Care Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Conduct initial screenings and referrals to psychiatric, medical, social, educational and other support services.
• Identify client needs and assist in engaging community resources to promote wellness and recovery and overcome barriers to accessing needed services.
• Respond to emergency situations in a timely fashion.
• Maintain ongoing communication with referring providers, particularly state hospital system.
• Provide warm hand off when CCBHC clients are referred to a partnering provider.
• Provide crisis assistance to the consumer and coordinate any needed service.
• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with other team members, as part of a multidisciplinary team, and independently, when necessary.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements :

Qualifications : Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Sociology, Human Services or Nursing. Experience working in healthcare customer service is preferred. Submit to and pass a criminal background check and drug screening.

Hours : Work hours are structured in 7.5 hour blocks per day, totaling 37.5 hours per week. Schedules may be adjusted to accommodate irregular or flexible hours as required by agency needs.

This position reports directly to the Executive Director

Summary of Job Duties : The Care Coordinator is a member of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for providing services to adults, children and families presenting for services. The Care Coordinator is to assist helping the person gain access to medical, psychiatric, social, educational and other support services.

Required Job Skills :

Additional Responsibilities :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable the individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions, maybe off-site from normal office location or placed at a Residential Program.

The noise level in the work environment is mild to moderate.

Environmental Data and Job Hazards :

Required Job Performance :