Health Service Monitor - Enhanced Family Foster Care

About the RoleThe Health Service Monitor (HSM) will function as the bridge between the Agency’s Mental Health and Care Management Services and Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) team. The HSM will work with the case planning team to identify children, youth and families who may benefit and be eligible for the services offered to assist with and expedite the referral process for children and their families. The HSM will assist the EFFC Program by assisting with eligibility documents, enrollment forms and consents. The HSM will assist the EFFC program by ensuring children are scheduled for medical, dental, and mental health services. The HSM will facilitate appointments with the agency’s Health Services department and track children’s initial and annual, medical, dental, and mental health services as per ACS and OCFS requirements. The HSM will perform clerical duties under the supervision of the Manhattan Regional Manager.What You’ll Do Develop a process for screening and referring children and families to MentalHealth and Care Management Services. Meet regularly with program leadership and case planning staff to discussidentified youth and progress with referrals. Attend case conference and case plannings where potential referrals arediscussed. Work with the case planning team to secure eligibility and work on enrollmentfor children with complex trauma needs and qualifying medical conditions toCare Management services. Explain the program to parents when needed. Refer child for an eligibility assessment. Assist with the completion of enrollment forms and consents. Work with the care management team to ensure smooth enrollment into theprogram. Work with the case planning team to determine children who areeligible for CFTSS or Article 31 mental health services. Explain the program to parents when needed. Refer child for an eligibility assessment. Assist with the completion of enrollment forms and consents. Create and manage a tickler that tracks all initial and annual child healthservices. This includes medical, dental, mental health assessments, and caremanagement services. Ensure accuracy of tickler and update monthly. Liaison with Health Services to schedule all children’s medical, dental, andmental health appointments. Liaison with foster, pre-adoptive and child parent for appointment availabilityand follow up with reminders to child’s caregivers of child’s scheduledappointment date and time. Ensure and track diligent efforts to schedule child appointments and sharefeedback with case planning team on children who have missedappointments. Review child/ family medical consent forms for accurately prior to submissionto Health Services department. Assist Health Service department with ACS medical audit preparation. Conduct clerical duties, i.e. photocopy, emails, filing and process letters formailings. Willing to travel within the five boroughs. Maintain Adoption and Kin Gap case recordsPerforms related and similar duties as assigned by Manhattan Regional ManagerYour Qualifications AA degree Preferred. Strong engagement and collaboration skills Experience in child welfare and/or mental health services to children andfamilies in understanding regulations. Computer literate and strong knowledge of Excel Initiative-taking and ability to work independently. Excellent organizational skills, ability to multitask, meticulous. Effective communication skills both written and verbal. Ability to carry out assignments with attention to accurateness, thoroughness,and timeliness and with minimal supervision. Excellent interpersonal and customer services skills.Supervisory ResponsibilityNoWork Environment:FieldAdditional Requirements:• Authorized to work in the U.S.• Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 5 days or more perweek.• Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required)Equal Employment Opportunity StatementIt is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Salary : $44,300 - $53,000