Case Manager

As a full-time Case Manager, you will play a crucial role in connecting clients to essential behavioral health services. Your primary responsibility will be to engage clients through outreach, ensuring they receive necessary screenings, referrals, and linkages to community resources. You'll advocate for clients, assisting them in overcoming barriers to accessing needed services.

If you are committed to promoting hope, respect, empowerment, health, wellness, and spirituality in your work, we want to hear from you. Join us in providing compassionate, high-quality care to our clients and their families.

Apply today to become a part of Chestnut Health Systems, where your skills and dedication will make a meaningful impact every day.

Chestnut Health Systems is a leading provider of behavioral and primary health care services. Over four decades, Chestnut has grown to almost 800 committed, compassionate employees providing substance use, mental health, and primary care treatment to patients in Illinois and Missouri. We provide fully integrated care for all our patients by combining behavioral health care services with our community-based primary care health centers. Chestnut also conducts research and training throughout the U.S.A.

• Engage clients in behavioral health services through outreach and assist in overcoming barriers to needed services.
• Conduct screenings, referrals, linkages, advocacy, and discharge planning to connect clients with recommended services and community resources.
• Coordinate care by sharing assessment and treatment information with other care providers, families, schools, and professionals, ensuring interventions are client-centered, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and strength-based.
• Maintain knowledge of community resources and provide appropriate referrals.
• Offer ongoing support and maintain communication with clients and referral sources throughout treatment.
• Develop and foster professional relationships with referral sources and other behavioral health agencies.
• Operate within a multi-disciplinary team, providing clinical guidance to less experienced staff and interns, and modeling Chestnut Health Systems' Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Facilitate transportation for clients and families to clinical appointments as needed.
• Document client services in compliance with agency policies, procedures, and grant requirements, ensuring timely completion of paperwork.
• Promote the recovery model of treatment, supporting clients' self-directed recovery and using recovery-oriented language in documentation.
• Support team members by providing backup when necessary and uphold Chestnut's customer service standards.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of all organizational information, including financial and client data.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent with 5 years of supervised behavioral health experience, OR;
• High school diploma or equivalent and be a Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) in good standing with the State of Illinois, OR;
• Bachelor’s degree in counseling, social work, or related human services field OR;
• Bachelor’s degree in any field with two years supervised clinical behavioral health experience.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite, and Adobe Acrobat
• Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems (preferred)
• Valid driver's license, private automobile insurance, and must be insurable

Are you intrigued by this job but don’t meet every single requirement? Chestnut is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about any of our posted positions but your experience doesn’t line up perfectly, please apply anyway! We’d love to explore the possibilities with you.

Chestnut Health Systems is a leader in the effort to achieve health equity, providing high-quality health and human services in underserved communities. We deliver trauma-informed, fully integrated care by combining behavioral health with community-based primary health care. Chestnut’s research division is nationally recognized for its contribution to evidence-based practices. Our empathic and innovative employees live our mission of making a difference.

Chestnut offers a new salary structure and robust benefits!

EOE – Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. Chestnut welcomes applications from qualified individuals with recovery experience.