Licensed Care Coordinator - Acute Psychiatric Services
About The Position
The Care Coordinator is responsible for completing psychosocial assessments and participating in ongoing treatment planning for psychiatric patients of all ages including children, adolescents, and adults across the care continuum. Assessment and interventions include consideration of the patient support system to address care managements needs related to complex psychiatric and psychosocial problems. The Care Coordinator is a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team responsible for planning and implementing care interventions including group and individual treatment modalities. The Care Coordinator provides emotional and practical support to patients and their support people to enhance functioning and further meet individualized treatment goals. The Care Coordinator will support the care of psychiatric patients of all ages including children, adolescents, and adults through the care continuum of psychiatric clinical programs including but not limited to psychiatric consult, psychiatric observation, as well as adolescent residential program. The Care Coordinator assists patients and their support people in understanding and managing issues that may be affecting their behavioral health status, including legal, educational, financial, occupational, transportation and insurance issues. The Care Coordinator will facilitate referrals to services and programs when indicated. As part of their role, the Care Coordinator will engage in ongoing efforts to learn about effective local and regional resources for psychiatric patients of all ages and will build collaborative relationships with the programs and institutions providing these services. The Care Coordinator will assist with psychoeducation on an individual level as well as through groups. The Care Coordinator will attend treatment meetings and work closely with therapists, psychiatrists, and other behavioral health staff. The Care Coordinator will participate in other necessary interventions to support milieu management and proactive deescalation. The Care Coordinator reports to the Assistant Director of Acute Psychiatric Services. Additional clinical and quality feedback will be provided by the Behavioral Health Nurse Director, Behavioral Health and Ohana Medical Directors, and Ohana Director of Clinical Services. Other important dimensions of this position include commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and quality of care and outcomes measurements, professionalism, and working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Must have strong interpersonal skills, flexibility, and curiosity as well as comfort prioritizing safety and quality of care.
Requirements
- Must have experience working with psychiatric patients.
- Must have experience leading individual and group treatment modalities.
- Must have knowledge of the local and regional psychiatric services, legal resources, community services, and public insurance (MediCal) programs.
- Experience collaborating with community agencies to coordinate discharge planning and focus on creating continuity of care.
- Master's degree in Clinical Social Work, Counseling, Clinical Psychology or Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy is required.
- Licensure with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC is required.
- American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification required.
- Will complete organization approved de-escalation training.
- Will complete mandatory 5150 training by Monterey County to obtain 5150 certification.
- Live Scan fingerprint clearance required by the Department of Healthcare Services is a job requirement.
Nice To Haves
- Certification in an evidence-based practice is preferred (i.e. CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
