System of Care - Lead Family Coordinator
About The Position
The System of Care - Lead Family Coordinator operates as an expanded Behavior Specialist, leading System of Care (SOC) team meetings and providing direct services to consumers in settings such as schools, homes, centers, or other locations as needed. Services may include SOC team meetings and individual or group meetings, with or without family members and other SOC team participants, to help achieve each consumer’s individual goals. The role serves children and youth ages 0–21 with serious emotional or behavioral disorders or serious mental illness who may be at risk of inappropriate placement because community services and supports are lacking or unavailable. The coordinator leads MAP Team development with individuals, families, and community partner agencies, and supports intake, treatment planning, therapy, crisis intervention, and psychosocial day treatment. The position is a contract role and reports to the Project Director, Center Coordinator, County Administrator, and Clinical Directors. No positions are supervised, though staff may be assigned.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, or a related field.
- Hold a professional license as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, or Licensed Master Social Worker, or be eligible to earn a DMH credential as a Mental Health Therapist appropriate to the service and population served.
- Maintain a valid Mississippi driver’s license.
- Pass a criminal background check.
Responsibilities
- Maintain documentation demonstrating that duties are completed in accordance with Mississippi Department of Mental Health Operational Standards.
- Maintain required training, continuing education, qualifications, and certifications.
- Represent Region 8 and its administration positively, and serve as a positive role model for coworkers.
- Provide at least five hours per day of direct services to consumers.
- Lead MAP Team development with individuals, families, and partner community agencies focused on children and youth.
- Review cases and development plans for children and youth ages 0–21 with serious emotional or behavioral disorders or serious mental illness who are at risk of inappropriate placement because of insufficient community services and supports.
- Provide scheduled 24-hour telephone on-call crisis intervention referral.
- Conduct intake evaluation interviews and ensure proper routing of consumers and records.
- Develop and implement treatment plans.
- Provide therapy in accordance with established treatment plans.
- Participate in psychosocial day treatment for at least three hours per day during the school year and five hours per day outside the school year.
- Maintain consumer records in accordance with state, federal, and Region 8 standards.
- Participate in clinical staff meetings, general staff meetings, and in-service training.
- Provide immediate emergency crisis intervention services.
- Maintain a consumer-oriented focus in services to Region 8 consumers.
- Assist with consultation and education services as directed by the Center Coordinator and/or Clinical Director.
- Participate in continuing education by attending workshops, seminars, and other professional meetings.
- Build and promote relationships with community referral sites.
- Perform other duties as assigned by a supervisor.
