Case Manager - Connect to Care (61619)

Looking to grow your clinical career while making a meaningful impact in mental health care? Aurora Mental Health & Recovery (AMHR) is seeking a full‑time Case Manager to join our Connect to Care team, often the first point of connection for individuals seeking services. In this vital role, you’ll provide compassionate, trauma‑informed case management to individuals living with mental health and/or substance use challenges, helping them identify needs, access resources, navigate systems of care, and move toward stability. Working alongside therapists, case managers, and care coordination staff, you’ll support initial assessments, bridge services, crisis intervention, and ongoing engagement in care. This role is ideal for a collaborative, organized, and proactive professional who values supervision, teamwork, and hands‑on “groundwork” in the field. Candidates with experience in case management and serving diverse populations are preferred—but above all, we’re looking for someone passionate about people, learning, and making a difference every day.

Schedule: This position is fully onsite/in-person, Monday through Friday, 5x8 schedule from 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM. A 4x10 schedule may be available after 60–90 days, with hours from 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM and either Wednesday or Thursday off.

Salary for this role. The starting wage is based on experience and company equity. Paid bi-weekly.

• $21.03 - $31.56 per hour

Bilingual Language Differential Pay. Employees who successfully pass a language assessment are eligible to receive bilingual differential pay. This differential is provided as a fixed amount of $3,000 per calendar year, paid on a bi‑weekly basis across 26 pay periods, and prorated based on hire date and full‑time equivalency (FTE). Eligibility and payment are subject to the language requirements of the position and the employee’s demonstrated proficiency in the language.

Essential Functions:

Some or all of the following essential functions will be relevant to the Case Manager role, depending on the specific clinical team where work is performed:

• Help clients in meeting basic needs for food, clothing, shelter, personal safety, and general health care, and assist them with applications for income, medical, housing, or other benefits which they may need and to which they are entitled.
• Ensure clients' access to needed services and community resources by arranging for transportation.
• Provide comprehensive psychosocial services designed to improve or maintain clients' abilities to function effectively.
• Help clients evaluate strengths and symptoms, and facilitate clients in setting their own goals and plan for appropriate services.
• Guide and instruct clients in daily living skills such as medication use, diet, exercise, personal hygiene, shopping, cooking, budgeting, housekeeping, use of transportation, and other community services.
• Help clients develop social skills, interests, and leisure time activities, including opportunities for age-appropriate activities.
• Help clients find and make use of appropriate employment opportunities, vocational rehabilitation services, or supported work environments where appropriate.
• Offer support, assistance, consultation, and education to families, friends, landlords, employers, community agencies, and others who come into contact with clients, to maximize benefits and minimize problems associated with the presence of these persons in the community.
• Identify, work with, and make full utilization of potential natural support systems such as neighborhood networks, churches, and community organizations to encourage treatment program engagement.
• Reach out to eligible clients, inform them of, and educate them about available services in the community.