Intensive Care Coordinator | Bilingual English to Spanish or Portuguese | Brockton

Intensive Care Coordinator | Bilingual English to Spanish or Portuguese | Brockton

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Why Work for Gándara

Explore the career pathways in Behavioral Health, Substance Use and Recovery, Community Based Clinical services, Adolescent and Family services, Adult Residential, Maintenance and Administration! Whether that is in an entry level or leadership role, Gándara will provide the tools and resources to better enhance your career growth. The opportunities are presented with the ability to transition your skills and experience in meeting the organization’s mission.

There is grand landscape of opportunities that supports the community we serve, so join the Gándara team today!

• Retirement Plan 403(b)
• Health, Dental, Vision, Pet and Life Insurance
• Paid vacations
• Paid holidays
• 8 discretionary days
• Mileage Reimbursement

• Salary Range
  • Master’s Level | $72,000 - $75,000
  • Bachelor Level | $63,000 - $66,000

• Career Growth Opportunities
• Culturally Diverse population
• Clinical Licensing Support

Job Title: Care Coordinator | Bilingual English to Spanish or Portuguese

Work Location: Worcester, MA

• Bilingual Candidates Encouraged to Apply
• EOE M/F/D/V
• Union/Non-Union

The Care Coordinator facilitates care planning and coordination of services for youth, with serious emotional disturbance (SED), under the age of 21. Care Coordinators ensure that necessary services are accessed, coordinated, and delivered in a strength-based, individualized, family/youth-driven, and ethnically, culturally, and linguistically relevant manner. Services and supports, which are guided by the needs of the youth, are developed through a Wraparound planning process that results in an individualized and flexible plan of care for the youth and family.

When providing care coordination, the Care Coordinator and a Family Partner work together with youth and their family while maintaining their distinct functions.

• Submit detailed progress notes that follow federal, state, and agency requirements.
• Conduct comprehensive home-based assessments and behavioral health assessments inclusive of the age appropriate version of the Massachusetts Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) that occurs in the youth’s home or another location of the family’s choice.
• Maintain a caseload of 11-14 families.
• Oversee the assembly of the Care Planning Team, and guide the development of an Individual Care Plan and a risk management/safety plan.
• Monitor the provision and quality of services provided to the family and serve as the liaison when new services/resources are needed to be sought or developed.
• Provide or arrange for transportation for clients to appointments, crisis/respite services, etc. if needed.
• Provide or secure support and crisis/emergency services for the youth/family.
• Collaborate with other necessary individuals the youth and family may have contact with, in order to properly coordinate care.
• Identify community resources and develop natural supports for youth and parent/caregiver(s) to support and sustain achievement of the youth’s individual care plan, goals and objectives.

• Minimum Experience
  
  Required:
  
  1 year.
• Bilingual and Bicultural encouraged to apply - Portuguese & English - Spanish & English.
• Degree
  
  Required:
  
  Must possess an MCE approved Master’s or Bachelor's Degree in one of the following:
  Family Therapy, Counseling and Psychological Services, Human Services, Community Psychology, etc.
• Driver’s License and proper auto insurance required.
• Awareness and sensitivity to contextual variables such as race, culture, gender, sexuality, disability, economics and lived experience.
• Bilingual Spanish/English.

The Gándara Mental Health Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Entry level

Full-time

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Individual and Family Services, Mental Health Care, and Non-profit Organizations

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