Care Coordinator

About This Role

This Care Coordinator role focuses on service linkage and care coordination for children, youth, and families with significant behavioral health needs. The position involves engaging with families in their homes and communities, connecting them to necessary resources, and supporting them in care planning.

Responsibilities

• Join with family to identify care coordination needs and services in line with service delivery standards and program outcomes
• Work with families to define cultural factors that influence strengths, functioning, and family interaction styles
• Identify strengths of children, youth, and families for utilization in care coordination engagement and supporting healthy outcomes
• Coordinate family-based services for children, youth, and families in their home, school, and community
• Ensure with family that services identified on care plans are the most appropriate, least restrictive, and meet safety and treatment needs
• Engage and build positive relationships with children, youth, and families in coordination with child and family teams
• Develop collaborative and creative partnerships with community resources to meet the diverse needs of youth and families
• Maintain necessary documentation
• Participate in program evaluation
• Attend team and program planning meetings
• Attend cross-systems training
• Acquire knowledge of community resources
• Remain current with all training requirements, including High Fidelity Wraparound, MI, Cultural Humility, etc.
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Thorough understanding of local communities
• Skilled at developing working relationships with community agencies
• Ability to identify potential community supports for development to assist families/caregivers working collaboratively with Child and Family Teams
• Experience providing services and/or support to children and families connected to behavioral health, child welfare, developmental disabilities, juvenile justice, or a related public sector human services or behavioral healthcare field:
  • Three years with a high school diploma or equivalent
  • Two years with an associate degree or bachelor's degree
  • One year with a master's degree or higher

Nice to have:

• Knowledge and experience in Hi-Fidelity Wraparound (certification provided at time of employment)
• Two years of experience in a coordinated supportive services or care coordination role
• Experience working with people with autism spectrum disorders

Benefits

• $3,000 hiring bonus