Care Specialist
Centerstone
Summary
Provides person-centered assistance to clients in the development of life skills and personal goals. Coordinates client care with multidisciplinary team. Assists clients in connecting to community resources. Provides crisis intervention/prevention to clients and their families.
Job description
Summary of Position
Provides person-centered assistance to clients in the development of life skills and personal goals. Coordinates client care with multidisciplinary team. Assists clients in connecting to community resources. Provides crisis intervention/prevention to clients and their families.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Coordinates client care by working closely with a multidisciplinary team to develop and maintain essential elements of the client's clinical record, including but not limited to treatment plan, progress notes, reporting and correspondence with external agents, ensuring compliance standards.
- Teaches and trains clients in activities of daily living, in group and individual settings, complying with clinical documentation requirements, and provides services according to organizational guidelines and/or protocols.
- Connects client with community support systems as determined to be appropriate, and maintains regular communications with schools, OFC's and other family service providers that the client and their family participates with or is receiving services from.
- Provides telephone and on-site crisis intervention/prevention and follow-up to clients and their families.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Effectively communicate via written, verbal, in person and virtual methods.
- Customer service skills.
- Time management skills.
- Analytical skills.
- Knowledge of community resources.
Qualifications
Associate's degree required. Two years of experience or two years of college coursework in related field may be substituted for degree requirement.
Two years professional experience working directly with youth and families in a child welfare, school, childcare, criminal justice behavioral health or related setting preferred.
Requirements
- Associate's degree required, or two years of college coursework in related field may be substituted
- Two years of experience may be substituted for degree requirement
- Two years professional experience working directly with youth and families in child welfare, school, childcare, criminal justice, behavioral health or related setting preferred
- Effective written, verbal, in-person and virtual communication
- Customer service skills
- Time management skills
- Analytical skills
- Knowledge of community resources
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- 403(b) Retirement Match
- Paid Time Off
- Ten Paid Holidays
- AD&D Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Employee Resource Groups
- Continuing Education Opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
Company overview
Centerstone is one of the nation's largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare organizations, providing comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder services across multiple states. Founded as a 501(c)(3) organization, Centerstone operates as a leading healthcare provider specializing in behavioral health treatment, addiction recovery, and crisis intervention services. The organization serves over 250,000 individuals annually through a network of facilities in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Centerstone offers a full continuum of care including outpatient therapy, inpatient treatment, residential services, crisis management, counseling, housing support, and specialized programs for veterans, children, and families. Following its historic merger with Brightli in 2025, the organization now employs more than 10,000 professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, master's-level clinicians, social workers, and support staff. Centerstone's innovative approach includes the Centerstone Institute, which focuses on clinical research, evidence-based practice implementation, and quality improvement initiatives. The organization is recognized for its commitment to underserved populations and its development of the first known simulation training center for community-based behavioral health clinicians.