Family case coordinator job description

Brightside for Families and Children a member of Trinity Health Of New England is looking for an experienced Clinical Case Coordinator to come join our team of highly specialized behavioral health professionals.

Brightside helps to build families and support individuals through family outreach and stabilization, psychiatric and medication evaluation; behavioral management; and special education concerns by being there to offer support and encouragement. The mission is to be a healing and transforming presence in the lives of the youth and families we serve.

The Clinical Care Coordinator is a master's Level professional who is responsible for providing clinical direction and therapy for intensive home-based stabilization services to families and foster families in their homes. The Clinical Care Coordinator develops treatment plans and coordinates timeline of implementation with insurance providers. Directs and coordinates treatment of the Clinician I, in providing therapeutic treatment to families and children. Coordinator collaborates with community service providers to provide overall clinical treatment.
**.** **_Top Reasons to Work at Trinity Health of New England:_**

+ Mission-Driven Team Environment

+ Competitive Benefits Program

+ Career growth and advancement potential

**_Work Hours/Shift:_**

+ 40 hours, Day Shift

**_You Will Be Responsible For_** :

+ **Exceptional Client Care** : Reviews and assists family in completing intake materials. Develops solution-oriented goals and assessments for treatment plans, from admission to discharge, with family and service providers.

+ **Strong Educator and Leader:** Coaches Clinician I counselors and interns to promote efficient and effective therapeutic performance. Communicates daily with Clinician I on therapeutic planning and schedules weekly supervision sessions, including co-family therapy meetings to assist the clinicians in developing family system dynamics.

+ **Excellent Communications:** Communicates effectively with families, colleagues and providers to promote increased collaboration

+ **Technical Familiarity:** Understands and is capable of understanding and using multiple technologies, in order to accurately and, in real-time, document necessary information

+ **Active Teamwork** : Demonstrates problem solving, conflict resolution, and positive communication through teamwork.

**Clinical Care Coordinator** **Requirements**

+ **Master's degree** in the mental health field including Master's in Social Work; Marriage and Family Therapy; and Mental Health Counseling.

+ Licensed or license-eligible preferred.

+ Requires at least two (2) years of clinical experience with preferred teamwork collaboration.

**_About Trinity Health Of New England:_**

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Trinity Health Of New England benefits include health insurance, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, sick time, and professional advancement just to name a few.

Employees can also take advantage of extra benefits specific to each hospital.

**Step up to your potential. Write your story and apply today!**

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD
("The HARRIS CENTER") is looking for a Care Coordinator to join our team. This person is responsible for

for clinical assessments

development of recovery plans in collaboration with the treatment team and provision of services based on Trauma Informed and Patient Centered Model requirements

consumer need

and performance contract requirements. Coordinates

links and monitors appropriate services and consumer progress with meeting recovery goals. Delivers interventions such as skills training

psychosocial rehabilitative services

case management

and medication training/monitoring and supports. The ideal candidate will display compassion

education

proficiency and experience while assisting the patient. This critical role assists in creating and managing provider service plans and will participate in the evaluation of current and future needs of the client.


What you will do:

• Performs clinical assessments to determine service needs and progress with consumer treatment goals.
• Participates in formulation of the consumer recovery plans and assures recovery plan is written and authorized with an LPHA signature for consumers on caseload.
• Ensures all services provided meet eligibility criteria and are authorized in accordance with agency and regulatory guidelines.
• Provides skills training and psychosocial rehabilitation services that address the severe and persistent mental illness and symptom related problems that interfere with the individual's functioning.
• Provides interventions in response to crisis to reduce symptoms and avoid admission to a more restrictive environment.
• Performs activities to assist consumers in gaining and coordinating access to necessary care and services based on individual needs.
• Provides training/education on the nature of mental illness
  
  the importance of medications
  
  and other medication related information as outlined in The Harris Center curricula.
• Monitors consumer progress with treatment goals.
• Monitors current compliance with eligibility requirements for ongoing treatment.
• Meets productivity standards as outlined in the operational guidelines.
• Demonstrates ethical conduct in all clinical and professional activities.
• Complies with agency policies and procedures accrediting/regulatory bodies and performance contract documentation requirements.

What qualifications
you will need:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year accredited college or university with a major in a social
  
  behavioral
  
  or human service field
  
  including but not limited to: psychology
  
  social work
  
  medicine
  
  nursing
  
  rehabilitation
  
  counseling
  
  sociology
  
  human development
  
  gerontology
  
  and educational psychology.
• Must maintain a valid Texas Driver's License and be insurable under Agency policy.
• Minimum of one year experience in the mental health field.
• Basic understanding of mental illness
  
  common signs and symptoms and able to identify difficulties with coping in community settings.
• Strong communication skills
  
  listening and interpersonal skills above average
  
  written documentation is clear
  
  concise
  
  well- constructed and grammatically correct.
• Able to work collaboratively with others in a teamwork environment.
• Effective time management and organizational skills. Able to execute standard word processing.
• Must be able to work autonomously in a fast paced environment.

What we have to offer:


The HARRIS CENTER offers competitive salary

excellent benefits package

retirement plans with company matching

prior service credit towards generous PTO accrual

outstanding wellness programs and professional development.

Employees can also take advantage of business casual dress code

corporate discounts

and gym memberships. New hire referral bonus

discounts are also available on an optional basis. These include mobile phone service

fitness centers and other wellness amenities.


What else you should know:


This posting is associated with position #66422

This position will be under the general direction of the practice manager or designated supervisor.

This position may require travel.

This position is in a forensic community residential treatment setting and requires the provision of rotational holiday


About us:


The HARRIS CENTER is the state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Authority serving Harris County

Texas. As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas

The HARRIS CENTER provided care to over 79,000 people in fiscal year 2019 and has an annual budget of over $275 million.

As part of its mission to transform the lives of people with behavioral health and IDD needs in the third largest county in the United States

The HARRIS CENTER provides a full continuum of services at 86 different sites across Harris County. In addition

services are provided in more than 42 different languages as well as sign language in order to better serve what is one of the most diverse and multi-cultural communities in the nation.

By utilizing the unique expertise of its more than 2,300 employees

The HARRIS CENTER is committed to meeting the behavioral health and IDD needs of Harris County residents and giving them hope to live to their fullest potential.