What are the responsibilities and job description for the Care Coordinator position at WES Health System?
The Care Coordinator, meeting the requirements of a Case Manager, will provide supports to families as an adjunct to the clinical treatment. They will engage youth, families and other significant persons involved in the youth’s treatment in a collaborative relationship to promote positive outcomes. They will help to assess families’ needs and secure new services that are needed.
ESSENTIAL & CORE FUNCTIONS:
1. Provide coordination of all services for IBHS consumers and their families well as linkages to new services needed
2. Ensure appropriate referrals to community resources and follow-up on these referrals
3. Consult with and documents contact with IBHS consumers’ families and significant persons
4. Collect information surrounding referrals including but not limited to MTSS paperwork, IEP, discharge summaries, past evaluations, educational plans, treatment history, school behaviors, etc.
5. Perform reminder and follow-up calls for Level of Care Assessments and outside service appointments.
6. Update contact information in Credible
7. Complete social determinant of health scales (matrix) for all consumers, in the absence of a Family Peer Specialist
8. Invite and remind interagency meeting participants
9. Obtain and updates yearly all consents, tracking expirations to proactively complete
10. When needed, monitor consumers’ behaviors emphasize prevention rather than intervention.
11. Intervene when problem behaviors are exhibited, which includes but are not limited to counseling, removing them from the area, verbal prompts, securing the assistance of clinical staff, etc.
12. Prevent crisis however, when necessary, deescalate children in crisis
13. Collect outcome data for consumers and input outcome data into computer system
14. Follow up on all consumers needing hospitalization
15. Review Assessments and SDOH Matrix for needs identified and connect consumers and families to services to address these needs
16. Identify and establish contact with community resources and assist in resource mapping
17. Maintain the All IBHS excel resource spreadsheet by adding newly identified resources or changes in contact information
18. Complete home and community visits.
19. Provide timely completion and follow up of Clinician and Directors requests for connecting families to needed resources
20. Escort families to appointments
21. Execute discharge plan by making all referrals to community resources
22. Represent program/Agency at community activities/fairs
23. Meet service productivity expectations
24. Complete all paperwork within specified time frames
25. Maintain an understanding of agency policies and procedures
26. Attend and participate in supervision and staff meetings in accordance with regulatory standards
27. Adhere to WES’s Code of Ethics and comply with State Mental Health Code
28. Attend trainings as required by WES
29. Participate in and adhere to Individualized Training Plan
30. Participate in continuous quality assurance/program development
31. Comply with WES standards for service delivery
32. Maintain consumer confidentiality
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.
PREREQUISITES & QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION:
1. A bachelor’s degree with major course work in sociology, social work, psychology, gerontology, anthropology, political science, history, criminal justice, theology, counseling, education. PLUS a minimum of one (1) year experience (paid or unpaid) in a human service field. This experience must involve direct contact with the individual receiving services (i.e. coaching, teaching, case management, etc.)
OR
2. Be a registered nurse.
OR
3. A high school diploma and 12 semester credit hours in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, or other social science. PLUS two years paid experience in public or private human services with one year in direct client contact.
4. Valid FBI clearance, criminal history check and child abuse history clearance required.
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability