Care Coordinator - Continuity of Care

Description

The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD ("The HARRIS CENTER") is looking for a Care Coordinator to join our team.

This person is responsible for

for clinical assessments

development of recovery plans in collaboration with the treatment team and provision of services based on Trauma Informed and Patient Centered Model requirements

consumer need

and performance contract requirements.

Coordinates

links and monitors appropriate services and consumer progress with meeting recovery goals.

Delivers interventions such as skills training

psychosocial rehabilitative services

case management

and medication training/monitoring and supports.

The ideal candidate will display compassion

education

proficiency and experience while assisting the patient.

This critical role assists in creating and managing provider service plans and will participate in the evaluation of current and future needs of the client.

What you will do:


* Performs clinical assessments to determine service needs and progress with consumer treatment goals.


* Participates in formulation of the consumer recovery plans and assures recovery plan is written and authorized with an LPHA signature for consumers on caseload.


* Ensures all services provided meet eligibility criteria and are authorized in accordance with agency and regulatory guidelines.


* Provides skills training and psychosocial rehabilitation services that address the severe and persistent mental illness and symptom related problems that interfere with the individual's functioning.


* Provides interventions in response to crisis to reduce symptoms and avoid admission to a more restrictive environment.


* Performs activities to assist consumers in gaining and coordinating access to necessary care and services based on individual needs.


* Provides training/education on the nature of mental illness

the importance of medications

and other medication related information as outlined in The Harris Center curricula.


* Monitors consumer progress with treatment goals.


* Monitors current compliance with eligibility requirements for ongoing treatment.


* Meets productivity standards as outlined in the operational guidelines.


* Demonstrates ethical conduct in all clinical and professional activities.


* Complies with agency policies and procedures accrediting/regulatory bodies and performance contract documentation requirements.

What qualifications you will need:


* Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year accredited college or university with a major in a social

behavioral

or human service field

including but not limited to: psychology

social work

medicine

nursing

rehabilitation

counseling

sociology

human development

gerontology

and educational psychology.


* Must maintain a valid Texas Driver's License and be insurable under Agency policy.
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