What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Care Coordinator position at Mental Health Assn. of Nassau County?
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Mental Health Association of Nassau County (MHANC) is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to improving mental health in our community through advocacy, education, program development, and the delivery of direct services. Our organization is looking for a motivated individual with a calling to help adults with mental illness by becoming an AOT Care Coordinator.
The AOT Care Coordinator functions as a member of an interdisciplinary team to provide care coordination to a caseload of severely mentally ill adult's court ordered to participate with a medication and treatment regimen. The AOT Care Coordinator supports the client, engages with community agencies / health care providers and others on the members' behalf to ensure access to services needed to increase wellness, self-management and reduce emergency room visits and / or hospitalizations. The AOT Care Coordinator provides support to the team by providing consultation, education, information around psychosocial and / or substance abuse conditions, interventions and resources to maintain focus on outcomes and best practices.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Conducts initial and ongoing assessments of assigned clients to document strengths, needs, goals and resources.
- Maintains electronic case files and keeps the Supervisor / Director informed and up-to-date on client issues.
- Participates in the development / documentation / review and update of client centered comprehensive, integrated, interdisciplinary care plan in consultation with the Care Manager and other team members to ensure focus on desired outcomes.
- Maintains effective communications with clients, primary care physicians, substance abuse and mental healthcare providers, family, collateral resources and other agency staff on behalf of clients.
- Provides weekly documentation to the County on the progress of AOT clients.
- Maintains documents, records, statistics, and other related reports in an organized, timely and accurate manner.
- Coordinates care planning with other providers of services / resources to ensure goal directed collaborative care, including care transitions.
- Works as a part of a Care Coordination team; attends and participates in team meetings to provide input / feedback around psychosocial conditions to review client status, update plans and goals and review outcomes to further program goals.
- Participates in staff meeting as well as bi-weekly supervision meeting with Supervisor / Director.
- Engages clients to participate in full treatment as listed in AOT order.
- Provides telephonic as well as face to face outreach, engagement and service planning in the field.
- Acts as a linkage to community services including medical, behavioral, residential, substance abuse, entitlement and any other needed services per interdisciplinary care plan.
- Monitors overall service delivery to clients to ensure coordination and continuity; advocates with service providers / resources as needed.
- Provides crisis intervention and follow-up.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education & Experience
Other Qualifications
Benefits
MHANC offers an extensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes :
Salary Description
50,000 per year Learn More
Salary : $50,000
