Care Specialist

Centerstone•Winchester, IN

1d•$16 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

Centerstone is among the nation’s leading nonprofit behavioral health systems dedicated to delivering care that changes people’s lives. It is a dynamic, well-established organization offering rewarding opportunities to serve all ages in a variety of settings. The Care Specialist position provides person-centered assistance to clients in the development of life skills and personal goals. This role coordinates client care with a multidisciplinary team, assists clients in connecting to community resources, and provides crisis intervention/prevention to clients and their families. Centerstone is an equal opportunity employer committed to a culture of empowerment, respect, integrity, and expertise, and a strong culture of quality and safety. Centerstone is a nonprofit health system providing mental health and substance use disorder treatments nationally through outpatient clinics, residential programs, telehealth, and an inpatient hospital, with specialized programs for the military community, therapeutic foster care, children’s services, and employee assistance programs. The Research Institute guides through research and technology, and the Foundation secures philanthropic resources.

Requirements

Associate's degree.
Effectively communicate via written, verbal, in person and virtual methods.
Customer service skills.
Time management skills.
Analytical skills.
Knowledge of community resources.

Nice To Haves

Two years professional experience working directly with youth and families in a child welfare, school, childcare, criminal justice behavioral health or related setting.
Two years of experience or two years of college coursework in related field (as a substitute for the Associate's degree requirement).

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.