Foster Care, Care Coordinator - Field Based in Geary, Riley Counties, KS

UnitedHealth Group•Manhattan, KS

10h•$29 - $52•Remote

About The Position

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable, and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Foster Care Coordinator is responsible for using trauma-informed evidence-based approaches with members and caregivers for children and youth who are in out of home placement through the foster care system with complex/high or moderate needs who are not enrolled in a home and community-based waiver, on a wait list or receiving services through a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). This is a field-based role located in Geary, Riley, Pottawattamie, Marshall, Clay, Morris, Wabaunsee, Washington Counties, KS and surrounding areas. If you reside in the state of Kansas, you will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute as you take on some tough challenges. You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Requirements

Must have one of the following:
Master’s Degree in Social Work, Nursing, Psychology or related human services area
Unrestricted, independent licensure as a Registered Nurse
2+ years of experience working within the community health setting in a healthcare role
1+ years of experience working with multi-system children
1+ years of experience working with MS Word, Excel and Outlook
Ability to travel in assigned regions to visit Medicaid members in foster homes and/or other settings, including foster care agencies, community centers, hospitals, or providers' offices
Access to reliable transportation & valid US driver's license

Nice To Haves

Licensed Social Worker or clinical degree
Experience with electronic charting
Experience with arranging community resources
Background in managing populations with complex medical or behavioral needs
All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan and implement care strategies that are individualized for children and youth in a family-oriented context (e.g., considering reunification and/or other permanency planning needs, needs for adoptive children, and needs for transition-age youth with alternative permanency plans) and directed toward the most appropriate, lease restrictive level of care
Identify, initiate, coordinate, and monitor referrals for psychosocial, behavioral, and medical services
Manage the care plan/plan of service throughout the continuum of care as a single point of contact
Communicate with all stakeholders the required health-related information to ensure quality coordinated care and services are provided expeditiously to all members
Advocate for children, youth, and families as needed to ensure the members’ needs and choices are fully represented and supported by the health care team
Provide trauma-informed and disease/disorder specific education to members and caregivers
Coordinate with the child welfare and juvenile justice system on behalf of members and caregivers
Coordinate with additional services, including but not limited to, educational/educational advocacy, complex behavioral health (PRTF, etc.), services in line with state Family First Prevention and Services Act for children and families, high fidelity wraparound services, early childhood intervention
Complex cases will have additional oversight by master’s level case manager, including review of assessments and care plans