Day Treatment Support and Transition Coordinator

Best Point: Education and Behavioral Health is looking for a Full-Time Support and Transition Coordinator to work with students age 8-18 in our Day Treatment Program on our Madisonville Campus. The Support and Transition Coordinator is responsible for intake and assessment,  coordination between community partners and the ECDT program, as well as, providing crisis and transition support for clients attending the ECDT Program.   Assists program manager and staff with implementation of clinical programming, while meeting regulatory standards/requirements. 

Primary Responsibilities:

Direct Client Services

• Responsible for providing direct mental health service to clients and families within the ECDT program. Assists with implementing Individual Service Plans and Behavioral Plans.
• Provides clinical crisis support, in the management of crisis situations. Assists in ensuring that staff is proficient in utilizing de-escalation techniques and interventions.
• Provides assistance, in collaboration with care coordinators and ECDT team, in developing plans for clients who are being transitioned and discharged back to community settings.  

Internal and External Collaboration:

• Collaborates with ECDT staff, assisting with guardian and caregiver communication.  Attends progress meetings as needed, consults and collaborates with external service providers and resources on behalf of the clients, families and program. Promotes teamwork and individual accountability, maintaining consistent and constructive communication with all members of the treatment team, internal and external to the agency.  
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with external providers and stakeholders on behalf of the program, department, and agency.

Administration:

• Responsible for meeting all administrative expectations including but not limited to timely and accurate completion of all clinical documentation and clinical records reporting. 
• Ensures proper documentation of Incident Reports and Physical Restraint reports, reviewing with staff and guardians as indicated.  Ensures behavior plan documentation is in place for any clients as needed per regulatory standard and agency practice.        

Minimum Education, Experience and Other Skill Requirements:

This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work or related field from an accredited college or university plus a minimum of one year clinical experience in working with children and families. 

Must possess minimum technical skills including familiarity with Microsoft Windows and ability to use standard Microsoft Office applications.

Work Environment:

Exposed to a combination of office, school and mental health treatment environments.  Exposed to children with behavior problems.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and lift up to 50 pounds.  Must be capable of sustained exertion and be able to participate in the physical restraint techniques and exercises required to ensure safety of clients at all times.   

Our Culture:
 Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers.

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.