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Description
Position at Mount Sinai Wellness
Full Time Aftercare Coordinator – Mount Sinai Wellness Center
This position provides care coordination services to patients participating in treatment at Mount Sinai Wellness Center. The Care Coordinator provides a link between the patient, client support system, community, and other healthcare and social service professionals. The Care Coordinator addresses any barriers to care and provides referrals for needs that include housing, medical and continued mental health services. In addition, they conduct outreach to engage community residents and to improve care coordination. This position will also act as an advocate for the client with other service providers when appropriate to do so.
Job Qualifications
Here Is What You Can Expect From Us
Mount Sinai Wellness Center, a progressive substance abuse treatment organization is committed to the highest quality of patient care. Our ultimate goal is to address the physical, emotional, and mental aspects of opioid use disorder to help each of our patients achieve long-term recovery and an improved quality of life.
Mount Sinai Wellness Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, natural origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition, disability or veteran’s status or any other classification protected by State/Federal laws.
Position at Mount Sinai Wellness
Full Time Aftercare Coordinator – Mount Sinai Wellness Center
This position provides care coordination services to patients participating in treatment at Mount Sinai Wellness Center. The Care Coordinator provides a link between the patient, client support system, community, and other healthcare and social service professionals. The Care Coordinator addresses any barriers to care and provides referrals for needs that include housing, medical and continued mental health services. In addition, they conduct outreach to engage community residents and to improve care coordination. This position will also act as an advocate for the client with other service providers when appropriate to do so.
Job Qualifications
- Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree with minimum of two years’ work related experience in mental health field engaged in case management, mental health, aftercare, substance abuse or related areas.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrate strong critical thinking, problem-solving and organizational and time management skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to work effectively with a wide range of people, teams, managers, supervisors.
- MS Office proficiency.
- Ability to pass all pre-employment testing, including, but not limited to, UDS clearance and background check.
- Manages a caseload of patients who are receiving treatment at Mount Sinai Wellness Center.
- Documents contact with patients in order to assess needs and maintain required paperwork and engage family members, in accordance with Mount Sinai Wellness Center, The Joint Commission, and state regulations.
- Conduct outreach and facilitate access to healthcare services.
- Ability to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility and competence in adjusting to patients with varying degrees of traumatic experiences and complex psychological presentations.
- Ability to address a variety of diverse spiritual, emotional, and social needs in multiple environments of an often-high-risk population, using a trauma-informed care approach while maintaining a high degree of professionalism and cultural awareness.
- Possess the ability to work with a wide range of patients including adults and families.
- Collaborates with community agencies, families and other natural support systems to ensure patient’s needs are met.
- Develops a strong working relationship with community partners.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary meetings to advocate for patients and community to coordinate consistent and timely provision of services.
- Ability to facilitate referral process to assure continuity of care.
- Ability to maintain client records in accordance with Mount Sinai Wellness Center, HIPAA, TJC, Federal, State, and local requirements.
- Participation in all required Mount Sinai Wellness Center training.
- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and 401(K)
- Generous paid time off accrual
- Excellent growth and development opportunities
- Satisfying and rewarding work striving to overcome the opioid epidemic
Here Is What You Can Expect From Us
Mount Sinai Wellness Center, a progressive substance abuse treatment organization is committed to the highest quality of patient care. Our ultimate goal is to address the physical, emotional, and mental aspects of opioid use disorder to help each of our patients achieve long-term recovery and an improved quality of life.
Mount Sinai Wellness Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, natural origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition, disability or veteran’s status or any other classification protected by State/Federal laws.