovery based mental health services in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. We inspire hope, inspiration, and resiliency to hundreds of people each year.
General Functions:
Case Aide will work directly with clients who are in the process of transitioning or who have transitioned from nursing homes and long-term care facilities into their own apartments within the community. Case Aide will participate as a member of the multidisciplinary team and provide support to staff responsible for the supervision, training, and implementation of an individual’s care plan. Facilitate all client activities, and complete documentation as required by the multidisciplinary team, CARF Accreditation and funders including Medicaid standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Secure vital documents (SS Cards, Birth Certificates) needed for transitions
- Assist class members to secure State IDs at the Secretary of State’s Office
- Secure Medical Records from Nursing Homes and Mental Health Rehab. Facilities
- Facilitate pre-transition activities such as arranging transportation, shopping for furniture, groceries and needed supplies.
- Arranging and providing transportation to medical and psychiatric appointments
- Provide clients with training, technical assistance and support needed to maintain successfully in the community.
- Provide compassionate care and recovery-oriented services to clients with severe and persistent mental illness.
- Provide input into the client’s care plan by outlining strengths, challenges, and accomplishments.
- Assist clients to achieve independent living goals by providing training in key areas such as activities of daily living, budgeting, transportation, developing healthy relationships and other items defined by ITP goals.
- Develop and implement psychosocial recreational opportunities both on site and off site.
- Document all activities provided in an electronic health records system
- Achieve and maintain productivity targets reflective of case load size and client needs.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Be at least 21 years old
- High School Diploma or GED (Bachelor’s Degree Preferred)
- Able to pass a criminal background check
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Flexibility in Schedule
- Willing to engage in a variety of tasks and activities
- Valid IL driver’s license
- 1 year of social service experience, preferred
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or a responsibility required of the employee and is subject to change based on the needs of the department and/or agency.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Envision Unlimited is a large, non-profit agency with locations across the Chicago Metropolitan Areas. We have decades of experience working with clients who experience developmental disabilities or severe, and persistent mental health challenges. We provide psychiatry, outpatient mental health, residential and day treatment within our mental health division.
Envision Unlimited offers competitive salaries and a generous benefit package to our professionals:
Medical Coverage: HMO, PPO
Dental and Vision Insurance Options
Company paid Life Insurance
12 Paid Holidays
Paid vacation, sick time and personal days
401K plan
In house training and CEU’s
Employee Assistance Network
Support for pursuing clinical licensure (financial and time off)
Opportunity for career growth & development
Envision Unlimited provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
