Many Roles, One Mission
At Van Buren Community Mental Health (VBCMH), every role plays a vital part in our shared mission—to respect individuality and develop community. Whether you’re providing direct care, coordinating services, offering administrative expertise, or supporting behind the scenes, your work here makes a real and lasting impact. Join us, and bring your skills to a place where they truly matter and be rewarded with:
• Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental and vision
• Generous paid leave: vacation, sick and personal time, plus 12 holidays per year.
• Deferred compensation retirement plan with employer matching
• Professional growth: training, certifications, and continuing education
• Employer-provided life & disability insurance
Current Openings
Home-Based Clinician/Youth & Families
Regular Full-Time: 37.5 hrs/wk
Salary Range: $49,166 - $72,202 per year
Master’s level clinician needed to provide home and community-based intervention and support to families with infants, young children, and youth with mental health issues. Outreach services help to promote positive parenting attitudes and skills, improve family relationships, encourages use of positive approaches to child behavior/discipline, and interventions the caregivers may utilize to support healthy social and emotional development of the child, and to remediate problem behaviors. Provides Home-Based services including assessments, clinical intervention, identifying/intervening in mental health needs, alleviating crisis, and ensuring stabilization in the community for assigned youth and their families. Requires Master’s degree in a mental health related field with appropriate state licensure; at least 1 year of experience working with families with young children; and demonstrated knowledge/training of social work practice as it relates to working with families of young children, including the ability to understand age-appropriate functioning, developmental stages, and the impact of the parent/child relationship, in order to provide assessment, diagnosis, appropriate intervention, and referral.
To apply, submit your cover letter and resume by email to the Human Resources Office:
Christine Schlabaugh
Personnel Specialist
cschlabaugh@vbcmh.com
Licensed Case Manager Advocate
Regular Full-Time: 37.5 hrs/wk
Salary Range: $38,850 – $52,211 per year per year
Currently seeking a full-time, Licensed Case Manager Advocate under the STEPS ACT Team. This position coordinates daily activities for STEPS members in the areas of community living, relationships with significant others, financial management, and vocational/educational involvements; collects background information on STEPS members' mental health status and treatment, and participates in planning, implementation, and evaluation of STEPS members' activities. Functions as a part of a team, under the indirect supervision of the Team Coordinator. Frequent travel throughout the county to provide services required. Provides 24 hour on-call coverage on a rotating basis with additional compensation.
Summary of Required Qualifications:
▪Bachelor's degree with LLBSW/LBSW licensure in accordance with MDHHS ACT standards.
▪At least one year of experience working with individuals with mental illness.
▪Knowledge of and ability to implement community-based treatment.
▪Valid Michigan driver’s license with an approved driving record in accordance with agency standards.
▪Self-motivated and directed, and able to work as part of a team utilizing a problem-solving decision-making approach to management of STEPS Program.
▪Ability to always respond in an appropriate and professional manner while working with a SPMI population.
To apply, submit your cover letter and resume by email to the Human Resources Office:
Christine Schlabaugh
Personnel Specialist
cschlabaugh@vbcmh.com
*The criminal history and driver’s license release forms are not optional. They must accompany the application form. “See Resume” cannot be accepted in any section.
Join Our VBCMH Team!
We strive to work together as a team, and to communicate honestly and directly to create a broader, responsive community based on trust, respect, and equality. We pledge accountability to one another and to the persons we serve, respecting their diversity, responding to their needs, and advocating for their enrichment. In all we do, we endeavor to consistently create a positive and healing organization. If you share our philosophy and wish to join our team, we encourage you to apply by emailing your cover letter and resume to:
Christine Schlabaugh
Personnel Specialist
cschlabaugh@vbcmh.com
You may also mail your cover letter with resume and/or an application to:
Van Buren Community Mental Health
Attn: Christine Schlabaugh / HR
P.O. Box 249
Paw Paw, MI 49079
Equal Opportunity Employer
We believe in fair and equitable opportunities for all. We are committed to creating a welcoming workplace where every applicant and employee is treated with respect, dignity, and fairness. We do not discriminate in hiring, orientation, or employment based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, marital status, height, weight, political affiliation, disability, or any other classification protected by law. We also provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, ensuring they have the support they need to succeed—without creating undue hardship.
Paperwork Burden: 1095-C
In compliance under the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act, to request a copy of your 1095-C, please email humanresources@vbcmh.com; send a written request to P.O. Box 249, Paw Paw MI, 49079, Attn: HR; or call 269-657-5574 and ask for Human Resources. We will provide you with a copy within 30 days of your request.
Our Mission
Van Buren Community Mental Health Authority, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), offers prevention, assessment, crisis intervention, treatment and support to all people in Van Buren County to help them meet their own chosen life and work goals.
Care For All
VBCMH complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
*No one will be denied access to services due to inability to pay; and there is a discounted/sliding fee schedule based on family size and income.
Our Locations
Main Access Center: Paw Paw Family Resource Center (Human Resource Building HSB)
801 Hazen St., Paw Paw, MI 49079
Phone: 269-657-5574
Hartford Family Resource Center
57418 CR 681, Hartford, MI 49057
Phone: 269-621-6251
Lifespan
61899 M-43, Bangor, MI 49013
Phone: 269-427-5671
South Haven Family Resource Center
1007 E. Wells St., South Haven, MI 49090
Phone: 269-637-5297
Contact Information
Customer Service
Phone: 269-655-3333
Toll-Free: 1-800-922-1418
Fax: 269-657-3474
24/7 Crisis Line
Phone: 1-800-922-1418
24/7 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Dial/Chat: 988
Línea de texto de crisis en español
Envía un mensaje de texto con la palabra HOLA al 741741
Voice/TTY (MI Relay Service)
Dial: 711
Communication Assistance
Communication resources in alternative languages and formats (Braille, Spanish, audio & communication enhancements, sign language, TDI) are available at no cost. Please contact Customer Service at 269-655-3333 or toll-free at 1-800-922-1418 to access.
• ATTENTION: If you speak English, free language assistance services are available. Call 269-655-3333 or toll-free at 1-800-922-1418 (TTY: 711).
• ATENCIÓN: Si habla español, hay servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística disponibles. Llame al 269-655-3333 or toll-free at 1-800-922-1418 (TTY: 711).
• تنبيه: إذا كنت تتحدث العربية، تتوفر خدمات مساعدة لغوية مجانية. اتصل على 269-655-3333 أو الرقم المجاني 1-800-922-1418 (TTY: 711).