What are the responsibilities and job description for the Care Specialist - Behavioral Health position at Zarephath Community Services?
Zarephath is a behavioral health agency that works with children and families experiencing behavioral health challenges. Care Specialist help clients birth to 17 with a behavior health diagnosis to gain access to community services. Care Specialist work with the guardians/caregivers and other agency staff to provide well rounded care plan for each client.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Shifts: Monday – Friday –- 8:30am-5pm (onsite)
- Assessing clients’ physical and mental wellness, needs, preferences, and abilities
- Develop tailored care plans.
- Working with clients, family and friend support networks and health care professionals to put care plans in place.
- Recording clients’ progress including charting referrals, home visits and other notable interactions.
- Evaluating clients’ progress periodically and adjusting as needed to improve outcomes.
- Following up with discharged clients to ensure they were satisfied with services, and they are still in good physical and mental health.
- Attend and conduct CFT meeting for assigned caseload.
About Zarephath
Zarephath’s vision is to help families obtain optimal well-being, relief, and peace of mind by providing excellent care, including meaningful, safe, and fun services for their children. Our team’s focus is to empower our clients and their families to live well at every stage of life, giving them the support and skills they need to maintain the highest quality of life. Zarephath’s vision includes building positive relationships with everyone we interact with, including children and families, community members, stakeholders, contracted providers, and staff. Our goal is to use the proven synergy of these relationships to create effective, comprehensive behavioral health services that foster optimal well-being, making every day joyful, comfortable, safe, secure, and meaningful.
Zarephath’s vision is to help families obtain optimal well-being, relief, and peace of mind by providing excellent care, including meaningful, safe, and fun services for their children. Our team’s focus is to empower our clients and their families to live well at every stage of life, giving them the support and skills they need to maintain the highest quality of life. Zarephath’s vision includes building positive relationships with everyone we interact with, including children and families, community members, stakeholders, contracted providers, and staff. Our goal is to use the proven synergy of these relationships to create effective, comprehensive behavioral health services that foster optimal well-being, making every day joyful, comfortable, safe, secure, and meaningful.
Zarephath’s mission is to provide effective services and comprehensive family support to those experiencing behavioral health challenges in Arizona. Zarephath provides services in safe and fun environments that evoke harmony and success at home, school, work and within the community.
Qualifications and Skills
- Must be 21 years of age
- Minimum 2-year experience working in behavioral health field working with youth and families.
- Possess a valid Arizona driver's license and be insurable under the agency's automobile policy.
- Possess a valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card or be able to obtain one.
- Must be computer literate with knowledge of Outlook and Microsoft Office programs (i.e. Word, Excel)
Pay Rate: $36,000-$40,000 per year.
Salary : $36,000 - $40,000
