Wrap Facilitator

Job Location

Edgewater Health - Primary Care (Merrillville) - Merrillville, IN 46410

• Facilitate the formation and administration of a Wrap Around Service Coordination Team around each child, who is emotionally handicapped and/or at risk in the Lake and Porter County area. Educate clients and their families on the availability of community resources and assist them in accessing needed resources.
• Assess families’ strengths and needs, take lead in the development of the preliminary individualized service/education plan under the supervision of the Service Director, coordinate with the Wrap Around Group Supervisor, assure all service providers in the wrap around plan are in place and complete the services they are instructed to perform in the time frames designated; report any non‑compliance immediately to the program supervisor for action.
• Implement an initial assessment of the child and family within five calendar days of referral for a maximum of 10‑12 families/cases, provide a minimum of two face‑to‑face contacts with client/family per week, complete CANS assessment and reassessments within specified time frames, complete monthly team meetings with each family, complete monthly report on each client’s progress within specified time frames, complete IICP and reviews within specified time frames.
• Convene a wrap‑around team and facilitate ongoing wrap‑around planning meetings with each family; make sure the parent is the lead in selecting who is on the team and how they will support the child/family, monitor the progress of each plan and coordinate delivery of service collaboration with community agencies as needed; assure a crisis plan is in place for each child and family team, support team members in developing a family‑centered, wrap‑around philosophy.
• Assure the ongoing integration of education and mental health services as developed in each child and family plan, locate available resources, identify gaps in local service delivery network, support families and team members in developing skills in advocacy, facilitation and assessing resources, support family in maintaining Medicaid or other insurance program for the child, provide other case‑management services as needed, provide skills training and development for both the client and the parent as needed.
• Provide treatment coordination and referral sources to other social services agencies, schools, courts and DCS; therapists and families which may include, but are not limited to: linkage with needed resources, entitlement programs, financial, medical, mental health and other social services needs.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of records for Medicaid billing, assist in obtaining physician signatures in a timely manner, and consistent record keeping. Submit a monthly report of active clients, new client intakes and discharges/transfers for the month to the supervisor and to our financial department for billing purposes.
• Participate in meetings, training, staffing as required. These will not be limited to Edgewater Systems but will also include required attendance at Geminus meetings.
• Submit, as required, all appropriate records regarding staff activity in a timely manner. Submit, as required, all appropriate incident reports and crisis situations to supervisors at Edgewater Systems and Geminus Corporation as well as the referral source within a 24 hour period of time from the event.
• The intent of this position description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job, incumbents may be requested to perform job‑related tasks other than those specifically presented in this position description.
• Always maintain a minimum of the company’s productivity requirement (100%) by providing case management and/or therapy services as needed.

• Involves frequent contact with personnel of other Center programs particularly medical services.
• Knowledge of community resources and community systems.
• Frequent contact with DCS, court probation, Hammond, East Chicago and Gary School systems.
• Maintain confidentiality and privacy of all data,…