Aftercare Coordinator

Plymouth Campus
1233 State Road
Plymouth, MA 02360, USA

Program &

Location:

High Point Inpatient Campus, Clinical Stabilization Services (CSS) Unit - Plymouth, MA
Education & Experience: High School Diploma, GED, or Associate's preferred. Minimum of one year supervised experience in substance abuse treatment or a closely related field.
Pay Range: $22-27/hr
Status &

Schedule:

Full Time, Monday to Friday, 8am-4:30pm

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance - Eye Med
• Long & short term disability
• Discounted auto/home and renters insurance - Rogers & Gray
• 403b - Retirement
• FSA & DSA
• PMLA
• Employee Assistance Program
• Eligibility for free classes to become a Licensed Counselor or Recovery Coach
• Education days to use towards CEU's
• Free meals at select programs and when available
• Unmatched Leave Time (FT employees can earn up to 3 weeks in first year)

About Us

High Point & Affiliated Organizations is a health and human service agency whose mission is to treat and prevent substance use disorders and mental illness. High Point has programs located throughout southeastern Massachusetts offering a full continuum of care for substance use and mental health treatment, including inpatient, outpatient, residential, and community-based services. Programs and services also assist survivors of abuse, violence, and families experiencing homelessness.

High Point believes that everyone has inherent goodness, worth, and dignity. Our goal is to help individuals and families achieve personal change and improve their quality of life.

• Must present as courteous and professional at all times;
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to perform multiple tasks;
• Must have excellent communication skills, including the ability to organize ideas in logical and clear fashion;
• Knowledge of basic computer skills and software programs including the ability to learn, use and train HPAO Electronic Health Record (EHR);
• Must have the ability to work with others in cooperative and collaborative manner;
• An understanding of the relationship between substance use and mental health issues and/or self-help programs;
• Understand and maintain therapeutic boundaries and reinforce rules in a respectful manner;
• Comply with Federal Regulations, 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder and HIPAA Regulations;
• TB/Flu Assessment;
• Completion of the HPAO approved de-escalation program;
• Successful completion of all trainings upon hire and annually as required.
• Maintain assigned caseload;
• Providing direct care to clients - including assessments, individual counseling, discharge and aftercare planning, treatment plans and updates, weekly progress notes, daily groups facilitation, group note completion, and completion of bio-psychosocial assessments;
• Making referrals when appropriate;
• Responsible for each assigned client's medical records. All records are to be professional, complete and thorough with entries made in a timely manner;
• Responsible for linking clients with aftercare services prior to discharge and aiding the client and their family access services when appropriate;
• Strengthen current and create new partnerships within the community to ensure that the clients develop the skills needed to sustain sobriety and/or housing;
• Review patients/family rights and responsibilities, emergency safety plans and grievance policy;
• Communicating/involving family in treatment at patient/client request;
• Maintain professionalism when connecting with individual's collaterals;
• Attend and participate in all unit, facility meetings, case conferences, Treatment Team meetings, and mandatory trainings, as directed by the Clinical Supervisor/Director;
• Responsible for continued education in the field respective to their service level;
• All other duties as assigned by Program Director/Clinical Supervisor/Site Director/COO.

Inpatient Services Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for contacting the insurance company for authorization, as needed;
• Utilize walkie-talkie as campus responders;
• Respond to codes as necessary;
• Coordination of aftercare services, appointments and referrals;
• Facilitation of identified groups and milieu activities as assigned;
• Participation in MDT meetings to support patient care coordination;
• Assistance with monitoring patient observation checks, as needed;
• Completion of required documentation, including; consents/releases, group notes, progress notes, contact logs;
• Assistance with patient observation checks for monitoring milieu safety, as requested;
• Supporting patients in crisis through verbal de-escalation, 1:1 monitoring, or crisis/safety planning, as requested;
• Attendance in supervision, staff trainings, and MDT meetings;
• Request extensions after 90 days of treatment if needed.

Aftercare Coordinator Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, preferred
• Associate's degree in human services, preferred
• One year of experience in substance use treatment and/or mental health field, preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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