Child First Care Coordinator
About The Position
The Child First Care Coordinator provides services to families in their homes and out in the community, reflecting the cultural and linguistic needs of the population being served. This role requires knowledge of public systems relevant to high-risk families with pregnant individuals and/or children from birth to five years old. The Care Coordinator will be trained in the Child First Model, an evidence-based psychotherapeutic model focused on home-based assessment, family plan development, parent-child therapeutic intervention and education, and care coordination/case management. The goal is to decrease social-emotional and behavioral problems, developmental and learning problems, and abuse and neglect by supporting parents through a relationship-based approach that enhances the family environment via protective, nurturing, and responsive interactions.
Requirements
- BS in social work or related mental health field
- Experience working with children and adults.
- Experience or comfort level working with families in their homes.
- Must be willing to drive to off-campus sites for home visits and collaborative meetings.
- Valid driver’s license, good driving record and reliable transportation.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Human Services, Health Care/Mental Health, Education, Community Organizing, or Advocacy is preferred.
- Bi-lingual (Spanish) desired.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with clinicians in assessment, treatment planning, and stabilization of clients.
- Offer therapeutic support and parent guidance to families.
- Carry a case load of 12 to 16 families; averaging 12 home visits per 40-hour work week.
- Work individually with children as clinically indicated.
- Collaborate with clinicians to provide advocacy, case management and concrete services in accordance with treatment plans.
- Advocate, mentor, engage, empower, and support families to take the lead in their own Child and Family Plan of Care.
- Help connect families to needed resources within their own community.
- Attend Child First training and adhere to the Child First model as overseen and directed by the Clinical Supervisor.
- Documents and evaluates all services and procedures to be in adherence with state statutes, COA standards and Boys & Girls Village standards.
- Manage ongoing insurance authorization for cases.
- Participate in supervision and case presentations.
- Provides resolution of problems arising during a crisis.
- Collaborate with other service providers to assure continuity of care.
- Write all relevant reports, progress notes, rounds notes, and other documentation as program needs.
- Keeps the Clinical Supervisor apprised of all situations which involve the safety of any individuals in the program or community, to monitor the impact on the agency as well as its mission of care for children and families.
- Prevents, intervenes and reports instances of child abuse or neglect.
- Performs additional duties as assigned to deliver seamless services through Boys & Girls Village.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
