Care Coordinator - Carter County and Wayne County Youth STAR

FCC Behavioral Health•Greenville, MO

14h

About The Position

The Care Coordinator helps individuals and families develop skills, access resources, and manage illness so they can succeed in the living, working, learning, and social environments of their choice. The role teaches, models, and practices skills with people served to promote recovery and wellness. The position serves Carter County and Wayne County Youth STAR.

Requirements

A master’s or bachelor’s degree in a human services field from a college or university listed in the U.S. Department of Education’s database of accredited schools; or a Qualified Addiction Professional (QAP) qualification; or an Associate of Applied Science degree in Behavioral Health Support as designated by the Department of Mental Health.
Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree unrelated to a human services field plus two years of qualifying experience, or four years of qualifying experience.
Qualifying experience must include delivering services to individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders, or developmental disabilities.
Qualifying experience must include at least one of the following: providing individual or group services with a rehabilitation/habilitation and recovery/resiliency focus; teaching and modeling coping and management skills while encouraging natural resources and supports; supporting individuals in finding and maintaining housing or employment, or functioning appropriately in family, school, and community settings; or helping individuals achieve goals and objectives in an individualized treatment plan.
Ability to communicate information orally, effectively, and accurately.
Working knowledge of diagnostic criteria for substance use and/or mental disorders.

Responsibilities

Provide education to people served to help them learn about and manage mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
Provide transportation to people served in the employee’s personal vehicle or an agency vehicle, if available, when medically necessary and appropriate.
Connect people served with community resources and help them develop natural supports.
Help people served develop or improve interpersonal, social, family, community, and independent living skills.
Complete required documentation in a timely manner.
Adhere to applicable evidence-based practice models.
Maintain working knowledge of diagnostic criteria for substance use and/or mental disorders.
Communicate information orally, effectively, and accurately.
Ensure the program operates within the agency’s certification standards (CARF and DMH) and strategic plan related to clinical care.
Follow program and agency policies and procedures.
Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.