Care Coordinator

Description

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide care coordination services to clients participating in community support services. 
• Provide care coordination services as assigned by supervisor.
• Develop continuous supportive relationships with identified clients.
• Set up and facilitate initial treatment plan meetings for each new referral and every 90 day thereafter. 
• Assess the client’s strengths and needs for community relationships and involvement.
• Update client’s goals, objectives, and services in the treatment plan if needed and follow up with the therapist for their clinical oversight.
• Facilitate client autonomy by helping them build on strengths, increase community integration and learn more effective controls for emotional disturbances based on medical necessity.
• Build a relationship with community agencies that will provide a natural, supportive network for clients in their quest for mastery in various situations; liaison
• Provide interpretation and explanation of choices about services.
• Provide crisis intervention, in cooperation with case managers and attendant care workers.
• Cooperate, communicate, and coordinate with other Prairie View staff regarding individual patients, treatment needs, etc., by attending necessary meetings.
• Maintain clinical outcomes within Prairie View standards.

• Demonstrate competency in working with adult patients:

• Demonstrate an understanding of differences between typical and atypical adult behavior.
• Demonstrate an understanding of healthy adult environmental structures and routine, as evidenced by:

• Effective provision of individual and group interventions, and
• Offering effective input into team meetings and/or treatment planning.

• Demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain appropriate limits and boundaries when working with adults, both individually and in group work.
• Demonstrate knowledge of risk factors for individual adults, in regards to personal safety, safety in the community, and worker safety. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate interventions to keep the patient and others safe.
• If participating in psychosocial group work assignments, demonstrate knowledge of group management strategies and best practice psychosocial group skill curriculum development.

• Attend administrative and departmental meetings as scheduled.
• Maintain necessary personal records to document time spent on behalf of the patient/family.
• Maintain adequate and timely documentation in the clinical record of treatment interventions and other activities related to patient care.
• Work cooperatively with other professional staff within the office, in service of the clientele.
• Participate in clinical and administrative supervision with supervisor and peers when required/requested.
• Schedule, conduct, and facilitate appropriate care coordination meetings.
• Review, monitor, and evaluate the progress of services by holding appropriate meetings when necessary.
• Maintain responsibility for organizing a schedule and establishing priorities, according to existing patient and agency needs.
• Work cooperatively with Utilization Review staff and Treatment Team to assure authorization is in place to provide services, and specific services are identified on the active Treatment Plan.
• Insure that own documentation/records are completed, as standards require:
• 90% of Progress notes are completed within 72 hours.

• Maintain a valid Kansas Driver’s License.
• Provide proof of current automobile insurance on your personal vehicle.
• Pass Driver’s License check.

Qualifications

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum Education:   High school diploma and Bachelor’s degree or other approved work/personal experience in working with adults
• Minimum Experience:  Two years working with adults who have severe and persistent mental illness
• Must have good listening skills, verbal skills, and written communication skills
• Must be able to observe patient demeanor and non verbal communication for assessment purposes
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must be able and willing to work flexible hours and adjust work schedule to meet patient and organization needs
• Must hold and maintain State of Kansas Case Manager Certification and appropriate CEU’s where applicable
• Must be able to communicate effectively with referral sources, external care providers, and mental health center team members (i.e. case managers, therapists, physicians, community support workers, teachers, pastors, coaches)
• Must have ability to work effectively with adults with mental illness
• Must have ability to work effectively with adults who have severe and persistent mental illness and provide support
• Must be proficient at basic keyboarding/word processing skills
• Must be able to pass Kansas Bureau of Investigation Screen, Central Registry Screen, and DCF (Kansas Dept. for Children & Families, formerly SRS) background check