What are the responsibilities and job description for the Care Coordinator position at BrightSpring Health Services?
Our company is dedicated to providing high-quality care and support services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Care Coordinator to join our team. As a Care Coordinator, you will be responsible for ensuring that consumers and their guardians are actively involved in the development of service plans and personal futures plans.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of federal, state, and local regulations related to services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A minimum of two years of experience providing services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities is required, along with one year of supervisory experience.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures consumer and guardian participation in development of service plan and personal futures plan
- Coordinates development of each person(s) served personal futures plan and coordinates scheduling of team meetings (times, dates, locations, etc.) and informs all team members of such
- Schedules and chairs screening for program vacancies and develops waiting list for potential consumer vacancies
- Monitors to ensure all service sites deliver services in accordance with contractual, legal and regulation requirements and implements/coordinates any necessary plans of correction from a regulatory body
- Monitors all incident reports to ensure patterns of incidents are addressed. Shares all incident reports with appropriate external agencies (area programs, social services) when necessary and appropriate. Incidents of consumer abuse, neglect or mistreatment are investigated in a timely and thorough manner. Plan of Correction is initiated to prevent recurrences
- Monitors/implements/supervises delivery of service plans and personal futures plan and training of staff. Ensures all written training programs are implemented and revised as needed. Documents consumer progress or regression. Initiates discharge planning if appropriate. Maintains records appropriately
- Maintains fiscal spending within limits of approved budget, e.g. household expenses and repairs, vehicle expenses, personnel costs, consultant services
- Monitors workers compensation and unemployment claims for assigned service site(s). Is proactive in efforts to reduce claims and minimize risk/exposure of agency in these areas
- Other duties as assigned
