Care Coordinator in Yakima, Washington

Care Coordinator

Join our team as a Care Coordinator at Behavioral Health Services in Yakima, WA! The Care Coordinator supports the Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe) program, and actively engages high-risk youth and their family by providing intensive care coordination strategies to stabilize and reduce crisis episodes and hospitalization of youth at risk of suicide, unsafe behaviors, or in need for out of home placement.

May work with youth that have aggressive behaviors, low social skills, gang involvement, trauma history, developmental and mental challenges and involved in multiple systems. The Care Coordinator guides the work of the Child and Family Team to achieve goals established by each family with fidelity to the WISe model.

Position Highlights:

• 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week)
• $24.09-$29.51/hour DOE with the ability to go higher for highly experienced candidates
• Additional pay for your bilingual skills, paid on hours worked
• 100% employer-paid health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, Rx, 24/7 telemedicine
• Profit sharing & 403(b) retirement plan available
• Generous PTO, 8 paid holidays, and much more!

What You'll Do:

• Completes CANS Assessment and screens individuals to determine eligibility for the WISe program using state-mandated criteria.
• Facilitates Child and Family Team (CFT) meetings and guides the team wraparound process through all phases, and ensures all CFT members receive appropriate documents. Utilize consensus-building techniques to meet the needs of the youth and family.
• Encourages each CFT member to identify their priority concerns, work proactively to minimize areas of potential conflict, and acknowledge the mandates of others involved in child-serving systems.
• Recruits and identifies natural supports to join the CFT to support and assist the youth/family's stabilization and functioning in their community. Ensure respect for the input and needs of the youth and family when forming the team.
• Be the central point of communication for members of the CFT and coordinate team-based planning.
• Provides case management services and identifies needs such as transportation, food, medical services, and housing. Teach families how to find resources within their community. Documents all referrals made to other resources.
• Provides supportive counseling utilizing behavioral strategies when working with individuals and families.
• Develops and monitors individual care plans for assigned individuals and families. Monitors and adapts strengths-based goals and objectives using the CANS Assessment scores to assess progress and achieve stability.
• Establishes and maintains rapport with clients to encourage participation and retention in the program.
• Facilitates crisis support meetings and develops collaborative crisis support plans for each individual/family. Monitors and adapts plans to stabilize and support youth during times of crisis.
• Provide 24-hour crisis support to clients enrolled in WISe by phone or responding to the home, hospital or community setting.
• Completes Full CANS Assessment as required to identify strengths and needs, and monitor progress.
• Meets or exceeds productivity standards for position.
• Documents activities, concerns, and behavior issues in program participant's record and completes all documentation as required by funder and outside organizations.
• Participates in various community meetings to collaborate with other community professionals in the treatment of the individual, with supervisory input, e.g., schools, courts, DSHS, correctional facilities, and other health care providers.
• Prepares necessary reports and documentation for outside organizations; attends meetings and represents agency as requested by supervisor. Conveys treatment recommendations as needed.
• Collaborates with other mental health professionals and community partners in presenting and coordinating the mental health needs of individuals in a strengths based way, with supervisory input.
• Performs responsibilities in alignment with The Joint Commission (TJC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and YVFWC requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Social…