OCTC Partners with Rivervalley Behavior Health

by Hailey Ballard

Owensboro, KY (05/30/2023) — River Valley Behavioral Health and Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) are partnering to host info sessions for the open position of Waiver Case manager at River Valley. OCTC Workforce Solutions is excited to partner with River Valley Behavioral Health to provide a work-and-learn model geared toward leadership and team-building skills. The program is designed for those who are currently in leadership roles or those who will transition to leadership roles in the future. River Valley is actively working to ensure new recruits are ready for their roles with clients as well as ready to serve as community leaders

The Case Manager facilitates coordination, communication, and collaboration on behalf of the client/guardian in order to achieve goals and maximize outcomes for the participant. They monitor the delivery of services to the individual at various service sites. Interested prospects must have a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, sociology, social work, or other human services degree approved by DDID, or RN licensure, or an Associate in the fields listed above and one year experience in working with individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Mary Kay Lamb, Vice President of Community Services for River Valley Behavioral Health stated "We are very excited to embark on this partnership with KCTCS to provide skill enhancement and educational opportunities for personnel in our Waiver Case Management Programs provided by River Valley Behavioral Health, and our Residential Waiver Services provided by Strategic Partnerships. This will allow us to further develop our services, and the quality of our service delivery."

These info sessions will be held on May 31st at 4:30 p.m. and on June 1st at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. in room 8 at OCTC's downtown campus, located at 1501 Frederica Street.

To register for these sessions or for more information, please contact LaTasha Shemwell at 270-686-4455 or latasha.shemwell@kctcs.edu.

Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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