START Coordinator

Alta START•Sacramento, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for assisting members in meeting their expressed goals toward crisis resolution and maintaining wellness while living in the community. Additional support in areas of medication management, transportation, counseling and advocacy will be provided as needed. This is an at-will direct service position within a program. The position is responsible for ensuring that clinical needs of members are met, and that necessary paperwork is complete and accurate.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or a related field
Two (2) years of varied experience as a provider of mental health services.
California driver’s license & current vehicle insurance/registration if driving
Reliable means of transportation capable of passing vehicle safety inspection if more than five years old excluding all modes of two-wheeled transport inclusive of bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles.

Responsibilities

Assess, coordinate, and facilitate the formal and informal supports required to support Transition Aged Youth (TAY) and their families to decrease crisis events and increase movement toward life goals; works in partnership with parents who are treated as experts concerning their families.
Completes required paperwork; conducts strength/needs/biopsychosocial assessments.
Develops and participates in interdisciplinary team meetings.
Completes all tasks associated with both fidelity to the START Model, program certification of the START Model, and individual certification in the START Model.
Responsible for submitting/entering outcomes/incident data into identified database or providing this to person responsible for entering the information.
Coordinates care as needed, internally and with outside agencies, Coordinates care with system partners
With the direct input from the TAY and family, helps to enlists the involvement of formal and informal community resources to support the family.
Develop individual treatment plans for each client and empowers clients in meeting their goals; assists teams with development of service plans that reflect measurable objectives; provide group and individual therapy as indicated.
Make recommendations for improvement in clinical program.
Will have input on clinical issues as part of the clinical team.
Meets regularly with clients at Turning Point sites or in the field, at job sites, homes, board and care facilities, skilled nursing facilities and other appropriate sites, transports clients and families to appointments.
Coach clients and families in developing skills necessary to meet treatment goals.
Assist in establishing client’s eligibility for Medi-Cal or other benefits and advocates for continuation of benefits when appropriate.
Provide “on-the-spot” counseling that is both helpful to the clients and consistent with the philosophy of the program; Provide prompt intervention in the event of a crisis both to stop the crisis and to notify, when indicated, persons and agencies necessary for the resolution of the crisis.
Complete paperwork as assigned in a timely manner and meets agency standard for service productivity per month; all documentation meets funder, certifying body, and TPCP standards for content and configuration.
Provides, in person, after hours, “on-call” coverage on a rotational basis to program clients.