Care Coordinator - Adolescent Health

Mount Sinai Health System • New York, NY

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC) aims to eliminate racial, social, and economic obstacles to healthcare and wellness for young people by offering high-quality, comprehensive, integrated, and confidential services to all individuals who visit the Center or school-based health facilities at a low cost. The MSAHC promotes adolescent and young adult health as a national priority through its leadership in clinical care, specialized training, innovative research, and advocacy. The Care Coordinator will deliver trauma-informed services grounded in a health equity framework, ensuring culturally and developmentally appropriate care for at-risk adolescents (ages 10-26) and their families within MSAHC's integrated medical and mental health primary care setting. This role involves assessing and addressing patient needs, particularly those related to accessing essential support such as housing, food, legal, and educational assistance. The Care Coordinator will collaborate closely with patients to identify support systems and solutions, empowering them in their care decisions and working to establish measurable, achievable, and individualized goals while managing any emerging challenges. This position emphasizes a holistic approach to care, integrating behavioral, medical, and social support to tackle mental health issues, substance use, psychosocial difficulties, and health-related social needs that influence patient outcomes. The Care Coordinator will also involve families and caregivers as needed to support patient follow-through and healthy adolescent development. All services provided are trauma-informed and guided by a health equity framework, promoting culturally and developmentally appropriate care for diverse adolescent populations.

Requirements

• Trauma-informed services
• Health equity framework
• Culturally and developmentally appropriate care
• Accessing concrete support (e.g., housing, food, legal and educational support)
• Identifying support and solutions
• Involving patients in decision-making
• Developing measurable, attainable, and tailored goals
• Addressing challenges
• Integrating behavioral, medical, and social support
• Addressing mental health, substance use, psychosocial challenges, and health-related social needs
• Engaging families and caregivers

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma-informed services guided by a health equity framework.
• Promote culturally and developmentally appropriate care for at-risk adolescents (ages 10–26) and their families.
• Assess and address patient needs, especially those related to accessing concrete support (e.g., housing, food, legal and educational support).
• Actively partner with patients to identify support and solutions, involving them in decision-making about their care.
• Develop measurable, attainable, and tailored goals for individual patients.
• Address any challenges that arise during patient care.
• Integrate behavioral, medical, and social support to address mental health, substance use, psychosocial challenges, and health-related social needs.
• Engage families and caregivers as necessary to support follow-through and healthy adolescent development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed