Are you looking for an exciting new venture that can truly make a difference in people's lives?

Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities is your place.

The Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (MHID) is dedicated to helping the residents of Nueces County who are living with mental illness and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve over 10,000 people each year with psychiatric and behavioral health care outpatient services, counseling, training, employment assistance, housing support, homeless outreach, children's mental health care and more. 

*This position will remain open for seven (7) calendar days, or until filled. Posted 10/15/2024* (updated 10/16/2024)

Hourly Wage: $26.97

Full-Time, 40 Hour Work Week, Paid Bi-weekly

General Description

Under the supervision of the Crisis Intervention Team Supervisor, Crisis Intervention Team Forensic Case Managers are embedded with CCPD and serve as one half of the Crisis Intervention Team. Team member is responsible for providing rapid response when dispatched with CIT officers in the community. Services to be provided include crisis assessment, intervention, and coordination of diversion from arrest and incarceration based on established processes. Team members are responsible for linking and coordinating care for eligible persons with a mental illness and/or co-occurring disorder who are being diverted from incarceration. Team member will work alongside CIT officers to facilitate services. Job includes working side by side with CIT trained police officers. When not on CIT team rotation staff is responsible for assisting and providing services at Pathways Crisis Respite unit.  When not on CIT team rotation staff is responsible for assisting and providing services at Pathways Crisis Respite Unit. Adheres to established training and service delivery standards including the use of evidenced based practices, establishes and maintains open communication law enforcement, communicates directly with in-house Jail personnel, other Crisis Intervention Team Members and Mobile Crisis Outreach team members to ensure individuals served gain access to psychiatric, substance abuse, medical, social, vocational, and other services and supports. Staff are required to report any misdemeanor offenses or other involvement with the criminal justice system to Human Resources.

Minimum Qualifications

A minimum of a bachelor's or advance degree from an accredited college or university with a major in psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, criminal justice, human growth and development, Physician Assistant, gerontology, special education, educational psychology, early childhood education, or early childhood intervention.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• In the course of being employed, understands and implements trauma informed care practices.
• Demonstration of the clinical competencies required by agency-approved, standardized training
• Must have reliable transportation. May use personal vehicle to conduct business. Must have a valid driver's license at all times, liability insurance and good driving record
• Computer literate 
• Ability to participate as a team member 
• Experience in the use of teaching and recovery techniques used in rehabilitation services providing effective assistance to persons who are disabled
• Knowledge of assessment techniques and tools
• Knowledge of client care techniques
• Ability to plan an individualized program of instruction with the client
• Ability to work with others and to gain and retain the confidence of persons being instructed, guided, or directed
• Ability to communicate effectively.

MHID cares about the health and well-being of our employees, we are dedicated to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. 

We offer a very competitive benefits package

• excellent health, hospitalization, dental and vision insurance plans
• life Insurance, $25,000 provided at no cost to employees
• very generous retirement plan- MHID contributes 6% of employee annual salary on the first day of employment and the employee contributes 1%
• employee referral program
• 16 hours of paid time off (PTO) each month, with increases
• 10 holidays plus 2 personal holidays each year
• career ladder incentives/opportunities
• mileage reimbursement if personal vehicle is used for work

• employee appreciation events and annual employee recognition banquet
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP)

Student Loan Repayment

• MHID is a qualified employer for the PSLF program to repay student loans https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

Education

• MHID offers flex scheduling for educational assistance to full-time employees 
• Free LPC-A supervision

We are a tobacco free workplace
EOE/AA

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters