Family Centered Treatment Specialist

Overview

Join Our Impactful Team at Health Connect America! Health Connect America and our family of brands are leading providers of mental and behavioral health services for children, families, and adults across a multi-state footprint. As a COA-accredited organization, we are held to nationally recognized standards of quality, accountability, and best practice in every aspect of care we deliver.

We are relentlessly committed to keeping families together and transforming lives through evidence-informed care, delivered by clinically trained staff who meet clients where they are - in their homes, in their communities, and in our offices. Our work is guided by five core values: client-centered care, empowerment of our people, evidence-informed excellence, a purpose-driven culture, and bold, adaptive leadership.

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• Provide Family Centered Treatment (FCT) Services as per the service definition and model fidelity requirements.
• FCT Certification is required and must be completed within one year of employment in order to continue to provide FCT services and maintain employment with Health Connect America (HCA).
• Complete FCT Checkoffs and other internal trainings within designated deadlines. Trainings are assigned and monitored through an e-learning system.
• Deliver FCT services to children, adolescents and their families, primarily in their living environments, with a family focus.
• Provide 24/7 on-call coverage to a caseload of families and children. Service is regularly provided in the home and community, and will require service provision at the convenience of the child and family requiring a flexible work schedule.
• Complete all required Clinical Records and FCT documents with the child and family and ensure the documents are entered/uploaded timely in the Electronic Health Record, according to company standards.
• Develop Service Plan in coordination with Treatment Team Process and maintain the plan per designated authorization processes in the clinician’s area of service. Work collaboratively on behalf of the child and family with the identified Treatment Team members to ensure effective communication and coordinated service provision.
• Conduct ongoing revisions of Service Plan and is responsible for implementation of Service Plan.
• Provide psychoeducation as indicated in the Service Plan.
• Conduct interventions with the family aligned with the FCT model to include facilitating the movement of the child and family through the four phases of treatment and completing all fidelity documents.
• Assist the families and children to establish weekly goals and help them to identify the steps that need to be taken to reach the established goals.
• Make referrals to services and resources on behalf of the families and children.
• Develop and coordinate discharge plan based on treatment, indicating all relevant aftercare needs and plans. Access community resources that would be beneficial to client aftercare needs.
• Coordinate and oversee the initial and ongoing assessment activities.
• Convene the Treatment Team for Service Plan.
• Consult with identified medical (e.g., primary care and psychiatric) and non-medical (e.g., Dept. of Child Services, school, Dept. of Juvenile Justice) providers; engage community and natural supports, and include their input in the person-centered planning process.
• Ensure linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services including arranging for psychological and psychiatric evaluations.
• Provide and coordinate behavioral health services and other interventions for the youth or other family members with other behavioral health professionals and Treatment Team members.
• Monitor and document the status of the consumer’s progress.
• Participate in Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement activities to include audits, corrections and designated…