Advanced Care Coordinator Level I

Summary

Care Coordinators provide a single point of accountability for ensuring that medically necessary services and supports are accessed, coordinated, and delivered in a strengths-based, individualized, family/youth driven, and ethnically, culturally, and linguistically relevant manner. The Care Coordinator will be able to provide services at the Wraparound and/or Service Coordination level within the Health Team as needed.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ability to work with diverse populations
• Completes all required paperwork within set time lines
• Coordinates needed services including but not limited to both Mental and Physical Health
• Completes multi-level assessment of consumer and family within set time lines through the treatment process
• Communicates with the community team, review committee and other groups as necessary
• Provides advocacy and linkage for the family through coordination of community resources
• Provides crisis assistance
• Completes required Health Team and agency trainings
• Attends staff meetings, workshops, and seminars
• Participates in group outings as needed and assure safety for youth and their families
• Completes ODMHSAS Wrap 101 Training
• Maintains effective working relationships and strategic alliances with consumers, other staff, the community and other non-profit organizations
• Maintains core competencies in relation to working with co-occurring disorders through continuing education and implementing skills into all aspects of treatment
• Builds rapport and working partnerships with relevant local, state, and federal government agencies
• Promotes community education projects to help increase awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & Acute Mental Health Crises
• Supports and assists with the facilitation of Care Plans for consumers within the Red Rock Health Team
• Performs other duties as required

Qualifications

• Certified as a Behavioral Health Case Manager II (BHCM II)
• Or meet one of the following parameters: Bachelor's or Master's degree in a Behavioral Health field; RN with Behavioral Health Experience; Bachelor's or Master's degree in any field and 6 months of Behavioral Health experience
• Bilingual preferred
• General skill in exercising independent judgment, tact, patience, and understanding; maintaining effective working relationships and strategic alliances with consumers, other staff, the community and other non-profit organizations
• Must complete all in-service and external training requirements
• Basic computer skills
• Two or more years experience working with community services and health agencies as well as working with low income and minority consumers with understanding of cultural diversity preferred
• Commitment to the mission of Red Rock BHS
• Valid Oklahoma Driver's License, and insurance
• Ability to adjust schedule to needs of client

Physical Requirements

• Must have the ability to stand or sit for long periods of time
• Must have the ability to lift, push, or pull a minimum of 25 pounds
• Ability to travel locally approximately 95% of the time
• Ability to use telephone, PC, fax machine, copy machine, and printer