About This Role
This role involves overseeing, coordinating, and implementing community-based social services and programs. The coordinator supports and advocates for the organization's mission, vision, and core values, and conducts outreach to inform the community on various health and caregiving issues.
Responsibilities
- Support and advocate for Kin On mission, vision and core values
- Coordinate and participate in community outreach to educate and inform the community on issues such as emotional health, Alzheimer's disease and dementia, Medicare and Medicaid, long-term care services
- Conduct workshops and presentations to address mental health, caregiving, self-care, chronic disease self-management, fall prevention and related issues
- Provide information and assistance, referral, service coordination and consultation services to clients
- Provide consultation to help family caregivers to cope with their caregiving needs
- Conduct client interview and assessment to determine the nature of client's situation and needs by gathering the client's medical, psychological, emotional and social information through in-person, phone and/or virtual visits
- Develop and implement plan of care per program requirements
- Maintain client records based on best practice, legal and program requirements
- Maintain operations by following policies and procedures, participating in quality reviews and consultations
- Ensure operation is in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local rules and requirements
- Maintain and protect client and record confidentiality by following the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements and Kin On client record policies
- Maintain good communication with regulatory and/or funding entities (i.e., Department of Social and Health Services, Aging and Disability Services and King County, WA) on program related matters
- Participate in business meetings and professional development activities
- Monitor and report service contract progress to supervisor
- Prepare program report as required
- Collaborate with other Kin On's departments and partner agencies to provide services
- Perform other duties as assigned Director of Community Wellness and Social Services
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in social work, human services or related fields
- Two years of work experience in social or health services
- Authorized to work in the United States
- Strong knowledge in social work/human services practice
- High level of professionalism, and excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- Strong project management, organization and problem-solving skills
