Health & Human Services Coordinator (Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) - Youth Program)

Waukesha County • Waukesha, WI

4d • $47 - $71

About The Position

Waukesha County's Department of Health & Human Services is recruiting for a Health & Human Services Coordinator. This position is a regular, fulltime, benefit eligible position that will oversee the Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) - Youth Program at Waukesha County. This position will work in partnership with leaders from the CCS- Adult program. Key tasks will include ensuring fidelity to the program model, directly or indirectly participating in hiring and training decisions, collaboration with community stakeholders, ensuring compliance with DHS 35 and Medicaid rules, and partnering with colleagues in other HHS divisions such as fiscal partners, the compliance team, medical records. The person will oversee a team that includes supervisors, service facilitators, mental health professionals, and quality assurance/vendor relations staff. Guided by HFS 36, CCS provides a flexible array of individualized community based psychosocial rehabilitation services authorized by a licensed mental health professional to consumers with mental health or substance use issues across their lifespan. The intent of the services and supports is to provide for a maximum reduction of the effects of the individual’s mental and/or substance abuse concerns; to restore consumers to the best possible level of functioning; and to facilitate their recovery. While the CCS program is licensed through the Clinical Services Division, the CCS Youth Program Coordinator will function within the Coordinated Services division. The coordinator will have extensive interaction and collaboration with Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS), Child Protective Services (CPS), Youth Justice (YJ) and Mental Health providers. Acting in concert with these other disciplines, the Coordinator will develop enhanced supports for youth experiencing mental health and/or substance use concerns. The CCS Youth Program Coordinator will have prior CCS experience and possess excellent leadership skills; comfort leading people, an ability to manage through systems and experience building teams. An individual with composure, organizational agility and willingness to deal with shifting demands will be best suited for this task.

Requirements

• A. Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor's degree in sociology, social work, psychology, business, healthcare, or public administration, or a closely related field. OR B. Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in nursing, and a current license to practice as a registered nurse in Wisconsin.
• Four (4) years of responsible professional work experience in social work, clinical psychology, counseling, or nursing in a human service agency. One year of which was in a supervisory capacity.
• A master's degree from a recognized college or university in business, healthcare, or public administration, social work, sociology, psychology, nursing or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of the required work experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversite of program development and expansion
• Compliance with HFS 36
• Hiring and training staff
• Client functional screens
• Client eligibility assessments
• Authorization of psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Development and implementation of recovery plans
• Ongoing Coordination of Care to consumers
• Development and oversite of a network of certified community providers
• Quality assurance to ensure clinical notes and billing meet HFS 36 standards
• Budgeting and monitoring of fiscal program metrics
• Presentations to internal and external audiences
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Waukesha County provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package including excellent health/dental/vision, life insurance, generous paid time off (vacation, 10 holidays, 3 floating holidays, ample accrued sick time that rolls over each year), an exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan.
• Amongst many other benefits, employees are recognized and valued through a pay for performance system. Successful candidates will be eligible for performance-based merit increases and non-base performance awards.
• Employee well-being is promoted through a balanced work-life culture and through an exceptional employee wellness program that offers a variety of programs and tools to help promote an employee's wellness and health, including an on-site health & wellness clinic.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time